Readers Respond

* AT ISSUE: We asked Newport Beach residents if they wanted to see the

city keep the land behind the library as open space.

I would truly like to see the City Council and the Planning Commission

keep some of our open space available for the residents of the community.

I’ve lived here for 20 years, and all I’ve seen is new houses and new

shopping centers. We need new parks for kids to play and families to go.

What about keeping what used to be a very charming and impeccable place

to come is now becoming just buildings. I would like the council to take

that into consideration because I don’t see evidence that that’s what

they care about today.

KATHY HORTON

Newport Beach

I think the city should be doing more to protect what’s left of our

open spaces. I’ve seen it disappear over the last 35 years. It’s very

discouraging and many of the new people here don’t realize what they’ve

lost already.

MARGIT MOTTA

Newport Beach

I feel very strongly about the fact that you want people to call about

the open space. I feel very strongly that we have to save what little is

left of the open space in our area.

EMILY DESENBERG

Corona del Mar

Yes we should protect open spaces because there’s hardly any left and

it is extremely important to do so.

JO ANN PILES

Newport Beach

Why is it so easy to vote down an arts center or an addition to a

church, both of which are enhancements to our spiritual and cultural

life, and yet a hotel and conference center is on the brink of being

built? Is it only a matter of time until the Hyatt Newporter brings a

thousand-room expansion on us? All of us should be doing as much as we

can to protect what we have left of open space and keep our beach

atmosphere open.

DEE DEE BRINK

Newport Beach

I am very distressed about how they’re selling our open land. The

beautiful Castaways is a bunch of ticky-tacky houses now. And now the

Newport Dunes resort could take away that beautiful area that would make

a glorious park. I hope that we will put an end to all of this building.

THERESE LYNCH

Newport Beach

The city should value the open space as many of the residents do, and

not build on that open space. We should look at buildings that need to be

redeveloped rather than build on open space.

DIANE AND DENNIS BAKER

Corona del Mar