Step up and finish Village Entrance

It’s about time.

It’s worth the money to make the City Courtyard safe. It’s worth

the money to make the Village Entrance attractive. How much money and

how much change is up to planners, but it would seem that more than

20 years is ample time to have figured it out.

The blame can’t be placed on any one person. Council members have

come and gone. But there are enough intelligent people in the city

who have solved a number of difficult problems that it would seem a

logical, efficient plan must be attainable.

The greatest hindrance: differing solutions.

By now it must be clear to everyone that there is not going to be

universal agreement on what should be done. This is the time for city

leaders to do just that -- lead. Listen to what the community wants

but don’t be paralyzed by it.

It seems that simple is the way to go with this one. Clean it up

and make it safe. Once that’s done the city can take its time

deciding if and how to jazz it up.

It may sound simplistic, but city leaders should decide what the

city can afford and do it. Step up, spend some political capital and

get the project done. Even if it means picking a plan, sticking with

it and waiting a few years for the bed tax from Treasure Island.

It’s been important enough to stay in the forefront of Laguna

politics for at least two decades. It’s not going to go away. The

question is how long are we going to be hearing about the latest idea

for the Village Entrance and how many more studies at thousands a pop

will it take?