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?
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