Perfect harmony is not easy to reach

Russell Niewiarowski

Columnist Byron de Arakal raised an intriguing question on Aug. 4

(Between the Lines, “Another Schrocking in the name of harmony”):

Just how do you define the Costa Mesa City Council’s new “Harmony and

Compatibility” policy, and just whom should it apply to?

If the council’s desire is to truly improve the city by seeking to

instill harmony and compatibility throughout the communities, then to

enforce such a policy should mean implementing such a policy at City

Hall first, before expecting residents to; otherwise, the residents

of Costa Mesa may be forever lost in a total state of disaccord.

Implementing this harmony and compatibility policy is a great

idea. Just think of all the positive changes it would bring:

The Huscroft House is not harmonious or compatible with its

current surroundings, and would therefore be instantaneously

destroyed and removed.

The residents of Santa Ana Heights are 99.9% opposed to annexation

by Costa Mesa, and for the City Council to continue to pursue

annexation would neither be harmonious nor compatible with the

unincorporated residents who desire annexation to Newport Beach.

The ever-looming threat of a John Wayne Airport expansion is

neither harmonious nor compatible with most Costa Mesa residents.

Therefore, the City Council would instantly become harmonious in

giving El Toro a real voice before being lost to the Irvine land

grabbers.

The city’s infamous, pothole ridden streets are neither harmonious

nor compatible with any resident not sporting an SUV, and therefore

would all be harmoniously filled.

Gay parades and marches may be artsy but conflict with the

countless churches in the city, disrupting harmony among the

God-fearers and would therefore not be tolerated.

And we can’t forget the Westside. The Westside is incompatible

with the Eastside, and has created much discord among residents that

the only way to create harmony and compatibility would be to do as El

Toro and bulldoze the entire Westside and rebuild it with great parks

and Eastside-priced homes.

If Costa Mesa is to see such harmony and compatibility, it will

first need to collect a council that can operate in harmony and

compatibility. Until then, drive about Costa Mesa in a Honda Accord.

* RUSSELL NIEWIAROWSKI is a Santa Ana Heights resident.