Quit whining about copters and move...
Quit whining about copters and move
The police do not fly “whirly-birds at all hours of the day, round
and round and round and round and round and round” as a reader
stated, for no reason. [“Mailbag” Sept. 12] They are responding to
some emergency.
If this “great job” of patrolling your area is so annoying to you,
you have many options. You can move to any city, state or country
that doesn’t have air patrol.
You can call the Huntington Beach Police Department, after you
have obtained all the signatures of the residents within the
five-mile radius of your house, to request that the “whirly-birds”
never fly over that area whether or not a 911 call is made in your
five-mile radius. That would probably in itself save you and all of
Huntington Beach a lot of money until you would sue the city for an
emergency not responded to when you had a dire life-threatening
emergency.
The city would never approve of “putting a cop with his ticket
book on a horse at the end of your driveway for citations.” Why don’t
you and neighbors stand out at the end of your driveway, in eight or
12-hour shifts, and get the license plate numbers of the violators?
It’ll be for you to figure out what to do with them after you obtain
them, since you don’t seem to respect the Police Department.
Get a life B.F. Schnel. You have no idea how fortunate you are to
live in Huntington Beach with the police department helicopter
service we have. Be thankful and take advantage of your freedom to
move out of your five-mile annoyance area to wherever and quit your
whining about our Huntington Beach Air Patrol.
V. BARRETT
Huntington Beach
Truck ads go too far, should be stopped
On Tuesday morning, after dropping my kids off at school, I was
waiting at the light at Warner Avenue and Gothard Street in front of
Ocean View High School, when I was confronted with the sight of two
large trucks, also waiting.
On the sides of these trucks were bloody, grotesque pictures of
aborted fetuses and the word “choice.” I’m sure I wasn’t the only one
sickened and appalled. There were many high school students walking
to school, who now have these pictures ingrained in their brains. How
dare these people shove pictures like this down our throats.
Unfortunately, their rights are protected by the First Amendment, but
what about my rights? The people behind this, whoever they are, are
sick and disgusting and should be locked away. We need to draw the
line somewhere. Let’s find a way to stop them.
LINDA SEDIVY
Huntington Beach
Good judgment is the key; elect Davis
I thought having good, sound Ideas and judgment would be the way
to go with any person who took the position of city attorney, but
hey, I’m just a normal guy not a former elected official. I bring
this up because I’ve read so many of the article’s written by Ron
Davis in this same paper and always thought it would be great to have
someone like this involved with our city government.
Oh in case any of you are interested I don’t know Ron Davis and do
not now or have ever worked for or supported him in anyway, I’m
basing all of this on what I have read in the many articles by this
gentleman. So (Ron Davis) will be a great candidate and I’m very
excited for his hopeful win.
RON ALWIN
Huntington Beach
Corrections, additional Parkside information
First, a correction to “Residents voice concern over Parkside
Estates” (Independent, 9/12/02,page A4): it was Mark who gave the
presentation on traffic concerns at the meeting, not I (Julie). It is
correct that I did bring up emergency response times.
Secondly, and more importantly: The article paints only a small
part of the picture. Traffic and noise are the concerns most
frequently mentioned by residents, but there are several others. The
article failed to note a late communication from the California
Coastal Commission recommending the environmental impact report be
denied due to water quality issues, which is one of our big concerns
as well. The project, as currently proposed, will have a negative
impact on Huntington Harbour, which already has a water quality
problem -- Parkside will make it worse. Residents are worried about
adequate egress and ingress in case of earthquake, liquefaction and
subsidence. Fire response times may be inadequate not only to the
project site but to residents living south of the Graham Street and
Slater Avenue intersection as well.
We also wish to ensure that the developer obtains all necessary
county permits in addition to city permits. I encourage all city
residents to visit www.bixby.org/parkside to read the environmental
report and learn the details of the Parkside project and our
opposition to it.
JULIE BIXBY
Huntington Beach
Ban on planes will solve problems
I strongly feel that having a law to prohibit low-flying planes
will tremendously alleviate, if not solve the problem this city has
with the droning of banner-towing planes. It has been such an
intrusion in the enjoyment and quality of life -- especially along
the coast.
Everyone that I’ve discussed this with has been in agreement and
has joined the boycott of these advertisers. Let them find other
means of advertising; on billboards and periodicals, etc.
What would our skies be like if all businesses decided to
advertise in our skies? Heaven forbid.
NANCY GIBSON
Huntington Beach
Shipley should be the city’s responsibility
The Shipley Nature Center is a city facility that should be open
and available to everyone. It is the city of Huntington Beach’s
responsibility to run it and maintain it. The Friends of Shipley
Nature Center’s charter should be to support the center and the
activities that take place there. To place the operation of a
facility like this on the shoulders of a volunteer group that is just
starting out does not make sense. The city, with the help of the
Friends and other interested groups, needs to come together and
develop a plan on how to restore and preserve the Shipley Nature
Center not just lock the gate and walk away.
STEVE ENGEL
Huntington Beach
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