DP 103 list missed a few people

The Daily Pilot’s list of the 103 Most Influential People of the

Newport-Mesa Community (DP 103, Wednesday) should have included the

dean of the only fully accredited graduate school in Newport-Mesa:

Dean Neil Cogan, of Whittier Law School. I hope you will consider his

inclusion next year.

TYLER T. OCHOA

Costa Mesa

* EDITOR’S NOTE: Tyler T. Ochoa is a professor and co-director of

the Center for Intellectual Property Law at Whittier Law School.

I was disappointed under your Legacies section to not see David

“Bucko” Shaw. If you can include Matt Colby and Andre Stewart (no

disrespect against them), Bucko should have been included. He still

holds the CIF record from 1974 for longest kickoff return and was

inducted into your millennium list the first year. He was also very

well known around town to people from all walks of life, and is well

remembered by the entire Newport Harbor High alumni. He meant a great

deal to a lot of people and, after 1 1/2 years, he is still deeply

missed.

LAURIE AND MARK KEYS

Costa Mesa

I am amazed that you failed to mention the president and vice

president of the Airport Working Group, Tom Naughton and Rick Taylor.

Airport noise is the most pressing problem facing our communities and

these two unpaid volunteers, Tom and Rick, have worked long hard

hours to keep us all from experiencing more inconvenience from the

planes that fly out of John Wayne Airport. The council members and

supervisor that you included are being paid to do this job. Tom and

Rick are doing it because it is good for Newport Beach. They should

be included on this list.

FLORENCE STASCH

Newport Beach

I’d like to recommend, another time, Jack Keating, who is

president of the Newport Beach Naturalist and Friends, supporters of

the Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive Center at the north end of the

Back Bay, and Dr. Sherwood Roland, Nobel Prize winner.

ALICE CULVER

Corona del Mar

I can’t believe you would eliminate Dennis Rodman, whether a good

influence or bad influence, very influential. I mean how many other

people do you know that City Council is changing their rules for, and

the mayor is saying he’s worn out his welcome in this town.

Maybe he didn’t make your list for a couple of reasons seeing as

there’s only one other African American in the whole 103. It seems a

little odd, too. But it’s influential, it doesn’t say good influence

or bad influence, so I’m very surprised that Dennis didn’t make the

list. Unless there’s other agendas taking place.

BUCK BAKER

Newport Beach

* EDITOR’S NOTE: All of Dennis Rodman’s antics and the Newport

Beach City Council’s decisions pertaining to his antics occurred in

2001, and Rodman made the 2001 DP 103 list.

How can some ducks, a dog, a steeple and a skateboard replace a

hard-working senior volunteer from the local center? Do the reporters

know there are hundreds of volunteer seniors without whom the senior

center would close shop? Maybe the city’s 50th birthday in 2003

reveals these hidden talents.

ANNE

HOGAN-SHERESHEVSKY

Costa Mesa