Can’t we all just get synchronized? Although...

Can’t we all just get synchronized?

Although I usually am supportive of solid, planned developments,

the one accompanying factor that is definitely making our quality of

life worse is traffic.

While Newport Beach’s main arteries (Pacific Coast Highway,

Newport Boulevard, MacArthur Boulevard and Jamboree Road) are a

respectable six to eight lanes wide, traffic continues to muddle

along from stoplight to stoplight. With all of the technology

available, why can’t the traffic engineers seem to get it right and

keep our traffic flowing?

I fail to see any successful traffic signal synchronization to

keep the main arteries flowing -- especially during peak periods. The

weak attempts at this now severely understates current traffic

volumes and misread traffic patterns. Now this should be the true

goal of Greenlight. Do any other drivers feel my pain and

frustration?

STEVE M. STEC

Newport Beach

More hotels means more tourists, more hassles

My opinion about a resort near Pelican Hill Golf Club is I think

we already have enough people in this area. We have enough tourists.

The traffic is already so bad you can hardly get from point A to

point B. I think this is overkill. I’m just totally against building

anything more up there. There is already tons of hotels around here

that people can use.

CAROLE DUESLER

Newport Beach

Are Greenlight’s actions inconsistent?

Residents need to question the hypocrisy of Greenlight taking a

position on a 324-room hotel being built by the Irvine Co. without

the benefit of a vote of residents while at the same time opposing

the 100-room Regent resort that builders are voluntarily going to

what the people want.

LARRY MORGAN

Newport Beach

Do nonprofits need revenue from fireworks?

As usual, the fireworks stands are erected, every year, in Costa

Mesa. Costa Mesa is one of the few remaining communities in Southern

California that allows “safe and sane” fireworks to be put into the

hands of local residents and those who might drive in from

communities that have more “sane” regulations.

The organizations that operate retail operations out of these

stands claim locally beneficial nonprofit organizations as the final

beneficiary of the funds raised from the sale of fireworks. I’m all

for the nonprofits. I know they have a difficult time raising funds.

I just feel that sales of incendiary devices is not the way to

promote community issues.

Costa Mesa has been pretty lucky recently. No homes burned down by

inappropriate use of fireworks, no one killed or maimed. At least

recently.

I’m a veteran and I celebrate our country’s independence. I just

think that the handling of explosive and dangerous devices is better

left to the professionals.

The show at the Dunes will go on. We can all gather there to

celebrate the birthday of our nation. I’d appreciate the City Council

outlawing my neighbors’ right to set off incendiary devices that

might burn down my house in some sort of “celebration.”

Other communities figured it out.

ALAN SANDOVAL

Costa Mesa