March organizers should think of community I...

March organizers should think of community

I am outraged, but not surprised, that organizers of the Orange

County Dyke March are complaining about the city’s requirements for

their use of city property and services. These people have an agenda

to push and never miss an opportunity to be “in your face” when

matters are not to their liking. It reminds me of a temper tantrum.

I have been working with the city for a special event permit since

February of this year for my own group’s event. At no time have I

thought their requirements burdensome or prejudicial, and several of

them are similar to what is being required of this group. My group is

far more interested in being good neighbors to the surrounding

community and responsible users of city facilities than shoving our

interests down the throats of the public.

Please, Costa Mesa -- do not back down at this group’s threats or

posturing. If this group’s permit application was made by a Costa

Mesa resident, shame on you for not considering the well-being of

your community before the needs of your group. If the permit was

sought by a nonresident, shame on you for trying to jeopardize Costa

Mesa residents by circumventing the safety and courtesy standards

required by our city.

SHARON WILLIAMSON

Costa Mesa

Can’t those three learn how to play nice?

The current tiff among Phil Arst, Mayor Steve Bromberg and City

Manager Homer Bludau is starting to become too boring. Please, can’t

you guys just get together and have a beer somewhere and work out

your personal affronts and problems? Taking up that much newsprint to

complain about personal problems with not-so-subtle accusations is

just not productive from our point of view.

All of these usual suspects should rather be focused on our city

problems. How about water quality; urbanization; traffic concerns;

the 100th anniversary; the new City Hall; the effect of the new state

budget ... little things like that.

One major correction to the mayor’s brief, however: Greenlight is

not a political party! If you can call Phil, Evelyn and Jean a

political party, then it’s the best kept secret in Newport Beach;

other than where and when Warner Bros. will be filming future

episodes of “The O.C.” -- right here in our town.

RON and ANNA WINSHIP

Newport Beach

On residents’ side against developer

I am writing in response to the Thursday Daily Pilot’ “Readers

Respond” section.

I would like to complement the residents who responded to the

threat of the developer threatening to hold the residents and the

City Council hostage. Who do they think they are? Do they think that

the council and the residents of Costa Mesa can be forced to have a

project forced down their throats that they are having second

thoughts about?

My hat is off to the three council members who showed enough

gumption to vote against the developer and want to look further into

the project, and I for one will back the council all the way if they

want to call the developer’s bluff and let him sue the good people of

Costa Mesa. Who do they think they are, anyway? Let’s show them that

there is more to life in Costa Mesa than the almighty dollar.

MIKE PARKS

Costa Mesa