Letter writer set progress back 40 years...
Letter writer set progress back 40 years
Eureka! Ila Johnson (Community Commentary, “There’s no good reason
to march,” Tuesday) has discovered a time machine that has
transported her back to the 1960s in the deep south. If you just
substitute “Negro” for “homosexual” within her angry article, you
will discover Johnson’s secret to time travel.
DEVAN MULLINS
Newport Beach
Music was too loud for
this reader’s Taste
I read with interest “Taste of Newport a little Sugar Ray,” in
Saturday’s Daily Pilot.
My wife and I live on El Modena Avenue in Newport Heights, at
least two or three miles away from Newport Center, where the Taste of
Newport is held.
Last year, about 11 p.m., we were awakened by music that was so
unbelievably loud that I thought our next door neighbor was blasting
his stereo. When I went to investigate, it sounded like the music was
coming from the next block. I got in my car, and finally found that
the music was coming all the way from the Taste of Newport.
I hate to be a spoil sport, but music should not even be heard two
or three miles away, let alone be loud. I hope the volume will be
turned down a bit this year.
ALLEN DRUCKER
Newport Beach
Eminent domain makes
sense on the Westside
Ocean bluff property, one-half to two miles from the beach,
cluttered with boat yards, industrial strip buildings and run down
shopping centers. This scenario just does not make sense in 2003.
Think of the difference in value between the bluffs on the Eastside
versus the bluffs on the Westside, which are maybe two miles apart.
I think eminent domain should be used to redevelop the Westside
(Closer Look, “Westside plans concern residents, too,” Tuesday).
Unfortunately, people’s lives are rooted in the Westside, and this
cannot be disregarded. However, the disruption on people’s lives can
be minimized.
Like redevelopment projects in Chicago and other cities, current
residents should be given access to affordable housing in the new
development. (It is just the cost of redevelopment.) Also, like
projects in other cities, strict rules for house/yard upkeep must be
enforced.
Whether a business can remain should depend on the business.
Businesses that emit odor or other pollutants need to be relocated to
an industrial part of Orange County. Therefore, some of the business
owners and employees will have to bite the bullet with a longer
commute. However, even a displaced owner would have to admit that the
current use of Westside property is ridiculous.
The Westside reminds me of Huntington Beach 15 years ago. Any
truthful person would admit that Huntington is better off today.
ROBERT SOMERS
Costa Mesa
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