Silver was a great administrator I would...
Silver was a great administrator
I would like to say that Ray Silver is an excellent administrator.
He’s always been very cooperative with me. I think he’s great and I
think it’s going to be a tremendous loss for the city, but, you know,
whatever the man wants to do.
JAMES BRIDGES
Huntington Beach
KOCE should not go to religious group
I think it is shameful to even consider the sale of KOCE to a
religious group. It is also shameful to realize how powerful and how
much money these religious businesses manage to accumulate. I thought
the idea of religion was to help the poor. How much money does
Trinity Broadcasting give to help the poor? Not much, I bet. Religion
has now become big business and as such, should be taxed accordingly.
Think of the money they could make. The country is being run by
right-wing, born-again religious fanatics. Look where that has got
us. On no account let KOCE be sold to any of these religious groups.
Sell the station to KCET. We need the local news. Keep religion out
of it or tax them.
MAUREEN SHRUBSOLE
Huntington Beach
Commission should have waited to vote
The Planning Commission should have waited to have a full
complement of officers to study the plans and come to a conclusion.
Their rush says there must be business interests pushing for an early
resolution. That stinks!
PAT McCULLY
Huntington Beach
Pacific City no more toxic than any other
I address these comments to the 30 residents who are probably
donning gas masks as I write this. No safety steps out of the
ordinary need be taken except those I have listed below. You people
just want to delay the Pacific City project as long as it takes the
developer to go broke, admit it.
Here’s a headline for you: It won’t happen. This developer has
enough money to buy all your houses and turn them into low-income
rentals. If you folks want to do something about the over-development
of the city, go to the council meetings and complain to the “cash
register heads” you helped elect.
Where were you people when the Hilton was under development? And
how about that great white elephant next door? What a short memory
you have! The great mounds of earth piled up for almost a year didn’t
contain anything toxic and didn’t spread to the four corners of
Huntington Beach in the wind, did they?
I get it ... you must be concerned about the health of your
neighbors. Where were you when the Seacliff developments were going
full tilt? And what about the health of the people living on top of
their allowable parts per million toxic soil? As long as the city
keeps spending money like a drunken sailor, the city fathers and
mothers (they know who they are) will entertain any idea that can be
milked like the other cash cows they approved over the years.
Safety tip No. 1: Know your enemy.
Safety tip No. 2: Know who you elect.
Safety tip No. 3: Always wear your gas mask.
MICHAEL HESSLEY
Huntington Beach
Council should vote no on desal plant
In response to a letter to the editor, “Desalination would benefit
area” (Mailbag Oct. 2.) In what way? The writer referred to the
success of a desalination plant in the Virgin Islands. I went on
Internet and found facts about the plant there. “ It showed this
plant is a very small desalination plant compared to the proposed
Poseidon plant for the Huntington Beach location. The water being
used here is brought into the AES plant and taken by Poseidon. Then
Poseidon returns the effluent brine back to AES where it is returned
to the ocean. Virgin Island’s report says the disposal of the
effluent brine should be carefully considered as this can have
adverse effects on sea life. It is my hope that the City Council
which has already opposed the Planning Commission’s vote to approve
the Environmental Impact Report for Poseidon will vote no on Poseidon
when the project come before it.
EILEEN MURPHY
Huntington Beach
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