No good reason for an indoor gun...

No good reason for an indoor gun range

I’m highly against a gun range. We’re not hunting in Huntington

Beach, you don’t need it for safety reasons, we have one of the best

police departments around and there’s no good reason to do this. All

it’s going to do is make the gun ownership higher, it’s going to

increase people getting shot, and it’s just not a good thing. If

people really want an indoor gun range that bad, they can go

somewhere else to find one. Why do we need this? It’s completely

irrational and irresponsible. I do not agree. I completely disagree

and I hope other people feel the same way.

TAYLOR NICHOLS

Huntington Beach

Gun range would be put to good use

My vote is yes, I think the city should build an indoor gun range.

I think it would be well used. I think the Police Department will use

it on a regular basis, if it’s state-of-the-art, and it would be

great if the public could use it. Charge a fee, charge enough to make

money off of it so it helps sustain fees so the taxpayers don’t have

to. I would support the public, and I would use it for sure.

ROB NELSON

Huntington Beach

Fire Department will clean up adequately

Yes, I believe the 31-acre Pacific City property should be cleaned

up and I believe our fire department and existing regulations will

adequately take care of it, so I don’t think there’s a need for

concern. It has to be cleaned up properly to meet city code.

DALE DUNN

Huntington Beach

We need water but not desalination plant

I am quite taken back at the letters that favor a desalination

plant at our beautiful beach. The cry from the “experts” from

Poseidon Resources is always the same: “There will be no significant

pollution pumped into the ocean.”

When speaking of beaches that constantly get D’s and F’s in water

quality without explanation, any pollution is significant.

“We need the water,” they say. We do need water. However, water

from this plant will be going directly to the city of Rancho Santa

Margarita to allow further housing development in that town. Poseidon

admits to these contracts.

While I do not oppose development, we cannot fool ourselves into

thinking that the water from this desalination plant even begins to

take the first step in solving the water problems of this state. The

only water Huntington Beach will get from this desalination plant

will be sewage water coming back from Rancho Santa Margarita.

Huntington Beach already has a sewage treatment plant, a toxic

waste dump, an antique gas fired power plant and huge oil holding

tanks within a few yards of the beach. This town has taken more than

its share of polluting eyesores for the good of others. This is

simply an attempt to make the people of Huntington Beach feel guilty.

We can no longer allow our city to be the dumping ground for seaside

polluting industry.

It is my hope that the City Council has the wisdom to see through

these false arguments and the guts to leave a few redevelopment tax

dollars on the table in favor of the quality of life of its citizens

and visitors.

STEVE HOMER

Huntington Beach