Issue of horse droppings a matter of...

Issue of horse droppings a matter of life or death

The Duke gallops his horse across the meadow straight at the

charging outlaws, twirling and firing his rifle in his left hand,

firing his Colt in his right, reins in his teeth, his head out over

his mount’s and a look of resolve on his face.

Whoa!

His city-mandated saddle-mounted on-board digital computer

flashes, indicating his mount has just dropped road apples in the

meadow. He dismounts, holsters his rifle and revolver, removes his

pooper scooper from his saddle horn and deposits the pollution in his

left saddlebag.

The outlaws are upon him now, and before he can draw, he takes a

.44 in the chest. His last unheard utterance: “I shoulda called my

councilman.”

Here lies John Wayne

Nothin’ to lose,

Nothin’ to gain.

Didn’t call

The city his bane.

DAVID A. HUGHES

Newport Beach

There’s more to fire protection than safety

I actually own a couple of properties. I just wanted to comment

that [a possible fire-related development standard in Corona del Mar]

is just a thinly veiled plot by people who have already developed

their properties to stem further development. So in effect, people

have built these monster homes, and now that they have, the small

ones are being forced to limit development.

Now, in relation to the fire issues, there are many urban areas

that are high density. All you need to do is improve the building

codes for fire protection on structures, and the [issue] of fire

hazard is mute.

ERIC KNIGHT

Corona del Mar