Inspiration is in the eye of the...

Inspiration is in the eye of the beholder

We are people who are not inspired? We certainly are not. We just

don’t want the statue here. We don’t see a need for it and certainly

not a statue of that size. A plaque would be fine.

We are now told, according to a Pilot article, that the proponents

are going to withdraw their application. But we understand that they

are thinking of simply moving it in the very same area but maybe not

on what they consider to be Inspiration Point.

The point is, we’re not anxious to have it here at all on our

shoreline because it is an obstruction of view. And if they want to

put it someplace in the city, there are other places that they could

put it -- in a public park or even on Coast Highway at Marguerite

Avenue where the dolphins are in the garden section.

I understand that there will be objections to the use of the

statue at any place on the coastline in Corona del Mar that will be

voiced at the hearings scheduled to be held before the commission and

the council.

MARVIN NEBEN

Corona del Mar

Enough with the arts, what about parks?

Hey, Costa Mesa, did you see that article in the Pilot about the

new Bonita Canyon Sports Park? In the past eight years, Newport Beach

has built five new baseball fields, five new soccer fields and two

new softball fields. The Sunset Ridge Park is on the drawing board

and the city is planning on remodeling the athletic fields at

Mariners Park.

At the same time, the city of Costa Mesa is planning to spend

millions of dollars to improve its theater district. I’m sure the

residents of Costa Mesa can’t wait to spend $50 or more on a ticket

to see a ballet or string quartet. Thank you; thank you to Newport

Beach for building what the residents want and giving our children a

chance to catch fly balls and not bullets.

CHARLIE MASSINGILL

Newport Beach

No point in messing with perfection

Regarding the “world-class” idea of putting a large sculpture at

Inspiration Point: Most of the people who took the time to comment

seem to think the view itself is world-class.

It is the entrance to a world-class scenic harbor. There is a

world-class view of a beautiful island and an out-of-this-world view

of each sunset.

People seem to feel there is enough going on there already, with

quite a few trees and little enough room to see the view. Why

embellish what is already more beautiful than any man-made art? Ever

heard of gilding the lily? Please consider another site.

LINDA AND ELDEN PRIMROSE

Corona del Mar

* EDITOR’S NOTE: The Corona del Mar Centennial Planning Committee

has agreed to look for another site for the commemorative sculpture.

Let the voters decide on 1901 Newport Blvd.

I am in favor of the project going to a vote by the citizens of

Costa Mesa. Let the people who live here decide what should be here

and what should not. The City Council is obviously not listening to

the people that have spoken at the meetings, which have been going on

for six months

It is the people who are going to have to live with this after

it’s built and the people who should be the ones that make the

decision -- not the developer, who will be out of here as soon as he

makes his money. He will be gone. The size and density of the project

proposed show that the developer doesn’t care about this community.

WENDELL MAYBERRY

Costa Mesa