Opinion on Greenlight Initiative has changed I...

Opinion on Greenlight Initiative has changed

I voted for the Greenlight Initiative but am appalled by the fact

that Greenlight leader Phil Arst and his handful of Greenlight

insiders are, in reality, anti-everything. This is obstinacy for the

sake of political power. It is not anti-traffic, anti-change or

pro-status quo. It is in-your-face, because-I-say-so arrogance.

Arst ran for City Council a few years back and failed miserably.

Perhaps his pride will not let him allow our elected officials to run

the city without his power grab.

With what I have learned from Arst’s actions, if Greenlight was on

next November’s ballot, I would vote against it. The majority of my

friends and neighbors agree with me.

JESSE BARRAZA

Newport Beach

Churches will always be in someone’s backyard

Regarding the letter to the editor “Condo owners say churches

disrupt neighborhood,” Daily Pilot, March 10:

At first glance, I thought the authors, William and Bette Doremus,

were members of the me, me, me generation, but further reading

indicates they are just pushing their personal not-in-my-back-yard

(NIMBY) campaign.

Not once do they address the need for the two schools -- both

national award winners -- nor do they mention the thousands of

parishioners’ dependence on the churches for fulfillment of their

spiritual needs.

Further, their description of the way Our Lady Queen of Angels

operates as being “clandestine” is totally inaccurate. If the authors

were to remove their blinders and go to the Parish Center, they would

find a scale model and description of the project openly displayed in

the center of the reception area.

Their contention that Our Lady Queen of Angels has “outgrown this

neighborhood” might be more honestly stated as “simply put, this

neighborhood has outgrown us.”

I do not know if the authors have grammar- or high-school-age

children or if they attend religious services. Regardless, they

should understand that over a 25-year period, the needs of the

community dictate that they cannot have everything the way things

were.

TERRY BUCKLEY

Newport Beach

Not all weight problems stem from one cause

Well I’m overweight, and it’s nothing to do with eating too much.

I got sick and had to take steroids to save my life, and I gained

quiet a bit of weight, and soon after that I hurt my back at work so

I couldn’t do anything much physically at all and its nearly

impossible to lose weight this way. And I don’t appreciate being told

that I’m overweight because I eat too much.

MIKE CLIFFORD

Costa Mesa