Costa Mesa High sports problems need solution...

Costa Mesa High sports problems need solution

Regarding the problems with the Costa Mesa High School Athletic

Department, this seems real, real sad. Being a former teacher, now

retired, and a former coach in Santa Ana, we never had these

problems, but something needs to be done.

The Newport Mesa Unified School Board needs to be talking to the

superintendent and assistant superintendents in charge to find out

what these factors are here. To have so many people walk away -- it’s

really a sad situation.

Roger Carlson’s article Sunday made a lot of sense also (“Mustang

coaches dropping like flies”).

We need to either make changes, or the board has to get the

superintendent in to be accountable for what’s going on. You don’t

see this happening that much on the other side of the street, which

is Newport Beach, but we are the Newport-Mesa Unified School

District, and, being a taxpayer, this is really a sad situation.

I hope board members will get on it and get to our illustrious --

supposedly illustrious -- superintendent and find out what’s going

on.

TED ANDRINI

Costa Mesa

Marinapark project good for community

Open spaces, parks, aquatics, recreational parks, all will cost

city services hundreds of thousands of dollars annually for

maintenance and staff. How does Tom Billings and his group, Protect

Our Parks, plan to pay for these expenses? How about a property tax

increase? Deja vu. The effort to save the Castaways open space was

defeated by the Newport Beach voters due to a property tax assessment

increase.

The Marinapark development is a win-win for all: open public beach

access; tennis courts; additional parking; water-quality improvement

to the beach and bay; improvements to the existing facilities, not to

mention revenue to the city. Stephen Sutherland requests to take the

proposed development to the voters for a general plan amendment

approval. It gives merit to this man’s integrity.

PAT GREENBAUM

Newport Beach