Morning read just won’t be the same...

Morning read just won’t

be the same anymore

Thank you, Judge Robert Gardner, for the joy you have given me

over the years with your reminiscences about you and your buddies and

your adventures growing up on Balboa. My Tuesday mornings won’t be

the same without your column. I will miss you as much as I miss Jack

Smith of the Los Angeles Times.

JEANNE FOBES

Newport Beach

Grieving without tales

from storytelling judge

A lot of us are going to be grieving if you don’t do something

about continuing with Judge Robert Gardner’s columns. I can

understand why the gentleman is getting tired of doing that, but

could we maybe have classic reruns like they do with the cartoon

“Peanuts”?

I admit, I’m over 50, but a lot of people around here are over 50,

and they have looked forward weekly, from one column to another.

The Judge is just a special, special person as far as being a

great storyteller in this area. So, if there’s any possibility of

running once a week one of the classics going back to when he first

started his columns, please consider it.

JIM CROSSON

Newport Beach

Fairgrounds are a community tradition

We are dismayed and strongly opposed to the proposed sale of the

Orange County Fairgrounds. We have raised our family here for almost

20 years. My husband was raised here. The fair has been a

community-based tradition for 112 years. It is a part of Costa Mesa’s

heritage. We own a business in Costa Mesa, and when the fair comes

around, we want to spend our money here. I’ve encouraged my children

to participate in the fair by entering competitions and contests to

foster the community spirit.

When I think of everything the fairgrounds have to offer and the

thought that this land might be developed, I am saddened. Costa Mesa

should band together to keep the fair here.

ELIZABETH FORD

Costa Mesa

Greenlighters not needed for every Newport decision

How did city government or the residents of Newport Beach ever

survive before Greenlight came along to protect us, I wonder?

Remember, Greenlight people have always opposed the Marinapark

resort/hotel project, and it is not enough for the project to be on

the November ballot, but the Greenlight people now want you to

believe information from the city and the process is flawed.

With all this apparent lack of information, you’d think we were

going to vote at the polls tomorrow. Before November, residents will

have available to them any information they need to make an informed

decision on this project, and if a person has any questions, they

certainly can ask. I have faith in the voters to make a sound

decision and not be swayed by the negative tactics of the Greenlight

people.

CHRISTINE DABBS

Newport Beach

Dolphin picture didn’t tell the trashy side of the story

Regarding the Pilot story “Flippers drawing attention in Back

Bay,” by Marisa O’Neil Sunday, the picture Don Leach took of the

dolphins in the Back Bay didn’t capture everything. He didn’t show

all the cans, plastic bags, beer bottles, an empty Pennzoil bottle

and the tons of Styrofoam that floated near the dolphins.

I know. I was just there with a boating class from the Boy Scout

Sea Base. Dolphins should swim fast. These dolphins just float and

occasionally go under the water. They look sick, and the water looks

polluted. We need to work harder to clean up the Back Bay.

JAMES L. CUNNINGHAM

Corona del Mar