Pursuing Other Measures
Editor,
Downtown congestion! A constant theme of recent letters to local newspapers. And it’s true! It can take more than 20 minutes to drive from...
Wait Until Results Are In
Editor,
The City Council has some unfinished business to take care of before moving ahead with its plans for the village entrance. One of the...
What If?
Editor,
I was thinking about the village entrance parking garage that is creeping towards implementation. What if things didn’t work out as planned and the...
Infrastructure Needs Still Unfunded?
Editor,
The late Gary Alstot, a retired civil engineer and Laguna Beach resident, recommended that the city of Laguna Beach tend to its urban infrastructure...
Managing Congestion
Editor,
I keep hearing that the village entrance project is going to benefit business, but I don't agree.
The parking structure is going to be located...
Other Greener Solutions to Parking
Editor,
I have lived in Laguna Beach since 1965. Driving into Laguna via Laguna Canyon Road has always been beautiful. I strongly feel that erecting...
Vote on the Entrance
Editor,
Is the village entrance really little more than landscaping screening an inadequate concrete garage the size of a football field? Or is it a...
Bike Parking Succeeds in Carlsbad
Editor,
As Laguna debates the fiscal sanity for a $65 million parking structure, consider the alternative to car parking chosen by Deputy Director of Transportation...
Disgruntled Over Changes at the Marine Room
Editor,
Permanently removing the historic cartoons by well-known Laguna artists (how about bringing back a few of the most iconic ones), taking down the colorful...
Listening to Constituents
Editor:
At this point it’s apparent that many Lagunans are opposed to and or have serious reservations regarding our City Council’s village entrance plan. Their...
Rebutting Vail, Disputing Entrance Decision
Editor:
Former Planning Commissioner Greg Vail charged in his recent column (“In Support of Entrance Decision,” Aug. 2) that my interview with Elizabeth Pearson on...
Why Not a Vote?
Editor,
I’ve been reading the letters-to-the-editor some for and many against the village entrance project. I’m wondering who the project will really benefit most? Surely...
Laguna is Beautiful Enough
Editor,
There is talk of taxing us $125 million to underground the utilities. We had a power outage yesterday, and it reminded me that 25% of...
Recapturing Essential Local History
Editor,
Dizz's As Is restaurant is great but it's not 80 years old.I knew Rick and Shannon, the two owners who opened Dizz's in the...
A Party to Remember
Editor,
Re: “An Accomplisment of Century,” Aug. 2 edition.
The article was beautiful and Aunt Esther was so touched. Her birthday party was something I'll never...