Editor,
Some random thoughts about our great town as we close out July and head into the hot season:
I enjoy using the neighborhood shuttles, and wish they ran on Sundays and after 6, and not just because we are inundated with drunk drivers. Taxi vouchers are nice, but Uber is usually cheaper and faster, even if the taxis do eventually agree to take the vouchers they are contractually required to.
Every day I drive down Coast Highway and see kids racing across the street or at poorly marked crosswalks, along with bikers, and marvel that more
people aren’t struck and injured. Read Tom Vanderbilt’s excellent book “Traffic” for ideas.
I wouldn’t want to be the only offending tree owner who had to be taken through the view ordinance process and have my name publicized. On that
note, I think it’s ironic that the lady who lives behind me that always reminds me to trim my trees is a member of the Laguna Beach Garden Club.
I bet Mark Christy wishes the City Council had approved Mark Fudge’s work on the Halliburton House.
I wish the city would let dogs on the beach during the day in the summer. At least my dog and I can walk around the piles of smelly, fly-infested kelp
after 6, when apparently there’s less likelihood we’ll spoil the beach.
While we’re at it, the Sawdust Festival and Bluebird Canyon Park concerts would be nice to bring my 15 lb terrier to as well.
Rooftop bars are excellent, especially if they allow dogs, as most do.
We need more affordable restaurants in town. The failure of high-priced Umami Burger should be a lesson for all future food businesses.
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a festive area with weekend food trucks and maybe even a beer garden? Anyone who has enjoyed LBHS halftime trucks and
previous Forest Avenue closures would surely agree.
I’m excited to try Laguna Beach’s upcoming roundabout at Catalina Street and Cleo. If it’s successful, we may see more.
Don’t blame the city if you don’t like our cell phone coverage; it’s your neighbors who have voted it down.
Please don’t honk at me when I slow down to let cars enter the canyon. It may be you one day.
Lastly, as a wise man said, be nice or go to Newport!
Tim Templeton, Laguna Beach
Sorry Tim, dogs at Bluebird Park concerts and the Sawdust is a bad idea! Maybe your dog would be good and Not Pee or Poop All Day!!? Haha !
Not to mention all the little children running around barefoot at BLueBiRd …some pet owners dont have discretion about their particular pet…Or if the pet is Well trained… Too easy for a normally mello pet to get riled up by so much noise and dancing and sporadic activity of children!