Another week, another puerile column from Michael Ray. Yes, we all get it. Ray doesn’t like Village Laguna. We got it the last 10 times, too. With so much going on in the world, is this childish kerfuffle really all he can find to write about?
The only thing that changes in his weekly redundancy is the wording. This week Ray has decided he likes the word “ain’t”—so much so that he’s used it three times. And his straw man arguments claiming, for instance, that Village Laguna “wants to eliminate outdoor dining” are as absurd as his tortured baseball metaphor (“Strike nine”? Ugh)
I don’t suppose the Indy can ask him to be a better writer, but how about at least asking him to stop writing the same column every week?
Sincerely,
Mark Ryan, Laguna Beach
Village Laguna is deadly opposed to creating any more parking, particularly a parking structure at the town entrance. Outside dining and The Promenade, when made permanent, will REQUIRE such extra parking. Hence, opposition to both by VL.
Know your facts
Thank you Mark Ryan. Agree 100%. Who at the INDY actually thinks that a regular guest columnists exaggerations and endless repeating is interesting or valuable to readers? Anyone else puzzled by this?
Laguna Beach is a community made up of both residents, businesses, and commercial property owners. However, parking structures have unfortunately been funded by residents via their property taxes, which denies part of our community (businesses, nonprofits, and commercial property owners) the same civic responsibility as residents to pay for half of community parking, particularly in our restaurant- and business-intense areas. We’re all part of the community, and businesses and commercial property owners should pay their share for any new parking structures. Give businesses and commercial property owners the opportunity to act like fully invested community members, and do their duty to pay half for any new parking structures. …Otherwise, they won’t seem like fully invested members of our community.