The recent City Council candidate forums have been quite revealing. Although Measure Q is supported by large numbers of Laguna Beach residents, only two of the candidates, Jerome Pudwill and Ruben Flores, stated their support for it. Measure Q was created as a protection for our community against the current pro-development majority on the Council. Please read the letters and guest columns in the Indy by David Raber and Gene Felder showing how Measure Q protects our city from over-development. Pudwill and Flores were also the only two candidates to clearly oppose the ill-conceived parking structure at the Presbyterian Church grounds, which would concentrate more tourists in the center of town. As Pudwill put it, “if you build it they will come.” The forums also provided a further opportunity for us to see why Peter Blake should not be re-elected: every time he opened his mouth, he launched personal attacks on anyone who disagreed with him. This Trumpian ugliness must stop and has no place in Laguna. Please vote for candidates whose first priority is to protect the interests of Laguna Beach residents. We need some development and some tourism, but not the trend toward making Laguna bigger and louder than we are seeing now.
Roger Owens, Laguna Beach
When I read Roger’s comments I had one thought. When the votes are counted he’ll still be pissed at us Trumpians, who are really Von Mises Liberals who prefer free market Capitalism to ‘the people’. Put your money where your mouth is. (Instead of using our tax money.) We didm that’s why we’re winning.
Gotta love the comment from Larry Reina above. Exactly right. When all else fails, the Democrats roll out the Anti-Trump train, it’s all Trump’s fault, etc, lol.
May free Capitalism long reign. Get government and over-regulation strangulation out of my pocket book and off my property. No on Q is the only vote.