Right on, Mike
I love it!
The Giant Dipper is almost ready to roll and the developer says they “probably wouldn’t have done it if the shopping hadn’t been there†because “it was a real blighted area.â€
Nobody mentioned good old Mike Gotch, long the subject of nasty remarks, attacked as if the development was the worst thing since slum housing.
The center may not be the perfect solution, but given the economic situation of the time, Gotch really believed the development was a good compromise.
Perhaps he stepped on toes and was less politic than he might have been, but perhaps the end justified the means this time.
The center is beginning to turn a corner; can no one be found to say that maybe, just maybe, Mike’s decision was the best thing for Mission Beach?
OK, I’ll say it: Mike, you were right.
CATHERINE A.
STROHLEIN
San Diego
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