Quit whining about copters and move...

Quit whining about copters and move

The police do not fly “whirly-birds at all hours of the day, round

and round and round and round and round and round� as a reader

stated, for no reason. [“Mailbag� Sept. 12] They are responding to

some emergency.

If this “great job� of patrolling your area is so annoying to you,

you have many options. You can move to any city, state or country

that doesn’t have air patrol.

You can call the Huntington Beach Police Department, after you

have obtained all the signatures of the residents within the

five-mile radius of your house, to request that the “whirly-birds�

never fly over that area whether or not a 911 call is made in your

five-mile radius. That would probably in itself save you and all of

Huntington Beach a lot of money until you would sue the city for an

emergency not responded to when you had a dire life-threatening

emergency.

The city would never approve of “putting a cop with his ticket

book on a horse at the end of your driveway for citations.� Why don’t

you and neighbors stand out at the end of your driveway, in eight or

12-hour shifts, and get the license plate numbers of the violators?

It’ll be for you to figure out what to do with them after you obtain

them, since you don’t seem to respect the Police Department.

Get a life B.F. Schnel. You have no idea how fortunate you are to

live in Huntington Beach with the police department helicopter

service we have. Be thankful and take advantage of your freedom to

move out of your five-mile annoyance area to wherever and quit your

whining about our Huntington Beach Air Patrol.

V. BARRETT

Huntington Beach

Truck ads go too far, should be stopped

On Tuesday morning, after dropping my kids off at school, I was

waiting at the light at Warner Avenue and Gothard Street in front of

Ocean View High School, when I was confronted with the sight of two

large trucks, also waiting.

On the sides of these trucks were bloody, grotesque pictures of

aborted fetuses and the word “choice.� I’m sure I wasn’t the only one

sickened and appalled. There were many high school students walking

to school, who now have these pictures ingrained in their brains. How

dare these people shove pictures like this down our throats.

Unfortunately, their rights are protected by the First Amendment, but

what about my rights? The people behind this, whoever they are, are

sick and disgusting and should be locked away. We need to draw the

line somewhere. Let’s find a way to stop them.

LINDA SEDIVY

Huntington Beach

Good judgment is the key; elect Davis

I thought having good, sound Ideas and judgment would be the way

to go with any person who took the position of city attorney, but

hey, I’m just a normal guy not a former elected official. I bring

this up because I’ve read so many of the article’s written by Ron

Davis in this same paper and always thought it would be great to have

someone like this involved with our city government.

Oh in case any of you are interested I don’t know Ron Davis and do

not now or have ever worked for or supported him in anyway, I’m

basing all of this on what I have read in the many articles by this

gentleman. So (Ron Davis) will be a great candidate and I’m very

excited for his hopeful win.

RON ALWIN

Huntington Beach

Corrections, additional Parkside information

First, a correction to “Residents voice concern over Parkside

Estates� (Independent, 9/12/02,page A4): it was Mark who gave the

presentation on traffic concerns at the meeting, not I (Julie). It is

correct that I did bring up emergency response times.

Secondly, and more importantly: The article paints only a small

part of the picture. Traffic and noise are the concerns most

frequently mentioned by residents, but there are several others. The

article failed to note a late communication from the California

Coastal Commission recommending the environmental impact report be

denied due to water quality issues, which is one of our big concerns

as well. The project, as currently proposed, will have a negative

impact on Huntington Harbour, which already has a water quality

problem -- Parkside will make it worse. Residents are worried about

adequate egress and ingress in case of earthquake, liquefaction and

subsidence. Fire response times may be inadequate not only to the

project site but to residents living south of the Graham Street and

Slater Avenue intersection as well.

We also wish to ensure that the developer obtains all necessary

county permits in addition to city permits. I encourage all city

residents to visit www.bixby.org/parkside to read the environmental

report and learn the details of the Parkside project and our

opposition to it.

JULIE BIXBY

Huntington Beach

Ban on planes will solve problems

I strongly feel that having a law to prohibit low-flying planes

will tremendously alleviate, if not solve the problem this city has

with the droning of banner-towing planes. It has been such an

intrusion in the enjoyment and quality of life -- especially along

the coast.

Everyone that I’ve discussed this with has been in agreement and

has joined the boycott of these advertisers. Let them find other

means of advertising; on billboards and periodicals, etc.

What would our skies be like if all businesses decided to

advertise in our skies? Heaven forbid.

NANCY GIBSON

Huntington Beach

Shipley should be the city’s responsibility

The Shipley Nature Center is a city facility that should be open

and available to everyone. It is the city of Huntington Beach’s

responsibility to run it and maintain it. The Friends of Shipley

Nature Center’s charter should be to support the center and the

activities that take place there. To place the operation of a

facility like this on the shoulders of a volunteer group that is just

starting out does not make sense. The city, with the help of the

Friends and other interested groups, needs to come together and

develop a plan on how to restore and preserve the Shipley Nature

Center not just lock the gate and walk away.

STEVE ENGEL

Huntington Beach