One meeting is plenty for commission I...

One meeting is plenty for commission

I think it is a great thing to cut down on those Planning

Commission meetings, which are much to do about nothing. One meeting

can really solve all those problems. One girl there was baffled and

bewildered by her questions and the men were just kind of bored so I

think one meeting would be sufficient and that’s my opinion.

ICY CINOCCO

Huntington Beach

Move the fireworks back to the beach

Fourth of July fireworks should absolutely be moved back to the

pier. As a doctor of the fine arts, the natural and aesthetic

backdrop of the sky is hardly something that can be ignored, a

natural phenomena and what a place to have shooting stars. Yes, move

it back to the pier.

GLADYS DEBARCZA

Huntington Beach

I would like to see the fireworks back at the pier.

LEONIE HERTING

Huntington Beach

Paintball event was in very poor taste

The weekend before last we experienced a contamination of our

beach. That paintball exhibition was about as bad as anyone could

imagine. And we brought it about ourselves. Our beautiful ocean is

sometimes victim of various pollutants but those occur by accident,

not by choice.

I would sincerely hope that in the future those responsible for

such poor selection of entertainment would use better judgment. There

are many activities to be enjoyed in our city and many of these take

place on the sand or in the surf. The volleyball, surfing and

skateboarding exhibitions show true ability and talent. They are a;;

positive and true sports actions, not some childish cops and robbers

make believe.

I have found that I am definitely not alone in my disapproval of

this improper use of our great location. Please, in future, avoid

such poor taste.

BETTY WALKER

Huntington Beach

Other ways to trim besides cutting jobs

I thought by eliminating the teacher planning days (I think there

are three to five per year) that would be that much money saved if

they didn’t have to go to it.

I thought by eliminating the minimum days, which are I think, one

maybe two hours per week on Thursdays, that might help as that would

be at least one hour less pay for teachers. And then on the teacher

training days, instead of having those be mandatory, they could

possibly volunteer. That way if teachers did not choose to go to it,

they wouldn’t have to be paid and they could save that much more

money. Hope that helps.

BILL BURHANN

Huntington Beach

Use of law students in bad judgment

Why did the electorate give our present city attorney such an

overwhelming number of votes in the last election? I thought the

voters of Huntington Beach were tired of the city attorney not being

capable of defending our city in even the most trivial law suits. Now

an item on the consent calendar, initiated ostensibly by the current

city attorney, wants authorization to use “law students to be

certified to perform certain functions normally performed by a

licensed attorney.”

Do those who believe in Darwin’s law of evolution, after looking

back on our federal, state, county and City Council acrobatics, still

cling to the law of evolution over that of creation?

BOB POLKOW

Huntington Beach