OB Pier appalling
I am a business owner and also reside in Ocean Beach. I recently took a stroll along the O.B. pier and was appalled at the stench and condition of “the longest concrete pier on the West Coast.” Broken sinks, leaking city water, unsafe planks, feces and bacteria, garbage, fish hooks and guts everywhere! To think that our tourists will return is a joke!
I called our councilman’s office and spoke with James Lawson “” a representative who in turn said that he “would walk the pier” with me. We met a few weeks later. (This was about two months ago.)
There are bicyclists, dogs, poop, overcasting, people with two or three rods, drinking, and whatever else you can imagine. I even saw a burned and melted garbage can, so apparently there are fires at night.
Nothing has been remedied at the pier “” maybe a few power washes now and then, but come on, residents! Take a walk and see for yourself what is happening. I do admit that I asked a patrol car of officers why they do nothing about all this, and their reply was that “the city can’t afford beach patrol of the pier. There’s not enough officers.”
Pretty silly that my husband and I were at Ocean Beach last Monday right around tower two and three officers in uniform showed up popping wheelies on their three-wheelers! Wake up, City Council!
Darlene Bebrin, Ocean Beach

Quit trashing OB
While driving down Newport today, I was thinking of the letter in The Beacon about how dirty O.B. is, we cater to the homeless, and the bikers. Talk about stereotyping.
Quit trashing O.B. This is in response to several critical individuals who do not care to or know the progress this historic beach community has made or appreciate it. Criticizing is a lot easier than getting involved or helping. The O.B. Hotel is a great place to stay. Its Web site and advertisements are not deceptive. The owners are a generous local family who are involved in our community, making changes for a better O.B. and San Diego. The owner recently remodeled the whole property, employing local businesses such as mine. It gave O.B. a facelift and made us proud. The hotel also has a Web cam to see the area. All the business owners on Newport clean daily and employ a power wash company. There is no deception in our town. Maybe you were deceiving yourself in thinking you could stay in a sterile, secluded, biker-free island in the Bahamas at the Four Seasons for the extremely great rate the O.B. Hotel offers to stay in our paradise, Ocean Beach, California.
Anthony P. George, Ocean Beach native and Owner, Point Loma Landscape

Stop the ‘march’
The article “Miramar Opponents and Supporters Hash Out Prop A Issues,” published Oct. 5, ignores a number of facts, as did Mr. Lynch. Three of these are:
1: Two federal laws do not allow joint use at MCAS Miramar.
2: The Secretary of the Navy has told the Airport Authority that joint use is not a viable option, that joint use would be dangerous to both civilian and military operations, that MCAS Miramar is not and will not be available and that MCAS Miramar is vital for our national defense.
3: On June 6, one day after the Airport Authority voted to place Prop A on the ballot arguing that joint use at MCAS Miramar is a viable option, Mr. Craver, chairman of the Airport Authority, stated that joint use is not a viable option.
While Marines are dying in Iraq and Afghanistan protecting us from terrorism, the Marines are being forced to fight a fifth-column attack by the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority and their backers. I urge everyone to vote no on Prop A to stop the Airport Authority’s myopic “March to Miramar.” Go to www.NoOnPropA.com for the truth.
Richard J. Prutow, Ph.D., M.D., San Diego

Educate councilman on toll road
Should Orange County politicians be able to build a new freeway through a state park in northern San Diego without input from San Diego government officials?
I could hardly believe the flaccid excuses Councilmember Kevin Faulconer gave for not voting to oppose the freeway through San Onofre State Park.
After gratuitous shmoozing of the Surfrider Foundation, Faulconer proceeded to say that he would not vote to oppose a toll "read" through the popular park, despite the pleas of plenty of constituents.
Faulconer promised during his campaign for City Council this year that protecting our beaches and parks would be a priority. But an Orange County politician told the City Council that they should not intervene in the San Diego County matter, and Faulconer agreed.
It is hardly surprising that Orange County doesn’t know when to stop encouraging more endless growth, but surely Faulconer had enough information to know that a new freeway in San Diego County through a state park in San Diego enjoyed by San Diegans for camping, hiking and surfing is a really dumb idea.
Anyone who wants to help educate Mr. Faulconer can reach him at [email protected].
Gloria Johnson, Ocean Beach