San Diego City Councilman Kevin Faulconer is “hoping to develop an ordinance that’s fair and that works” regarding a ban on the overnight parking of RVs (“Overnight ban eyed on oversize vehicles,” Feb. 7 edition, page 1). The hair-trigger snap of the council member in abandoning community discussions regarding alcohol restrictions on the beach doesn’t lead us to believe that, in the words of poet Oliver Goldsmith, “to the last moment of his breath, on hope the wretch relies.”
In fact, Suzanne Bradbury of Ocean Beach, in her letter to the Beacon (“Questions blanket rules on RV street parking,” Feb. 14 edition, page 6), asks some insightful questions regarding the fairness and efficacy of taxation, regulation and, if I might add, prohibition. Given the current state of our political economy I doubt the governing clique can give any constructive answers to the RV parking dilemma, or anything else, for that matter.
For example, Mr. Faulconer says that the City Council will answer questions of affordable parking and storage after the program is enacted, yet council is deferring the cost analysis of the ordinance to the Mayor’s Office. Do we really think that Wimpy will pay us on Tuesday for a hamburger today or that the check really is in the mail?
With a broken, bankrupt government as the elephant in the parlor of our civic culture, I have to sympathize with law enforcement officers like Sgt. Bill Davis and RV owners like Suzanne Bradbury and with City Council members like Kevin Faulconer. I feel sorry for us all.