Mr. Strong’s second letter on the Peninsula Community Planning Board election was also, again, long on noise and short on useful information. He stated that I initiated an attack by defending Cynthia Conger’s community service record. That’s an odd way to initiate an attack.
Yes, I believe, as do a great many others, that the city attorney’s hair-splitting interpretation of the candidate forum as a meeting was wrong.
Mr. Strong didn’t comment on my detailed description of what constitutes a real meeting, probably because he’s never been to one and didn’t recognize the facts.
I challenged him on whether or not he has attended a meeting, and he did not respond to that. I also questioned how many hours of community service Mr. Strong has put in, because I believe if you want to be critical of someone, you should have the weight of experience behind you so that your opinions are worthy of consideration.
Apparently, Mr. Young is criticizing from a deficit position.
Mr. Strong again demonstrated his lack of understanding about what the PCPB does, because he challenged my opinion that the board has little, if any power. I’ve been on the board a year and have seen us be ignored by the Planning Commission and the City Council on a number of issues we felt strongly about.
I’m speaking from direct experience, Mr. Strong. Are you? Your comment that the number of board seats is “specifically guided by statute” was news to me and will be news to the other board members.
Odd, though, that Mr. Strong did not provide the specific information on that statute. Probably because that is just plain wrong. Apparently, that civics class Mr. Strong took at Pt. Loma High was the last direct information he absorbed about civics.
The purpose of my previous letter, commenting on Mr. Strong’s first letter, was to speak up for a lady I have personally witnessed work tirelessly for this community and who was being lambasted in a vitriolic and uninformed manner. The purpose of my second letter is to point out that I was correct about Mr. Strong in my first letter.