The only parking meter in La Jolla
We were in Palm Desert this weekend and drove down El Paseo Drive. We noticed that there were no signs telling you how long to park, plus no newspaper racks, except for four by Highway 74, which is the end of the better shops area.
My wife and I realize that La Jolla cannot do away with time limits on parking, because it would cause a bigger problem than we already have.
How are they (The El Paseo) able to not have newspaper racks? Promote La Jolla and the La Jolla Town Council have been trying to get a handle on this for longer than the 13 years we have lived here. There are 25 racks just by the Living Room on Prospect Street.
The other thought we had was, being the “Village” is split on the parking meters, to have or not have, what possible solution could there be? One of the big reasons for the parking meters is to raise money to build a parking garage in the Village. We bought the number one parking garage plan 13 years ago from the city that was to put a parking garage under Girard between the Cove and the corner of Prospect and Girard. Now we all know that “hell will freeze over” before the city does that, plus with the talk of global warming, “hell will never freeze over.”
There are many wealthy citizens living in La Jolla who are donating money to Scripps, the university and many other worthy causes. When this happens, in many cases, the donor’s name is placed on the building, wing or somewhere. We thought no one would probably want their name on a parking garage that they donated the money to, but might there be someone out there that would want to save the Village from parking meters?
One parking meter (not in use) or sculpture of a parking meter could be put on the corner of Girard and Prospect streets or at the museum out front that would have a big brass plaque on it saying, “This is the only parking meter in La Jolla Village because of the generous contribution of the _____ family that donated the parking garage located at ______ so parking meters would not be installed.”
It is too bad the parking lots by CitiBank or the other lots further down on Herschel cannot be bought where a parking garage below ground and above ground could be built. I know the one, that the lady doesn’t want to sell. The parking lot of CitiBank, I do not know the reason.
Clair Thelin, La Jolla

The craziness is gone
Did you get out to Pacific Beach this past weekend? If you did, you would have seen how quiet and beautiful the beach is now with no alcohol allowed! The craziness is gone and families in Pacific Beach can now return to their beach and enjoy the atmosphere.
Many people have been working toward an alcohol-free beach, but I would like to thank Kevin Faulconer, our councilman, who played a key role in removing alcohol from our beach! I would also like to thank SavePB.org and the Pacific Beach Town Council for their work in trying to make our beach a safe and enjoyable beach to go to.
Jan A. O’Connor, Pacific Beach

How is RV tax fair?
There is no one who wishes the eyesore RVs and other vehicles off the streets more than I do. Those that either permanently park them on the streets or, even worse, the ones that live in them, should be dealt with and removed.
I do not understand, however, why it is considered that, by “taxing” those of us who have RVs and occasionally park them in front of our own houses to load or unload, it is an equitable way to deal with this problem.
The Feb. 7 article (“Overnight ban on oversize vehicle parking OKed,” Village News, page 3) clearly states that those RVs are parked illegally and that there is not enough manpower to enforce the existing laws.
How on earth is a new regulation going to help the situation? The only thing this would appear to accomplish is to make lawbreakers out of currently law-abiding, taxpaying citizens.
Suzanne Bradbury, Ocean Beach