No big issue with vets
It appears the issue on the cross on Mt. Soledad is an anti-religion hang-up that made an issue out of a purely historical symbol when it was created. I am sure it is no big issue with those of us who are vets.
Perhaps the issue of religious faith would have resulted in some other symbol today, such as giant flame. At the time, the statue of a woman represented Liberty. And yet no big issue is made of its gender relationship!
The real issue is public land. Perhaps a grateful public might wish to deed the property to a vets organization and so a “historical” landmark can be left in place!
Walt Tice, Pacific Beach

Desecraters are defiling memorie
sIn La Jolla, there exists a white monument on a patch of land that is supposedly government property. Because the structure resembles a cross, some men have taken legal action to have it demolished because of the terms of the separation of Church and State.
With utter contempt for the feeling of most of the community, these perpetrators have pressed their suit over a decade.
The monument is a landmark, a place of peace enjoyed by visitors and villagers alike.
Because it was created as a memorial to the men killed as they fought for the very freedoms that are now used against them, the structure’s removal would become an act of desecration toward the men who died.
These would be desecrators are indeed defiling the memories of every son and husband who died in war-torn Europe or on the beaches of Iwo Jima.
These perpetrators who scorn the memorial cross insist that their actions are to separate the Church and State and that a religious symbol cannot stand on government property.
Very well, then, tear down the telephone poles, rip off the chaplain’s insignia, burn the stamps, tear down the crosses on cemeteries like the one on Point Loma, and burn all the utility poles everywhere that have a horizontal arm across an upright shaft!
Many people wonder about the real purpose of this action. Is it to exert power over others? Is it the beginning of an attempt to destroy our country as a strong Christian nation? Is there writing on the wall? Are we overlooking something?
Patricia Weber, La Jolla

Making a buck off the seals
I read two letters in the July 13, 2006 edition of the La Jolla Village News (“What is considered harassment?” and “An invitation to evolve,” page 8) and it is too bad there are people in San Diego who want to compromise the wild status of harbor seals off our coast so they can make money off of them.
What certain people want is to destroy the wild status of harbor seals so the seals can become domesticated to humans and create a trained seal show at the Children’s Pool for commercial purposes.
The people who do not want swimmers and divers to use the Children’s Pool area are also making money off the seals selling shirts and other souvenirs at the Children’s Pool.
Wild harbor seals haul out on primarily offshore isolated locations, not public beaches. If wild harbor seals were normally found in public areas, they would occur at public beaches all over San Diego County and that is not the case.
These selfish so-called seal advocates should be ashamed of compromising the wild status of our coast so they can make a buck off of it.
Kent Trego, La Jolla

Boo to the whiners
I have lived in San Diego since 1989, mostly in Pacific Beach, Point Loma, Mission Beach and now finally in Hillcrest. One of the best things during the summer in San Diego is the SeaWorld fireworks (Letter to the editor, “Let’s get SeaWorld to be ‘good neighbor,'” Village News, June 15, page 8). They are one of many unique things that make San Diego great.
I know when they are going off at night, it is 9:50 p.m. and I don’t even have to look at the clock.
At least once a week I like to run outside and watch them. And when people visit from out of town, it is great when they go off and we always need to pull over in the car and watch.
Don’t let those whiners complaining about the noise that lasts 10 minutes at the most, get away with stopping them.
I’m sure many more people love them as much as I do. They are a San Diego tradition.
Rob Vahoviak, Hillcrest