City Council should revisit toll road decision
The City Council should revisit its refusal to take a stand on building the big toll road through San Onofre State Park.
Maybe the Council didn’t have enough information when it voted two months ago, maybe the paid lobbyists from Orange County swayed some members or maybe they didn’t realize that we San Diegans want more than nice words at election time about protecting our environment.
The toll road builders up north can find another route, or learn how to build smarter, with denser communities, instead of the sprawling developments for which Orange County is known. At any rate, the highway through our park is a nonstarter!
Stefanie Sekich
Vice Chair
Surfrider Foundation
San Diego Chapter

Faulconer out of step with San Diegans
I think I know why Councilman Faulconer voted against Surfrider, Sierra Club and Aubudon by refusing to vote against the highway through a state park.
The Orange County backers of the toll road hired Faulconer’s former employer, a big public relations company, and the councilman evidently finds it difficult to bite the hand that fed him.
A poll shows that only 18 percent of those polled in San Diego would support a highway through a park, with 74 percent opposed, so it seems that Faulconer is out of step on this one.
Elizabeth Studebaker
San Diego