Mr. Coons\u2019 opinion piece suffers from being both incorrect and unproductive [see \u201cSan Diego should protect the integrity of Balboa Park and its own Municipal Code,\u201d Vol. 5, Issue 6].<\/p>\n
He falsely claims I am opposed to a new effort to remove cars from Balboa Park\u2019s Plaza de Panama. I very much appreciate Mayor Filner\u2019s willingness to find a reasonable way to return the heart of the park to pedestrians. The truth is that the public and I have yet to learn the specifics for this new plan. How can I support a plan that has not been unveiled? More importantly, how can I in good conscience spend $500,000 of taxpayer money without knowing what we\u2019re getting?<\/p>\n
Furthermore, rather than use his editorial to educate the public on what he is proposing or inspire them to support him, Mr. Coons instead penned a politically motivated diatribe against me. This kind of bluster is all too common in today\u2019s civic dialogue and does nothing to restore pedestrian access to the heart of our City\u2019s crown jewel. I respectfully ask Mr. Coons to start explaining his viable plans for Balboa Park instead of wasting time chiding my support for a workable solution.<\/p>\n
I lent my support to the Plaza de Panama Committee\u2019s proposal to remove cars from the heart of the park after an extensive two-year public review. I will review any new proposals with the expectation that they be subject to a similar level of community input in advance of a City Council vote or of public funding. Why should Mr. Coons be treated differently than any other group or individual proposing to make changes in Balboa Park?<\/p>\n
The 2015 centennial is approaching quickly and San Diego does not have time for commentaries that fail to move our city and our park forward.<\/p>\n
\u2014Todd Gloria, Council President, Third District, via email<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I enjoyed this article for its fanciful notion that the judge forcefully ruled against the Plaza de Panama project when, in fact, he is on record for reluctantly coming to this decision and thought the project was good for [Balboa] Park [see \u201cSan Diego should protect the integrity of Balboa Park and its own Municipal Code,\u201d Vol. 5, Issue 6].<\/p>\n However, getting such information in this slanted article would be too much to ask. Contrary to their own belief, SOHO does not represent the people of San Diego. Indeed, they are a narrowly focused special interest group that seems to oppose anything new or improved. Most of the plans previously presented by SOHO for the Park include the partial or permanent closure of the Cabrillo Bridge. Maybe they have not seen the loud and clear message coming from Bankers Hill and in particular the Metro San Diego CDC stating on record that they are opposed to any closure of the Cabrillo Bridge to rectify the Plaza de Panama problems. As a founding member of the Metro San Diego CDC, I strongly believe that Todd Gloria is absolutely correct in trying to find other solutions and knows full well that SOHO does not represent all or a majority of the people in District Three.<\/p>\n \u2013Bruce Leidenberger, via sduptownnews.com<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n San Diego REP\u2019s \u2018The Mountaintop\u2019 outstanding<\/strong><\/p>\n I am from Memphis and had the pleasure to be in mason temple the night of Dr. King\u2019s speech. It was awesome. And to know the Lorraine Motel well, it brought back real memories for me [see \u201cDr. King at the mountaintop,\u201d Vol. 5, Issue 6].<\/p>\n I thought the play was outstanding. The message was truly there. I like the actor and actress. \u2014Carolyn Powell, via sduptownnews.com<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Letters Moving Balboa Park forward Mr. Coons\u2019 opinion piece suffers from being both incorrect and unproductive [see \u201cSan Diego should protect the integrity of Balboa Park and its own Municipal Code,\u201d Vol. 5, Issue 6].<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":245983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11555","_seopress_titles_title":"Opinion: Letters to the Editor","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11551,11552,11555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-opinion","category-uptown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nIt showed a side of Dr. King\u2019s personal life. \u2026 I would see it again.<\/p>\n![\"Opinion:](\"https:\/\/sduptownnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/web-cbr031313dAPR.jpg\" "\\"web")
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