parque norte<\/em><\/p>\n[Councilmember] Todd Gloria nor his reps were at the rally. I received the stock response, which didn’t include an answer, from his office when I inquired about their lack of representation at the rally. Whether they can affect anything or not, we are Mr. Gloria’s \u201ccustomers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jeanette Voss,<\/em>
\n South Park<\/em><\/p>\nHas anyone opposed to this project in South Park visited the WalMart in Logan heights?\u00a0There is no overwhelming traffic in need of traffic lights.\u00a0Can national chains not coexist next to independent businesses in South Park as they appear to do in North Park? Would the same protesters protest if Trader Joe\u2019s was moving in?\u00a0Has anyone noticed that there is a 7-Eleven that has coexisted next to Gala for decades? I agree with Councilmember Todd Gloria and the owners of Gala on this one. The owners want to retire.\u00a0Trader Joe\u2019s was not interested in opening on their site. Target was.\u00a0Target agreed to the current footprint of the store and appears to want to work with the community as far as coexisting with the other tenants of the property.\u00a0What right do we have to limit their retirement income by opposing their agreement?\u00a0I believe a great disservice has been given to the owners who simply want to retire.\u00a0I suspect that many protesters did not shop at Gala before. If that is the case, simply do not shop at TargetExpress either, but do not deny others who want the amenities that Target will offer the right to shop there.\u00a0Let the people of South Park vote with their wallets on this one.\u00a0If enough people agree with the protesters and boycott the store then it won’t be profitable to Target and they will leave.\u00a0I wish more time and energy was spent on finding a solution for all such as finding another dependent tenant to satisfy all sides.\u00a0We are lucky another developer has not come along proposing too many housing units for that site.\u00a0I’d rather have a national chain there than a monstrous apartment building.<\/p>\n
Kimberly D’Souza,<\/em>
\n South Park<\/em><\/p>\nI am a 15-year resident of South Park and in the pages of Uptown News and other media, I read repeatedly of the \u201cno concessions\u201d opposition to the proposed TargetExpress in the old Gala Market. I would like to point out that there are many of us in the neighborhood who are not opposed to this project.<\/p>\n
I love our neighborhood and value its uniqueness, one aspect of which is that we can walk to many services, restaurants, etc. With the loss of Gala, I now have to drive to supermarkets in North Park or downtown. I would welcome a market such as TargetExpress with better prices and a cleaner, more attractive interior than what we have had. In addition there would be a pharmacy and other options that we do not now have, all within walking distance. My understanding is that Target has agreed to not include a Starbucks so as to not compete with neighborhood coffee houses. I would expect that they would even add some landscaping to that ugly, barren expanse of parking lot.<\/p>\n
I have heard from some opponents that they would welcome a Sprouts or a Trader Joe’s (neither of which is interested in coming here). That tells me that they are not really opposed to a big corporation in the neighborhood, just this particular one. If Target abandons this project, I fear that we are going to have an ugly, empty, deteriorating building in the middle of our neighborhood for a long time to come.<\/p>\n
Finally I agree that the Grape\/Fern streets intersection is a problem, but it always has been and I would expect city engineers to be able to design something to ameliorate the situation there.<\/p>\n
Gracias.<\/p>\n
John Tibbals,<\/em>
\n South Park<\/em><\/p>\nBicycle helmets and brain damage<\/strong><\/p>\nHutton:<\/p>\n
Your article \u201cTo helmet or not to helmet\u201d in the March 13 issue of San Diego Uptown News [Volume 7, Issue 6], begs the real question: \u201cto be<\/em> or not to be<\/em>.\u201d I want my kids and my neighbors to be safe on the streets of San Diego! I buckle up!<\/em> Anyone sharing the right-of-way should exercise the same degree of caution as I do. When I rent a vehicle, I make sure it has good brakes and seat belts. I use both, whether I intended to rent that vehicle or not or simply \u201cspontaneously\u201d decided on a trip up the coast.<\/p>\nLife is precious to me and I hope to keep my\u00a0prodigy\u00a0alive and healthy after I stride from \u201cthe stage.\u201d I do not want to see my health care cost soar because of a growth in\u00a0traumatic\u00a0brain injuries. And I have no idea where you came up with the idea that Senator Liu’s bill \u201c… reinforces the false notion that bicycling isn’t\u00a0beneficial\u00a0to personal health.\u201d I\u00a0encourage people to bicycle, and here in North Park we are encouraging new bicycling lanes, the adoption of \u201cshare the road\u201d programs and the DecoBike rental system. Being a responsible member of society entails using the brains we were given and exercising reasonable standards of behavior to keep from damaging them.<\/p>\n
I don’t wave red flags at bulls because they have a hard-wired response to that\u00a0stimulus. People who are spontaneous may be hard-wired to exhibit behavior which is not thought through and evaluate all possible outcomes, and your article improperly tries to justify irresponsible behavior. I do not want to pay for the\u00a0consequence\u00a0of that behavior.<\/p>\n
The bill is much more than a “…Band-Aid on what\u2019s likely a non-existent\u00a0wound.\u201d You quoted the accident statistics and the\u00a0volume\u00a0of trips is not the driving statistics. It is the people who are insured! Vehicle trips have soared in the last 100 years but windshield wipers, seat belts and crash-absorbing vehicle design have prevailed and lowered overall injuries absolutely as vehicle trips have increased geometrically. Let’s get ahead of the curve when it comes to vehicle trips by bicycle!<\/em><\/p>\nAlan Bennett,<\/em>
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