My husband and I are writing to protest the unethical\/illegal removal of our benches along Sunset Cliffs.\u00a0 It is unconscionable how this decision was made without any consultation or input from those most affected, i.e., the people who live and walk each day along this beautiful place and the Sunset Cliffs Natural Park Recreation Council.\u00a0 Many letters of protest have been sent to date so we will not belabor those again.\u00a0 However, we would like to emphasize how much this act\/decision was so like what has happened in our country today in federal, state and local issues.\u00a0 We have forgotten to be responsible in a democratic way! We all keep saying \u2014 over and over \u2014 transparency is necessary for our own acts, for\u00a0those\u00a0in every level of government and that the voices of local folk be heard with important issues. Look how easy\u00a0it is for people in government, no matter what level, to\u00a0just make decisions that greatly affect others in painful short and long-term ways. When many of the protest letters were sent \u2014 all of them mentioned the spiritual beauty of this area but it has been more than that.\u00a0\u00a0My husband was a physician in the U.S Army for 26 years \u2014 we both worked and taught in medicine over the years in many cultures.\u00a0 We came to San Diego in l985 because we thought it represented the best of American ways and respect for all, including people and the environment. When Sept. 11, 2001, occurred, hundreds of people met each evening on the cliffs with candles lit for those who died. For weeks, it was a way in which to grieve as a community and as Americans.\u00a0 Many could not stand and were able to sit down and join the prayers.\u00a0 Jake died recently at the age of 90 years but I still include him in all of important areas of my life. He would be editing this letter with me. Let us all DO THE RIGHT THING!\u00a0 Let us discuss, evaluate and then proceed to make right what has been done wrong!\u00a0 If we all work together, we can rebuild solid benches (that won\u2019t fall apart) and bring back our walking community to Sunset Cliffs. Speak to the people who go there everyday \u2014 those who haven\u2019t even been there, keep your counsel until all the facts are explored.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My husband and I are writing to protest the unethical\/illegal removal of our benches along Sunset Cliffs.\u00a0 It is unconscionable how this decision was made without any consultation or input from those most affected, i.e., the people who live and walk each day along this beautiful place and the Sunset Cliffs Natural Park Recreation Council.\u00a0 […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11561","_seopress_titles_title":"Cliffside-bench debate should be reasoned","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11593,11552,11561,11550],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-295771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-no-images","category-opinion","category-peninsula-beacon","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295771","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=295771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295771\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}