Keep up the campaign In his letter supporting the rights of squid (“Preserve squid beach,” Village News, July 23, page 6), Dan Linn raises the consciousness of all right-thinking citizens. Yes, what will\u00a0bring spendthrift\u00a0tourists, what will the lawyers do, what will schoolchildren learn, how will newspapers survive without Squid Beach? We need the sights, the suits and countersuits, the bus trips to observe nature, the newsworthy topics that our noble wild squid provide. Thank you, Dan. Keep up the campaign, blaze, pop! Save Squid Beach! Mary Krimmel, La Jolla Does City Council have the will? Re article “Seal deal goes back to court this morning (dispersal order stopped),”\u00a0published 7\/23\/09: Now that\u00a0the governor has signed the recently passed SB 428 bill that adds some additional language to the original trust agreement,\u00a0many people are happily jumping up and down in the belief that this matter will finally come to an end with the\u00a0City Council\u00a0deciding to\u00a0follow the City Attorney\u2019s\u00a0and Mayor Sanders\u2019 advice and declare their intent to make the site exclusively\u00a0a marine mammal viewing park once SB 428 becomes law on Jan. 1, 2010. I\u00a0believe that they and everyone who now believes that “… before long, this costly exercise will be concluded” are incorrect\u00a0in taking this position.\u00a0Instead,\u00a0this view and pursuing\u00a0such a\u00a0policy will surely\u00a0result in even more wasted time and\u00a0money since\u00a0the new\u00a0language merely adds an additional specific use to the other existing specified uses.\u00a0It does\u00a0not change, remove or give it\u00a0priority\u00a0over any of these other enumerated uses. And, most importantly, it does not mean that the trust\u00a0in its amended form\u00a0will soon\u00a0allow the City Council\u00a0the “discretion” to\u00a0let the seals stay, as they and state Sen. Christine Kehoe apparently believes it will.\u00a0 As of now, the city is still adjudged as being in breach of the Tidelands trust and will continue to be should it decide to ignore their continuing duties to restore and allow the public to access the site and engage in any of the other expressly stated uses. Trust agreements, especially public trust agreements, are at the top of the list of\u00a0agreements that must be strictly adhered to and faithfully executed.\u00a0What the City Council should now do is\u00a0ignore the City Attorney\u2019s bad advice,\u00a0quit\u00a0wasting our\u00a0tax money fighting to overturn the state court decision,\u00a0and comply with Judge Pate\u2019s\u00a0orders to clean, restore and maintain the Children\u2019s Pool for all of the expressly stated uses, especially for the main intended use as a “…bathing pool for children…” The question\u00a0is, does the City Council have the will to do what they\u2019re legally obligated and have been ordered to do?\u00a0Or, are they going to worry about their next election and take what is maybe a\u00a0more popular position and thereby prolong this matter for even longer than they already have?\u00a0I hope they choose to show some integrity and intelligence and choose the former.\u00a0If it\u2019s to be the easy way out, it won\u2019t be as easy as they may think it will be. Charles R. Barringer, La Jolla Don\u2019t let this happen Children vs. Seals: I\u2019ll speak for the children. The Children\u2019s Pool, open to all, is mainly designed for toddlers and three of our 5-year-olds to wade, fill their pails and learn to swim without fear of waves. On most California beaches, waves break at toddlers\u2019 height or higher. How many adults swim in waters where waves break over their heads? Environmental impact: As more and more seals settle in this sheltered spot, the ensuing pollution will create a foul stench, unfair to the nearby residential areas; for example, Seal and Bird Rocks in Pebble Beach where the stench is formidable when the wind blows onshore. As the seals deplete the fish in La Jolla Canyon (isn\u2019t this supposed to be an Underwater Park where divers can observe marine life?), and local areas, they will have to seek their food farther and farther out. Sooner or later the sharks will come, and there will be loss of life as there has been on several occasions at Spanish Bay near Seal and Bird Rocks. Aren\u2019t beaches in California legally open to all below the high water mark? How then can a city arbitrarily turn a beach designed mainly for children into a marine reserve for seals? Don\u2019t let this happen. Alice W. Barry, La Jolla<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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