National pride is being undermined I am now appalled by the mislabeled “conservatives” in our country leading a trend of disloyal, carping, divisive, criticism (never constructive), piously claiming to be “patriotic”! Negativism! Initially, this goes against our American culture of “positive thinking”! Moreover, as an Air Force general’s daughter and Navy captain’s wife, I was schooled to be loyal, respectful, supportive and dedicated to our leaders, ultimately to the president of the United States. Why can’t we emulate this respected military attitude, generally above reproach, compared with our current backbiting political climate? Too, it is incredibly appalling when the civilized world has honored our President Obama with a Nobel Peace Prize and our “patriotic” conservatives dare to snidely disparage this worldwide acknowledgment. It’s generally agreed that we have lost civility, but the nadir of morality has just occurred in Richmond, CA. A two-hour gangbang rape of a 15-year-old girl on school property was witnessed by unprotesting onlookers! Was the audience thinking they were watching television? Relevant, television is the most powerful teaching tool invented by man, ask the politicians, you WILL learn from TV, for good or ill! The hourly escalating TV horror and violence, we unsuspecting drones will surely emulate. How morally enriching is that? Recall, in years previous, the dire prediction that American householders will need to arm themselves against marauding gangs roving our residential streets. Consider our Mexican neighbor in border cities where no one dares go abroad at night, thanks to our appetite for drugs and guns. Will we come to this? Come on, nation! Morally have we sunk this low? Where is our loyalty and support of our president? Pride in our county is being undermined by this “conservative” element. Where’s respect gone? Jane Coursin, La Jolla Property owners beware! If you haven’t already noticed the increase in noise from the jets overhead, you will. This morning I was awakened at 6:45 a.m. by a continuous procession of jets overhead. This is the result of the airport re-routing the take-off of substantially more planes to the most northerly direction. Now there’s jet noise where there formerly was none. They, the Airport Authority, are doing this without any say from the residents of Mission Beach. Although we have a seat on the Authority we have no vote (which is the same as not being there). We, also, have no noise monitoring station north of Dover Court and yet the planes regularly fly over Jamaica Court (we formerly had a noise monitor at Mission Beach Elementary School). The result is noise monitoring where the impact is less. The further north they fly, the quieter the resulting Dover Court monitor reports. This re-routing and increased noise is being imposed without any real public notice or input. When I decided to buy property here in North Mission Beach 10 years ago, I had previously looked at places in Ocean Beach and Point Loma. The jet noise was not something I wanted in spite of the reduced real estate prices. I thought it was an informed decision and I was OK with spending the extra money to get the quiet. I built my home here. In building my home I did not take into account any increase in noise from jets. (In the airport traffic zones things such as laminated glass windows and increased insulation are code to help diminish the effect of the noise). Are we to retrofit our homes? Without any representation we are being adversely affected. Our property values will go down and our lives will change for the worse. Please help me fight this by sending a complaint to the following: Airport Noise Hotline: (619) 400-2799, e-mail: [email protected] And by letting our City Council representative know: Kevin Falconer: (619) 236-6996, e-mail: [email protected] Matt Aubrey, (working in Mr. Falconer’s Office), (619) 236-6992 And letting the City of San Diego know through the Planning Department: Tait Galloway, senior planner: (619) 533-4550 And by letting our Congresswoman Susan Davis know, (because she will have the greatest pull with the FAA), 4305 University Ave., Suite 515, San Diego, CA 92105 (619) 280-5353. Together we may just be able to put a stop to this. David Lombardi, Mission Beach