Let’s not get taken to the cleaners again
I wrote several letters to describe what I felt and still feel was a scam by the developers in La Jolla, and especially by the developers of the Seahaus condominiums, in getting the residents to pay an assessment tax to improve the business district of Bird Rock and alleviate the traffic problems created by the Seahaus condo complex.
At that time, several individuals told me I was “too cheap” in protesting what in essence was subsidizing problems created by all the traffic coming from that development and obviously the assessment passed. Now I experience cars driving up and down Chelsea Avenue frequently in greater numbers than ever before and exercise greater caution when walking. Seahaus was foisted upon the neighborhood by Councilman Scott Peters and it is a disaster ” too big, too tall, too dense and too unattractive!
Now with his newest plan, the Bird Rock form-based code, he is again trying to help developers to build three-story buildings, which will further degrade our charming neighborhood.
Please, let’s not get taken to the cleaners again. No matter how they try to sugarcoat it, we do not want three-story developments. Vote NO against any of these proposals and save what we can of our neighborhood.
Jack Resnick, La Jolla
Music to his ears
As someone who is financing the majority of my college education, Congress’s announcement of a plan to cut the interest rate on student loans to 3.4 percent was music to my ears. Many students of all economic backgrounds invest in their education by taking out student loans. Unfortunately, these same students are severely burdened by loan repayment soon after graduation, preventing them from pursuing certain public interest careers. This reduction in interest will open more doors for tomorrow’s college students and relieve the burden faced by today’s.
That said, there is still much to be done in making a higher education more affordable and that includes increasing the federal Pell Grant to $5,100 per semester. Any steps the new Congress can take to relieve the burden of borrowing for a higher education are steps in the right direction.
Brendon Liner, third year UCSD student
Until they are unfulfilled
I am shocked and disappointed in your recent article “When it Comes to Marriage, Affairmatch.com Helps to Fulfill Missing Links,” from the Jan. 11, 2007 La Jolla Village News (page B·10). Is this what you believe is newsworthy for our community? When a man and woman say their marriage vows, they do not say, “I do, until I am unfulfilled.”
What message are you sending our youth? A much more valuable article would be one that shares the statistics, yes, there is a crisis in America and many married people have or have had affairs but all hope is not lost. Give ideas and suggestions on how to bring back a spark or how to communicate with your spouse rather than tell our community, it is okay to have an affair and offer tools to facilitate this behavior. Our children should have an opportunity to experience a community where they learn that marriage vows are sacred. Offering an excuse and an avenue to help “fulfill” their desires and break vows is not productive for our families.
Kim Hardtke, University City
” Ed. note: The “article” referenced in this letter is actually a paid advertisement that appears as part of the classified ads section. Due to confusion on the part of readers, the “Business and Services” page containing these ads has been moved behind the first page of the classifieds section to create a clear differentiation between ads and editorial content. That confusion, by the way, was intentional on the part of the advertiser and has been a sore spot with all the San Diego Community Newspaper Group editors, who feel that such misleading representation violates journalistic ethics.
