The picture in the Union-Tribune the day of the elections pretty much sums up Proposition D, with the Pro D gentlemen downtown looking like the last time they walked on sand was after a golf ball and the No D gentlemen in casual clothes at a beach establishment. This is another case of age and treachery triumphing over youth and enthusiasm. I would like to commend the No on D people for a battle well fought. They took on a backdoor politician, the Union-Tribune, Republican Party fat-cats and civil servant unions and almost pulled it off. And it looks like they even cleaned up the signs. Please do not lose your enthusiasm and the will to fight for what you believe in. I am disappointed by my generation. Just because we have had our time on the beach is no reason to deny that freedom to the younger people. Being like L.A. is not a good thing — I have always thought that we were more civil than that huge metropolis and could work together through our problems. Too bad it looks like I am in the minority.