Our readers write: Issue of Sept. 1, 2016
Backs housing for vets
I applaud Poway City Councilmen Jim Cunningham and John Mullin for their support of the affordable housing for veterans in Poway. I am appalled that so many Powegians spoke out against this housing proposal at the Aug. 16 City Council meeting.
I have to wonder if the 22 town homes to be built by Habitat for Humanity were luxury units, if there would have been any complaints at all? We are privileged to live in a community with excellent schools, roads, library, parks and the lowest crime rate in the county. Why can’t we share our good fortune with 22 military families? How much traffic could 22 families really add to Poway? Is this about traffic or home values? This is Poway’s chance to do something to support low- and moderate-income military families.
For those councilmen who are “not there yet,” we are watching you. Please don’t use our military veterans for your flag waving and empty political promises. Do the right thing and show your actual support for military families by approving this affordable housing.
The complainers don’t speak for me. I welcome these military families with open arms.
Deborah Boyd
Poway
City attorney ‘rude’
I have recently attended two Poway City Council meetings. In each of the meetings the city attorney, Morgan L. Foley, was asked a question by, in the first meeting Councilman Barry Leonard, in the second meeting Councilman Dave Grosch. I felt the city attorney was terribly rude and disrespectful toward these council members.
I don’t know if he is like this to the other council members when they ask questions, but no one deserves to be spoken to as this man spoke to these members. City Council members give up much of their time for little in compensation other than to give to the community. They deserve a civil response to questions.
If Mr. Foley can’t be bothered to answer questions civilly, maybe the council should hire an attorney who can.
Pamela Skeen
Poway
Helpers needed
Recently two nimble lady volunteers from the Backyard Produce Project plucked 176 pounds of Valencia oranges off my one mature tree. The oranges will go into several programs which provide food for needy families. On this slightly foggy morning they showed up at 8 a.m. and had the tree stripped in under 45 minutes. A shout out for them helping me to help others.
All they ask for is more volunteers, to make free fruit and vegetables available to the needy. You are needed not just to pick fruit, but also to assist in driving. Contact them at www.backyard-produce-project.wikispaces.com or 858-204-9643.
Suzanne Emery
Poway
Explain this, Amy
If, as columnist Amy Roost claimed on Aug. 18, politics aren’t rigged, then why is the following lawsuit being filed? The suit includes six claims: fraud, negligent misrepresentation, deceptive conduct, monetary restitution for donors of Bernie Sanders, the Democratic National Committee breaking its own fiduciary duties and negligence for failing to protect sensitive donor information that was hacked. Attorneys Jared Beck, a Harvard Law graduate, and Elizabeth Beck, a Yale Law School graduate, have previously filed successful lawsuits against Yelp, Unilever, Korea Airlines and fraudulent real estate investors. Beck and Lee noted this lawsuit was a way to give a voice to Sanders supporters who were silenced by the rigging of the primaries for Clinton.
Solomon Pinczewski
Poway