Santiago Creek’s Park Potential

An item in The Times (Nov. 25) caught my attention. Seems a group of homeowners are upset because they have a patch of weeds instead of a park.

While I sympathized, it did not bother me much--they probably voted for Proposition 13. What bothers me more is that we have an ugly scar called Santiago Creek disfiguring the face of the county.

There are a few spots of higher life there, but only to hint what there could be: a bike and hiking trail with landscaping and picnic spots down to the Santa Ana River.

Proposition 13 makes this virtually impossible, of course, but one could apply some creative politics and let the project ride piggyback on something larger: the flood channel improvement reported in the Nov. 24 Times.

I wish our great-grandchildren could enjoy it some day.

EYVIND O. EKLUND

Santa Ana