Government
“Consolidate California Sprawl by Regional, Responsible Government” (by Ray Remy and Dan Garcia, Opinion, March 25) not only assumes regional and responsible are synonymous, but is a rewrite of the SCAG (Southern California Assn. of Governments) elitist theology that the people’s preference for “a detached single family home . . . a private automobile . . . and strong local governments” is to be dismissed by bigger-is-better regionalists as “an anachronistic collective image of the ideal metropolitan area.”
Perhaps, however, the truth of the matter is that anyone who believes SCAG-like governance is preferable to this county’s 86 cities, with elective bodies responsible to their neighbor-constituents, is indulging in “an anachronistic collective image of the ideal” governing mechanism.
JOHN CARL BROGDON
Culver City
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