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Mailbag: Council has not made clear what Measure Y is all about

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I do not think that the Newport Beach City Council has been very fair in the way that it put Measure Y on the ballot.

I voted in 2000 for the Greenlight Initiative, which was intended to give residents a clear understanding of what they were voting for, as well as the ability to have a say in the development of their city.

But because of the way that the City Council has put Measure Y on the ballot, there is absolutely no way to tell, short of reading the environmental impact report, what is really going on. It seems to be intentionally deceptive. How many residents are going to understand the EIR, let alone take hours to read it?

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Our City Council should look out for the residents, rather than put the interests of the Irvine Co. and a few other developers first. Let us retain what we have left of our city while we still can. A vote for Measure Y is a vote for more traffic and congestion.

Portia Weiss

Newport Beach

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‘Y’ is just a trick to add development

Isn’t our city congested enough? As it is, I can’t get from one end to the other without getting stuck in traffic. And the City Council is adding more to this mess?

It amazes me that even when the residents tell the City Council exactly what they want (no traffic), we get more and more development. Measure Y is just a trick to get us to approve even more buildings in Newport Center. Enough is enough.

Vicki Ronaldson

Newport Beach

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Administration is fueling dissension

I cannot begin to describe my sadness after reading the article about the young man in Costa Mesa who was arrested for brandishing a knife while yelling “white power” (“Costa Mesa man arrested on hate crime, weapon charges,”) Aug. 30.

What is happening to our world? If a person believes he is superior to another human being because of skin color, it only proves a complete lack of education and common decency. I believe this individual’s behavior is the exception and not the rule.

However, this mind-set continues to be perpetrated by our current administration.

The entire unfortunate event in Missouri only added fuel to a fire when our attorney general, Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson once again tried to convince those in the community Ferguson that discrimination is alive and well.

Not one of us knows what happen that horrible day, but what is clear is that had those three gone not only to see that young man’s family but also the family of the officer involved, their actions would have spoken volumes.

It is my hope that as decent human beings, we all try to be respectful of one another. We have enough going on in our world today without having to accept what is clearly unacceptable behavior.

Juli Hayden

Newport Beach

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Where are the religion pieces?

I have noticed that for the past several weeks, the usual religiously based columnists have been absent from the Saturday edition of the Daily Pilot.

I very much miss Rabbi Gellman’s column. Why are his and Rev. Billy Graham’s columns not published anymore?

Paul D. Kelly

Costa Mesa

Editor’s note: The religion columns run in the Saturday edition, but the Pilot periodically opts not to publish them at times when there is not enough space in the newspaper for local content.

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