MAILBAG - Jan. 4, 2001

Either John Scandura misread the Bolsa Chica restoration environmental

impact report or was misquoted (“City board seeks approval for Bolsa

Chica restoration,” Dec. 14). Scandura expressed concern over urban

runoff from the Garden Grove-Wintersburg Flood Control Channel reaching

the nearby beach.

Of the seven alternative restoration plans outlined in the report, the

plan proposed by the multiagency steering committee has the Garden

Grove-Wintersburg Flood Control Channel completely bypassing the restored

wetlands.

No urban runoff from the Wintersburg Channel will enter the wetlands

and none will flow to the beach via the proposed inlet.

Runoff from the channel will continue to flow to Anaheim Bay and exit

to the ocean there, as it has done for many years.

DAVID CARLBERG

Chairman EIR Review Committee

Amigos de Bolsa Chica

Parking tickets not a welcomed holiday gift

Our family has lived in the Southeast portion of Huntington Beach for

30 years. For the past two years, the second and fourth Tuesdays of each

month have been designated “No Parking” to accommodate the city street

sweeper.

The fourth Tuesday of December happened to fall on the 26th, the day

after Christmas, and our cul-de-sac was filled with cars of relatives

from out of town. In the early morning hours of Dec. 26, six family

members were given a late Christmas gift -- a $32 ticket for parking on

this street. Who knows how many more citations were given in this large

tract.

This appears to have been a well-planned exercise by the city of

Huntington Beach to collect revenue. There were three traffic control

vehicles following the street sweeper with the traffic personnel writing

citations.

It appears the city is run by the Grinch.

I would like to know on what does the Grinch allocate these additional

revenues. I, for one, don’t see it anywhere.

LAWRENCE J. BARNARD JR.

Huntington Beach

DUI list restores reader’s faith

I was dismayed when I picked up this week’s edition of the Huntington

Beach Independent to find our former mayor’s picture adorning the front

page (“Newsmaker of the year,” Dec. 28).

Not only a corrupt politician, but one who reportedly threatens those

who point it out. However, after turning through a few pages, my

sensibilities were renewed.

There, in a near half page-article, my patriotism and optimism for the

future of our democracy were restored. A listing of my fellow citizens

who could someday be president of these United States -- the DUI arrests

list.

God bless America, God save Huntington Beach

JAMES MALONEY

Huntington Beach