Horvath focused on connections
Christian Horvath. File photo Four years ago, then-candidate Christian Horvath suggested meeting at a coffee shop. This year, District 2 councilman Horvath chose In-N-Out Burger. “I haven’t eaten all day,” he said, looking down at his Double-Double and fries (both Animal Style) and vanilla shake. The irony that he dug in while wearing a Beach Cities Health District shirt was not lost on him. “Clearly, this is a Blue Zones approved meal,” Horvath said. The last four years since Horvath’s election have seen him endeavoring to build partnerships, as he did with the Health District’s Streets For All campaign, which encourages safer and more alert walking, cycling and driving in Beach Cities streets. “One of my goals is to see if we can get the region connected,” Horvath said. In this instance, he means with a municipal broadband network — internet, he believes, is on par with electricity as a necessity in modern society — but many of his policy goals start from a ground-level view and expand to one that’s 30,000 feet up. That’s why, he said, he doesn’t dwell on overdevelopment as a concept. “To me, it means you’re building like crazy, and I don’t see that happening. Clearly, there are…
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