Letters to the Editor 10-5-23
October surprise Dear ER: The thing that is so odd about the Hermosa Beach Octoberfest is that the Hermosa Beach City Council has been at war with the local restaurants and bars, and the solution and new tradition is to bring the booze right out into the street and invite children (“Hermosa Beach Oktoberfest a new tradition, Mayor declares,” ERNews October 1, 2023). I don’t get it. Kent Allen Hermosa Beach Follywog park Dear ER: Redondo resident Wayne Craig writes that it’s the will of the city’s voters to turn the AES site into parkland, without any residential or commercial development (ER Letters, September 28, 2023). That may be true, but Redondo voters have never been asked how much they are willing to pay out of their own pockets to make this happen. Some of the more irresponsible public advocates have suggested it wouldn’t cost us a thing, that the state, or the federal government will swoop in to pick up most of the tab. Nobody with a modicum of sense believes that this is still possible. So the question remains: how does the city finance the purchase of the AES site, the clearing away of the building and power lines, the repurposing of the land for park space, and…
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