Letters to the Editor 6-1-23
Teacher’s lesson Dear ER There are a few issues to address here (“Manhattan Beach Unified teachers reject district’s offer of six percent pay increase,” ER May 25, 2023). First, any “double digit” increase is in reference to a two year contract, and would be the combination of sequential single digit increases. Second, it is hard to imagine an human resources manager (even one with such a short tenure in the district) not knowing teachers are leaving for higher paying districts. Third, we have heard the threat of looming layoffs before, but conveniently they only arise during negotiations, and then go away as soon as a contract is signed. Olie Smith ERNews comment Taken for a bike ride Dear ER: The Beach Cities Health District is spending $1.2 million of our tax money on a 200-foot long section of bike path on a one block dead end on Diamond Street that goes past a total of six homes. That cost is about $6,000 per foot, when the California Policy Institute states that adding a freeway lane is just over $500 per foot. How can BCHD charge taxpayers 12-times more for a bike lane on an existing road and alley than Caltrans would charge to add a lane to the I-5 on the way to San…
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