March 11, 2010
Fear of dogs unwarranted Dear ER: Dogs have a place in our parks. The fear-mongering that was displayed by the majority of the council at last week’s Redondo Beach Council meeting on whether or not to allow dogs in Czuleger Park was pure theatre. 99.9 percent of owners are responsible about picking up after their dogs, be it on their neighbors’ lawns, at the designated dog park or on the side of the street. Dogs don’t generally spread disease. Otherwise, Hermosa and Manhattan residents and especially little children, would be keeling over left and right of dog-borne viruses. Join your neighbors to the north and west in the 21st Century. Scott Berrum Hermosa Beach Freeze bars, not police Dear ER: Hermosa’s council has essentially set in concrete a police and fire department hiring freeze further below already understaffed levels (“Lean budget costs police positions”, ER Feb. 25, 2010). Incredibly, council decisions continue to be akin to handling a firetrap by adding combustibles while reducing the means to control the eventual fire. Hermosa councils have foolishly permitted liquor-dispensing expansion while knowing the city’s been over concentrated in liquor selling for years, and…
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