Measure A debate comes to a head in Redondo Beach on March 5
Photo As elections loom, the tension in Redondo Beach builds. March 5 marks the end of an intriguing political race, one whose players include an 18-year-old and most of the incumbent City Council, three members of which are battling to become the city’s next mayor. Fourteen men and women are eyeing five seats. All are lobbying for the city’s attention. But the ballot item attracting the most interest is Measure A – an initiative aiming to rezone the AES property on Harbor Drive and ultimately retire the power plant that has occupied the Redondo Beach waterfront for over a century. As contentious matters go, Measure A is pitting neighbor against neighbor. Steve Aspel, one of the council members vying for the mayor’s seat, said if he’s elected his first priority will be to bridge the Measure A divide. “I want to heal those wounds, regardless of which way this thing goes,” he said last month with a weary shrug. Nearly two years ago, global energy company AES declared its intention to re-build its Harbor Drive power plant, sparking public protests and sending residents into a flurry of research gathering, letter writing, sign waving, and statistic brandishing. Because the project…
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