signaturing-in SC's Open Space, at home

6/21/07

Charles Mann, SC res - and SC open space advocate has
organized a voter initiative signature gathering effort to put
the decision, "who has jurisdiction over SC's remaining
open space," our city council - or us?

With a 3 to 2 majority council willing to sell SC's remaining
open space - actually rewriting our city's General Plan to
accommodate developer-wishes - as Urban-crush threatens
SC's Quality of Life, I for one would love the opportunity to
vote on who controls our vanishing open space.

I think you would too.

Also - with 3 or our 5 council members drooling over the
opportunity to wrap us up in 6-lanes of toll road pavement,
while not fixing (foot-dragging) our necessary inside the
city road 'fixes' as our toll-happy mayor advocates "just
don't drive Pico at rush-hour," and or - "why anyone drives
major arteries is a mystery to me" - actual words of
traffic-wisdom from our (recently retired) mayor - a 10-year
toll road dais-sitter, now Chair of TCA's 73 Laguna toll road
board. A curious appointment, when SC's toll-nightmare
is the 241. Oh that's right, our mayor sits that TCA dais too.
Keeping SC politically in TCA's bag, long as Mayor Dahl
carries 'their' water. Not ours.

So, in a way, a vote for SC open space sends a signal
to our council's 3-pave-crazy members i.e. a check and
balance action against what they (3) see as progress
aka turning SC into one big traffic jam on and off the freeway.

If you'd like to sign the Open-Space initiative, and haven't yet,
here's how, in the comfort of your own home -
and or your neighbor's home -

Reply to me by e-mail, or phone - 366-9876, and I will
personally drop inititive sign-up sheets at your doorstep.
You must be a San Clemente registered voter.

Then - after you (and your friends and neighbors) have
signed, e-me, or call me - and I will pick them up.

All you'll need do is leave the envelope at your front door,
and whoosh it will be picked up. No fuss, no muss.

The deadline is the 1st week in July, so we must hurry.

1-signature, or 5, or 10. We'll take all we can get.

Let me know - and an envelope will magically appear
at your open-space-loving front door.

If you've already signed - but maybe there's a neighbor
who would, but hasn't? This is the way.

As they say, "the envelope please" and it shall be.

Thanks for caring about 'our space.'

jer