Circus ban a good call by...

Circus ban a good call by the City Council

For once, I agree with the City Council, in regards to the ban of

the circus animals. In response to Diane Lenning, one of the speakers

before the City Council the other night, there are a lot of people

who are animal activists, and just because we weren’t there doesn’t

mean that we aren’t being represented. I really thank you for having

that vote for the ban against circus animals.

ICEY CINOCCO

Huntington Beach

I’d like to make a few comments to the “Circus ban should not be

top priority,” in the Mailbag letters that appeared in the Dec. 5

issue of the Independent. First, I’d like to commend the City Council

for keeping our city safe by keeping wild and exotic animals out.

Not just because of the horrific cruelty done to the animals, but

also for health and safety reasons. Elephants have a strain of

tuberculoses that is known to be transmittable to humans. Because of

the abuse they endure, elephants have also gone berserk rampaging

through the streets injuring and killing people.

If anything like this would happen here in our city I wonder how

much of our taxes would go to lawsuits that probably would follow.

I’d like to thank the many Huntington Beach residents who signed the

petitions and spoke at the meetings to pass this ordinance. And a

heartfelt thanks to the Huntington Beach City Council members for

making the right decision.

EVELYN OYNEBRAATEN

Huntington Beach

Strand and Parkside should not be built

The Strand and Parkside Estates should not be built. Huntington

Beach is not, and should not, become an extension of Newport Beach.

Yet it appears Huntington Beach is already headed that direction with

the addition of the Hyatt.

KEN BERNHARD

Huntington Beach

Strand should go up and not be appealed

I don’t think there should be an appeal of The Strand. This is the

next best thing to happen to Huntington Beach since the Hyatt being

built. The Strand should definitely go up. There should be no appeal.

This is a great way for the city to profit to have something like

this.

NATE KUCHERA

Huntington Beach

Council needs to stop banning everything

I have never seen Council members defer their leadership in such a

controlled way. This is evidenced by beach bans at 10 p.m., pier bans

at 12 a.m., ban of performing exotic animals, ban of safe and sane

fireworks, aerial advertising ban, stopped by a Federal agency.

Thank God for the Federal Aviation Administration. Wow. Don’t

mention the ban of religion in Huntington Beach brought by a change

in occupancy certification, a building that is constructed of steel

roof and steel siding necessitates sprinklers?

Could the parishioners be allowed in if they were to carry a

bucket of water in the church while they are occupying this building?

Leaders in cities have the option of increasing or decreasing the

severity of codes. Our council chambers also have no sprinklers. If

the chambers did burn down, what a blessing that the council would

not be able to meet and ban more instances of life that, we the

people have an inalienable right to, life, liberty and the pursuit of

happiness. Leaders lead for the benefit of the citizenry not to

restrict its actions.

Time to look into the future and govern only to the least extent

possible and allow the subjects more freedom. Does this not sound of

Hitlerism? I propose our new slogan to be ... Sieg ban!

THOMAS WILKINSON

Huntington Beach

City should look inland for culprits

I strongly feel that 95% of the harbor pollution is caused by the

drainage canals, and that the upstream residents who feed into the

harbor should be taxed for their spillage into the harbor.

That spillage is causing the water pollution and the silting. Many

other harbors such as Newport charge those inland communities for

that dumping into the harbor. The city needs to focus on the water

pollution and silting issues and not waste its time on menial issues

such as pier head line violations that have been violated for 25 to

30 years and will cost the city thousands of dollars in legal fees

from the residents who will sue the city who have again impinged on

those pier head lines for many years.

MARK DAUGHERTY

Huntington Beach