MAILBAG:

How about letting the citizens of Huntington Beach have a say about Alice’s Breakfast in the Park? Alice’s has been a landmark legend in Huntington Beach for 25-plus years. We are neighbors to her cozy, homey eatery, and the city wants to replace it with a bistro with “twilight dining?”

Really? You must be kidding! Go to Bella Terra if you want a bistro. Why doesn’t this city cut her some slack until she retires in two years? How about donating some time to help her fix the things in her restaurant that need fixing?

The article (“Alice says goodbye,” Sept. 18) states, “no decision had been made yet on a proposal to take over the property, and it would happen in a public vote by the City Council.” Well, that is the kiss of death. The Huntington Beach City Council would screw up a two-car funeral.

Adrienne Sandusky

Huntington Beach

Seniors want to see project finished sooner than later

EDITOR’S NOTE: In response to the poll question, “Have the construction delays at the downtown Pacific City project been inconvenient for you?”

Yes, the huge delay of Pacific City is affecting the Makar Properties’ company’s deadlines to start the long-awaited Huntington Beach Senior Center project that it has committed to. Older seniors, like me, are not getting any younger and hope to see this project done before we are no longer here to enjoy the new building and services.

Come on, people. Get it together!

Carol Settimo

Huntington Beach

Huntington needs a better representative in Congress

HB 6604-The Commodity Markets Transparency and Accountability Act was passed in the House of Representatives on Sept. 18 by a vote of 283 to 133.

This will help stop the greed in oil speculation. As the middle class continues to lose money with the chaos on Wall Street, our Rep. Dana Rohrabacher — who is supposed to represent his mostly middle class constituents — voted no.

Huntington Beach needs someone in Congress who represents their interests. Vote for Debbie Cook! I am!

Beverly Heiberg

Huntington Beach

Why mix restoration project with carbon emissions?

I hope the irony of wetlands restoration within a stone’s throw of a proposed desalination project — along with its carbon emissions and 50 million gallons daily of concentrated salt brine into the ocean — is not lost on most readers.

To poison the nest/cradle that has inspired so many to work so hard to build would be diabolical to say the least and truly lends new meaning to the oft-heard phrase “mixed use.” Chemicals/habitat? Think again.

Merle Moshiri