Mailbag: H.B. commissioner’s viewpoints on Islam raise concerns

I read with complete disgust your article regarding Michael Hoskinson’s views on certain members of our community (“Huntington Beach planning commissioner bashes Islam and ‘leftists’,” Dec. 16). As a planning commissioner, Hoskinson should represent all of us, but clearly his personal beliefs do not allow for this.

I am ashamed of my city, which allows someone with with these beliefs to speak for our government. I am hopeful that Councilman Erik Peterson, who appointed Hoskinson to the Planning Commission, will do the right thing and remove him. In the meantime, I ask the city officials to remember when one group of people is singled out for discrimination, we are all at risk for the same.

Irene Briggs

Huntington Beach

City planner should resign

I am shocked and concerned by the extreme views shared on social media by Huntington Beach Planning Commissioner Michael Hoskinson. I cannot imagine how he can be fair as a public servant given his intolerant beliefs. I hope you will advocate for a commission that represents all citizens by calling for his resignation.

Laura Wilson

Seal Beach

What’s wrong with a referendum?

Ask yourself, why are the developer, the museum and the City Council trying so hard to keep the residents from being allowed to vote on the Museum House tower project? Finding a new home for the Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) is hardly a rationale for building Museum House.

Dean R. Laws

Corona del Mar

Does writer regularly visit OCMA?

Another Museum pro move article (“Commentary: Museum House will allow OCMA to move to a better location,” Dec. 15). I wonder how often he has visited the museum on San Clemente Avenue?

William Monroe

Corona del Mar

Too many pro-move letters in Pilot

Why is it that your paper only publishes extensive letters in support of the museum’s move to Costa Mesa and no letters in opposition? Does your paper have its own agenda?

William M. Monroe

Corona del Mar