Mailbag - Dec. 23, 1999

EMINENT DOMAIN SHOULD SERVE AS LESSON FOR COUNCIL

Now that we have won our victory, I hope that the City Council realizes

the will of the voters not only in eminent domain, but in matters like

Wal-Mart, Bolsa Chica and other issues that confront the City Council

(“Eminent domain repealed Downtown,” Dec. 9).

STORY ON MADISON MOORE WAS HEARTWARMING

My children had the pleasure of being on the same soccer team this past

season with Madison Moore (“Food for thought,” Dec. 2). I have never met

more loving and devoted parents as Madison’s.

In a world where too many children are treated as accessories and not the

blessings that they are, it is nothing short of heartwarming to find a

family that would stop at nothing to find a solution to their child’s

problems. I appreciate all of their hard work and can see that Madison

improves every week and is a delightful, loving, active child who is

going to grow up to do something great one day with such love and support

that she gets from her family.

LOCALS OFFER DIFFERING VIEWS ON CART PICKUP

My opinion on the cart retrieval is I’d much rather see the city pay

$10,000 to pick up the carts and make the city look better in the

depressed areas, as well as the whole city, as opposed to them spending

$10,000-plus for their Christmas party (“City shopping for cart

retriever,” Dec. 2; “Taxpayer-funded party will be thrown today,” Dec.

9).

READER CONCERNS ABOUT TREATMENT OF BRIDGETTE BALLAS

I was dismayed when I read about the woman who was found lying

unconscious on a Huntington Beach street and who subsequently died from a

skull fracture (“Slain woman lived a ‘quality’ life, friend says,” Dec.

9).

What upset me was that the paramedics immediately took her to the Western

Medical Center in Santa Ana. What is wrong with the local Huntington

Beach Hospital or even Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach? Both of these

facilities are definitely closer than driving all the way to Santa Ana,

especially when the victim was in critical condition. Both of these

hospitals have emergency rooms, where I believe she should have been

taken.

I hope there was a good reason for this, since I would hate to have

myself or any of my family or friends treated this way.

I urge someone in the Huntington Beach city government to investigate

this matter.