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Opinion Piece. Published in MyLocalNews

Council sets bad example

What the City Council did Sept. 7 (by approving lights at the Arbolitos flood control basin) was demonstrate to the children of Poway that it is OK to make a promise, then not keep it.

The council did this by hiding behind the language of a “conditional use permit,” and the mentality of granting variances. They rendered a promise as worthless since a) most of them didn’t make the promise personally, and b) they bent to the very vocal and strident minority community pressure.

But, a promise is not an ordinance. A promise is not a something that is either mandated by ordinance or something to be evaluated as part of a variance. Keeping a promise is an issue of moral integrity and ethical behavior — there is no such thing as promise with a variance.

Don Nieto
Poway

Opinion Piece. Published in MyLocalNews

                    A picture of the Flood Control Basin at work ; January 21, 2010

Who will repair turf?

A letter sent out by the city says the Sept. 7 City Council agenda will include “Consideration of artificial turf and lights at Arbolitos Sports Field.”

Aside from the fact that placing artificial turf will cost a lot of taxpayer money, the city seems to forget that this place is not a sports field, but a flood control basin first. Photos taken the last time such flooding took place show the basin did its job.

Assuming that artificial turf was placed in the flood control basin, what then  would be the additional cost to the taxpayers of Poway to repair or replace the  artificial turf when the next heavy rain occurs?