(The following comments were addressed to the California Coastal Commission)
I have been a resident of Malibu for 25 years. During this time I have enjoyed a lifestyle, which is common to many here in our coastal environment. At 70 years old I find myself unnecessarily impacted by organizations, which have no understanding of the personal freedoms that are the core of American life. Common sense, logic and fairness seem to have totally escaped your thinking. Programs that set up centralized autocratic policies exercising regimentation and suppressing local authority is Fascism, plain and simple. The possession of our rights and privileges is the reason for our greatness as a society and a country. Your actions are an abuse of the authority, which was meant to regulate, not dictate.
I do not have children of my own, but one of my great pleasures is to visit and watch the children, young people and families in Bluffs Park. The proposal to return this site to its natural state is beyond all rational thought. What we need is more areas like Bluffs Park, to keep our children in healthy activities. If you take away the parks, trails and other areas that you deem as sensitive, you invite them to be in areas that promote everything that we are fighting to change.
I think you are out of order and any policies that restrict our basic freedoms must be re-examined.
Dr. Christian Title