As I read through your issue on July 24, 2008, I find myself compelled to comment on a few of things.
I was one of the members of the public who attended the midweek Legacy Park meeting, which seemed decently attended. People in Malibu generally do not show up if they’re in favor of a project, and are confident it is moving forward in the manner they wish.
Conversely, Malibuites will turn out in great numbers if a project is something they oppose.
I also was rather amused to see in your Letters to the Editor, V. Gerald Scordan is still pounding the Anti-Legacy Park drum. Mr. Scordan goes on to give us the invaluable advice that A & B should have been “Let a deal for 4,000 or 5,000 square feet.” He then postulates that the city could take over the old A & B site and redevelop it. It is apparent that he is unfamiliar with the laws and regulations controlling the use of eminent domain by a city in California.
The only V. Gerald Scordan I’ve been able to find in the public record receives his mail in Pacific Palisades. He is not registered to vote in Malibu.
Could he be an “outside agitator”?
I’m so grateful that Mr. Scordan, who doesn’t pay taxes here, is concerned about wasting my tax dollars, but perhaps his time would be better spent on issues concerning Pacific Palisades, where he gets his mail, or in the Antelope Valley, where he actually owns property.
On another note, please tell Nora Fleming, who wrote the article “Businesses Leaving Cross Creek Plaza,” that regardless of what someone might have said, the story should have pointed out that the city does not reassess property. The county reassesses properties based on the sales price.
Paul Grisanti