As one person who first came to Malibu in 1964, was an elected member of The Malibu Township, served as Chairman of the City’s Transportation Committee, I was deeply offended by Andy Stern’s mean-spirited letter to your paper dated Jan. 27, in which he viciously attacks John Mazza for expressing a hope that every candidate for any office has made since the dawn of time, that he hopes to make purposive change.
Regan Schaar, a former student of mine at UCLA, expressed the same sentiment in her letter on Jan. 20. She said, “Our city is at a point where change is needed. My motivation to run was focused on bringing back civility and professionalism to Malibu’s City Council. Increasingly, it became more embarrassing to watch the mean-spirited behavior at the City Council meetings.”
Because of this bad behavior on the part of one council member in particular, she decided not to run for City Council and we lost the services of a particularly able and dedicated citizen. Not only does Mr. Stern attack Mazza, but in his “State of the City” address to the Chamber of Commerce on March 12, 2009, he failed to recognize the significant role that other people played in terms of fighting the LNG project, acquiring Legacy Park, etc. He was not alone in effecting these magnificent achievements. His arrogance is embarrassing.
John W. Buckley