Today a friend suggested to me that the owners of the commercial spaces in Malibu must have all gotten together and had a party. And while they sipped on some vintage 1960’s Kool-Aid, they merrily discussed whose lifestyle and/or livelihood they planned to squash next. I’m thinking she might be on to something.
How else to explain the total and complete disregard for the wellbeing of 13,000 year-round residents? Has anyone done any research or had any interest at all in what makes Malibu what it is (and presumably the reason some of them have chosen to live here), or in what makes our community tick? Is there some reason for forcing our local small businesses out of existence?
Have they thought about what happens when there’s fire that lasts three weeks, and no one can get in or out in an expedient fashion? Or the “mild” El Nino that has been forecast, which could (as has happened in the past) close the roads due to slides for extended periods? I certainly remember more than one time residents would park one car on each side of a slide, and walk across the slide area to get in or out of Malibu. Oh, and the deliveries that can’t be made! It’s a little disconcerting to see the supermarket shelves get barer and barer, while no amount of money can get a truck through.
A community gets through these things, together. Our community is at risk.
Judith Michaels