Could we please all take a citywide oath that we’ll act like grownups and cease this juvenile bickering about the Brown Act-which nobody outside of politics understands-and never, ever, ever, ever again bring up Measure M?
Case in point is Walt Keller’s assertion that Measure M “would have destroyed all that is Malibu.” Walt, you’re sounding like some kind of environmental version of Joe McCarthy. Why is Armageddon always just around the corner for you?
Second case in point is Susan Aller’s almost slanderous contention that Andy Stern’s support for Measure M was an indication that he wanted the Chili Cook-Off site “developed and polluted.” Now, Susan, do you honestly believe that everyone who supported Measure M harbors a secret love of overdevelopment and polluted water? Maybe you also believe the city council has their closed-door sessions on a pentagram while praying to Satan. Maybe everyone who voted for Measure M is a communist. Maybe we should have hearings.
The last thing I will ever say about Measure M is this: I know good, honest people who voted for it and who voted against it. And every single one of them thought they were honestly voting in the best interest of Malibu and the rural community environment we all love. In fact, in most respects everyone in Malibu really does want the same things; they just don’t agree on how to get there. That’s something the likes of Walt and Susan desperately need to hammer through their interminably thick skulls. Why on earth would anyone choose to live here in the first place if they didn’t love what Malibu is?
So before we force this electorate to suffer through another election like the last one, let’s at least try to come together and act with civility, bury our differences and find solutions. Ranting like lunatics and recklessly venting paranoid conspiracy theories and slanderous hearsay will do nothing but further divide a community that has every reason to be united.
Wade Major