I just read Councilmember Laura Rosenthal’s insensitive comments about how the closure of PCH in my neighborhood (Yerba Buena Road/Neptune’s Net) is “kind of a blessing in disguise” by reducing traffic for her constituents living in central Malibu. Traffic is annoying to everyone, including the thousands of workers from Oxnard trying to get to jobs using the fastest and best route possible — PCH. And what about those who live near me, where St. John’s Hospital ER used to be 35 minutes away? Now it’s an hour and a half. People have heart attacks, get bit by snakes or encounter other serious problems, where going north is a matter of life or death. How does that compare to your traffic concerns, Ms. Rosenthal?
Jack Nicholl