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Beyond A Newspaper
Your magazine has moved way beyond the capacity of a daily newspaper. I just read your (December 1999) article on Balboa Park on Pages 76 and 77 done by Lora Watters. I think this is just excellent. I can’t tell you how much we in the Millennium Society are appreciative of the efforts you've made. I’ve got to read this thing cover to cover now.
David Brennan
Chairman
Central Balboa Park Association
Show Them The Money
As a local resident and FAA helicopter flight instructor that has flown in and out of Brown Field since the mid '80s, I would like to add another thought to those raised in your report (Transportation Matters, November 1999). If Brown Field handles all the freight and Lindbergh handles all the passengers, where is all the travelers' money going to be spent? By trying to redirect all the freight flights to Brown, the City Council is trying to keep all the money close to Downtown.
If the South Bay folks are smart they will suggest that all the freight flights fly into Lindbergh Field and all the passengers fly out of Brown Field! (That will be totally unacceptable to all those that exist on travelers' dollars...) The real answer is to make Miramar MAS a shared runway Airport and build a new public terminal on the landfill. Only the mega money folks in La Jolla and Del Mar don’t want it in their back yard, so who are the poorest folks that cannot fight City Hall? South Bay's ... so let's expand Brown Field.
Don Leichtling
North Park
Learns From Reading
Speaking as an editor and publisher of a trade publication group, I can easily see how much work and thinking goes into your publication. I learn something new and actually utilize the information in my business each month. I’m doing better in business because of your work.
Congratulations to you, as a team, for continuous excellence in coverage of our wonderful and unique metro region.
Edwin Cohen, Editor & Publisher
CRN/Corporate Relocation News & San Diego
Bound Professional Relocation Guides,
La Jolla
Former Mayor Responds
Thanks for Terryl Gavre's witty and generous review of my new restaurant, Roger's on Fifth.
I was less enthusiastic about Joanne Gribble's 20th Century in Review which continues the U-T slam that as a historical footnote, I was the mayor who was indicted, convicted and resigned. The interesting part is left out.
The California Supreme Court found the conviction had been obtained by jury tampering — by the court bailiff! — and reversed the convictions.
More importantly, as mayor I was proud to lead a coalition that proposed the waterfront convention center, took it to the voters for approval, and began construction. I succeeded where Pete Wilson (San Diego’s best ever mayor) had failed.
With the convention center far and away the best public investment of recent San Diego’s history, it’s an achievement I treasure.
Roger Hedgecock
La Jolla
From Eatery To Eyesore
In regards to Tim Wheeler's profile of George Pernicano in the December 1999 issue, I am disappointed to read more press that praises Mr. Pernicano for his past but is not critical of his present.
I agree Mr. Pernicano is an interesting person and in his time, a local legend of restaurant owners. As a child, I loved going to Pernicano's and eating great pizza while Laurel and Hardy Super 8 movies played on a screen above. My parents had many a romantic dinner in big plush booths of Casa di Baffi.
But what has he done for us lately? San Diego, and especially the community of Hillcrest, have endured almost 15 years of his vacant, pissed on, trash magnet storefronts. Do we deserve more of the same in 2000?
If George really cared about his buildings and San Diego, he wouldn't just replace a hatch cover on the roof. He would instead open up again and fill his buildings with life and good food. If he is not up to it, he should give someone else the chance.
Sam Chammas
San Diego
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