Letters to the Editor

Editor:

I was outraged when I read last week’s letter to the editor (April 8) and flabbergasted that it would be printed by the LW Weekly.

Regarding holding a solidarity rally to oppose racism, the writer of the letter, Donald Hodel, stated that he was surprised that Republicans would be invited to speak at this event. Does he wish the majority of Leisure World be excluded from this event, including our Republican Asian-American brothers and sisters?

Mary Greytak Mutual 6 Editor:

In regards to Don Hodel’s letter (April 8), I was deeply offended by it. He just had to bring in former President Donald J. Trump regarding the rally.

I would like to know if Mr. Hodel knows Mr. Trump personally to make such a blanket statement? I don’t think he does, of course. What I do think is that people who tune in to CNN, MSNBC, NPR, CNBC, etc., are listening to networks that are haters of Donald Trump and have lied about him constantly. They do not report truth; they make it up so it will fit their narrative.

Republicans had every right to be invited to speak at the rally.

Marsha Sample Mutual 10 Editor:

I have been informed that a Koran man who lived in Leisure World recently died. This was regrettable as is the loss of any fellow resident of our wonderful community. What has brought this person’s death to my attention was the reaction it produced. Someone took it upon him- or herself to advise the surviving widow to “go home.”

I was stunned to hear about this and pondered for days just how cold, mean-spirited and, yes, uncivilized some people can be. To know that such a person may live in Leisure World is most disturbing and embarrassing.

I want the widow to know that, as far as I am concerned, she is as welcome to live here as any of us. I am a caucasian male who has lived here only eight months.

So far I have found folks to be congenial, kind and friendly. It is heartbreaking to know that there could be an individual among us who is so mean-spirited. I assume that person has had a rough life with little, if any, love in it.

Don Sunday Mutual 1 Editor:

The GRF needs to be more transparent about the pool replacement debacle. One question that has yet to be addressed is: Who screwed up, and what price have they paid?

To not foresee that a 60-yearold pool would not require a complete overhaul is not acceptable.

This lack of foresight has not been fully explained.

Even with all that, per a pool contractor, a complete pool installation from scratch usually takes 8-12 weeks. Where are we at, a year and half?

As shareholders, we deserve a more thorough explanation other than waiting for the upgraded permits to be approved.

What agency has not approved and why exactly? As citizens, we could assist by using our collective considerable policical clout and address this agency directly to get off the fence and get it done. I’m tired of looking at a dirt hole with no activity. Lee Howell Mutual 5 Editor’s Note: See story on Page 1 for a comprehensive overview of the pool construction project, its current status and a timeline that traces the project’s progression through an unprecedented pandemic that ultimately slowed the design and construction of jobs across the country. Editor: In Letters to the Editor (April 8), there was a resident concerned about street sweeping on the trust streets not being done properly due to people parking their vehicles in the streets on sweeping day.

We all can appreciate the lack of vehicle parking spots in the carport areas of Leisure World. Back when Leisure World was built, most residents only owned one vehicle.

Fast forward to now, and many residents own two vehicles (two drivers in each household), and the trust streets are the only places to park.

The solution is to sweep alternate sides of each street on alternate days.

They have been doing this in East Long Beach where I previously lived for decade, and it allows for the proper sweeping of each side of the street as residents move their vehicles on alternate days.

Let’s not start issuing tickets for parking on the trust streets on sweeping days.

It appears that GRF already realizes there is a parking issue and that there is simply nowhere to park all the vehicles.

Going to alternate days for sweeping is a fair and easy way to accomodate all sides on this issue.

Doug Yordy