Sports complex should sport a pool
Why oh why doesn't Huntington Beach have a swimming complex? Did
Huntington ever consider a 50 meter pool/swim complex when they were
planning the sports complex? It would bring another premiere sport to
our city ... that would be good! Olympic swim trials were held in a
temporary pool in Long Beach! Imagine if they were held here!
Swimming and water polo is not truly supported by Huntington
Beach. These sports surround us, but we don't have any facility for
it here. We have Huntington Beach teams in water polo and swimming
who have hit world class levels of competition, but we have no
facility, just our locals high school pools, which have limited
space, and limited quality. Time to step up Huntington Beach, after
the sports complex fiasco. Why don't we make it right, build a
swimming facility so that this city can support its ultimately
talented swimmers and water polo players who currently are carted off
daily to practices and tournaments to other cities and facilities in
Orange County.
It is never too late to reconsider the sports complex plans.
Remember, this kind of facility would pay for itself if we could hold
premiere events at it, and it ultimately supports our community and
the water sports that this beach town is known for!
STEPHANIE KOZOWYK
Huntington Beach
Drivers are the hazard not the RVs
It is absolutely stunning how may people in our society have
completely lost the concept of personal responsibility. It is always
someone else's fault.
Opponents of the proposed RV ordinance always proclaim that
legally parked RVs are dangerous ("Just enforce the parking laws we
have," Mailbag, Aug. 12). These drivers always argue that RVs block
their visibility, which results in near collisions with other
vehicles or pedestrians (usually children).
Legally parked vehicles are never a hazard. It is the driver of
the moving vehicle who is the hazard. The California vehicle code
states you can never drive a vehicle faster than it is safe. If a
vehicle is blocking your view, by law the driver must slow down to a
safe speed. If the driver of the moving vehicle is having near
collisions due to his blocked view, it is because the driver is
moving at unsafe speeds. The driver is the hazard and should be
cited.
These drivers will never accept this fact even though it is the
law. It could never be their fault. These are the same people who
drop a brick on their foot and sue the brick manufacturer or sue
