The old saying goes, “fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me.” George Pardon in his letter to Event News (May 17) has described how he was fooled twice by the Cypress City Council and the racetrack land owner.
The old saying goes, “fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me.” George Pardon in his letter to Event News (May 17) has described how he was fooled twice by the Cypress City Council and the racetrack land owner.
The first time Mr. Pardon and the voters of Cypress were fooled was the passage of Measure L in June 2012. Promises of senior housing, a 160-page ballot measure not provided to the voters, and silence by the Cypress City Council, virtually guaranteed passage of Measure L. The result, a 156-truck door warehouse distribution project and no senior housing. Shame on the racetrack landowner and Shame on the Cypress City Council.
George Pardon in his letter describes the faults of Measure A; “…the potential of being a significant and unwelcome burden to our community… we were told the intent of Measure A was primarily single family housing and neighborhood commercial but the initiative told a different story…“The Measure A 160-page initiative has very similar language to last year’s June 2012 Measure L…”
The second time George Pardon and his co-hort Steve Mauss were fooled was in their acceptance of ‘deed restrictions to limit Measure A. These restrictive covenants were voluntarily offered by the landowner with “enforcement” to be provided by the same Cypress City Council who remained silent to the public on Measures L. These “restrictions” will only be effective if Measure A passes. So why not just vote no and eliminate the need for these changes to Measure A? Shame on you George Pardon and Steve Mauss!
The need for deed restrictions to “change” Measure A is a glaring admission by the city council and landowner that the initiative is flawed. If Measure A is flawed as described by George Pardon in his letter then it should not be passed. If the City Council cared one bit about the people of Cypress, they would withdraw their support for the ballot measure, and provide education and information to the public about the measure before the June 2013 election. The landowner could even withdraw the initiative.
If Measure A passes it is binding on the city council and will include all of negatives described by George Pardon including warehouse and distribution next to the homes on Cerritos. The deed restrictions on the other hand are not binding on this or future city councils. They were approved by a vote of the council and they can be voided by a vote of the city council now or in the future. Who would sue … the landowner … a resident, George Pardon and Steve Mauss, ask them?
The only question is, will the voters of Cypress be fooled twice?
Vote NO on Measure A
Art DeBolt
Los Alamitos