Dear Editor,
My name is Jeff Lundberg and my wife and I have lived in Cypress for 36 years. This has been a great city to live in until recent times. Some members of the past council and the current council seem to have personal agendas that do not fall in-line with what our city goals need to be. We have a traffic commission and no planning commission.
This seems out of line where we have a city that is almost 100% developed and we do not want to have the citizens input and guidance on key development projects. Getting a Trader Joe’s is great for the City, but 3 story homes and a huge hotel is the price.
We now have a pay to play park that was built with tax payers money, we are spending over $25 million to update Arnold Park and last year Jon Peat lead a “done deal” proposal to out a restroom in Maple Grove Park North and he does not even live in the neighborhood. We are just given a 30% increase in our trash collection bill via the City Council and they also approved a no bid contract and 10 year contract extension to Valley Vista.
If these things were not corrupt they would almost be comical. Our Mayor runs the Boys and Girls club, receives a large compensation package, gets yearly rent for $1 and gets FREE trash service. If these are the visible things I want to know what goes on in the smoke filled rooms and how many other deals are made for their personal gain and not to benefit our city.
Transparency is a fundamental element of honest government. In response to the council member that claimed to be a God fearing person, this was said by Abraham Lincoln at the Gettysburg address “God, shall have new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people , shall not perish from the great earth.”
So…get with the program!
The current City seal had “Progress” as the marquee, I think we should focus on Abraham Lincoln’s quote and the new marquee needs to be “Transparency!
Jeff Lundberg
Now a resident of Rancho Mission Viejo
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