For example, please don’t ask any more questions about:
1) Crime. All candidates will be tough on crime. Just check their websites.
2) Gangs. All candidates will work to eliminate gangs. Just check their websites.
3) Traffic. All candidates will work to reduce traffic. Just check their websites.
4) Quality of life. All candidates will work to improve our quality of life. Just check their websites.
There’s more, but you get the idea.
In either of the two Costa Mesa forums, the only interesting moment came when City Council candidate Gary Monahan was dissing cul de sacs as a way to reduce “cut-through” traffic on the Eastside.
Those of us who live on cul de sacs wondered what Monahan was talking about. I’ve lived on a cul de sac or dead-end street for 22 of the 23 years I have lived in Costa Mesa, and that type of street has been a deciding factor in choosing the home both times.
I will gladly trade the rare errant driver turning around in my cul de sac for the thousands of cars passing through on an open street.
In response to Monahan’s whining, fellow candidate Chris Bunyan suggested he ride a bike.
That, folks, is as good as it got. The rest of the forum would have made a DMV line seem exciting.
What has been asked or said is far less notable than what has not. The hosts and the moderators, or whomever it is that is generating these questions, seem to have forgotten that we have a lot of children in both cities. Yet, I have not heard or reviewed a single question about the future quality of life for our kids.
