NO on L: The campaign against Pacifica’s Measure L

On Tuesday, June 6th, The Mercury News ran an article about the quarry development ("Developer eyes Bay Area for East Coast luxury"). It stated: "Peebles said he plans to gather signatures to place the proposal on the November ballot. The initiative calls for creating a town center with a town hall, a library, 385,000 square feet of commercial enterprises, a public promenade to the ocean, and 40 acres of open space".

In fact, the ballot measure does not call for creating a town center, a town hall or a library. It says no such thing, and this type of misinformation is bordering on disgraceful. I tried to contact the journalist, and she replied that she'll be away for several weeks, but plans a series of articles on the subject. I hope we can get the story straight.

At a recent City Council meeting, I asked the Council members to take some action to provide unbiased information about the project. We need this now more than ever. I am not opposed to development in the quarry. However, I am strenuously opposed to charettes that aren't actual charettes with true public input, and bristle at possible media manipulation and misleading statements told by petition gatherers.

This is no way to gain community trust.

Paul Jones
Manzanita Avenue

The above is the full text of a letter published by the Pacifica Tribune on July 12th, 2006, republished here with the author's express written permission.