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

South Florida developer Roy Donahue Peebles has said on several public occasions and in print that his "vision" for "the future of Pacifica" is Pebble Beach.

Pebble Beach has no City Council, no representatives, and no democracy. Pebble Beach is a private corporation. It has no public government at all; it is a wholly-owned private fiefdom. Pebble Beach has no citizens, only homeowner's association members and employees.

I just received a "blind", unsigned postcard, apparently from Peebles' Southern California P.R. powerhouse firm Davies Communications (more on them here http://www.pacificaquarry.org/node/110), inviting me to a privately-controlled sales pitch on "the future of Pacifica". It will be held at a public school to give it the appearance of a civic forum. Nice work-- Karl Rove would be proud.

Peebles' actions look more and more every day like a hostile takeover attempt. That is why I'm voting NO in November on his 355 houses in the Quarry.

The above was also published as a letter to the editor in the August 9th, 2006 Pacifica Tribune, accompanied by an editor's note pointing out that I am a volunteer with Pacifica Today & Tomorrow.