FW: Dear Walt: Tell me what you hate about this idea ...

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Subject: Dear Walt: Tell me what you hate about this idea ...

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Subject: Tell me what you hate about this idea ...
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:05:05 +0000


To: Walt Ekard, County CAO

Dear Walt:

Let's get creative. It's time t o swap projects:

Build a grand, new DPLU "Planning Campus" in Campo on Fa' Joe's Children's
Village land - to get the planners out into the unincorporated area (which they
rule) for a better understanding of their impact on rural communities. This
would bring a nice influx of government salaries to the community, and an
increase in Starbucks. Future County retirees would cast a healthier eye on
Campo, and some will fall in love and purchase land for their own retirement
casitas. At the least, County planners would "reverse commute" and drive
against the traffic flow. Those who don't want to move out there can carpool
effectively; the County might even pop for a bus - the ultimate in telecommuting
as they work on their laptops enroute.

The planned residents of Fa' Joe's dream are, essentially, urban kids. They
are not dreaming of 40 acres and a mule for their futures. Kearney Mesa is
exactly where they should grow up, with access to sports, cultural advantages -
and family members who want to keep in touch. The County already has
experience with kids on site - Polinsky Center. (Maybe not the greatest
experience in the world, but it's a start they can build on.) Best of all, these kids
would no longer be at risk of roasting to chitlings in a fast-moving brushfire
out in windy East County, and groundwater shortages would not loom on their
horizon. Showers are guaranteed for all ... isn't this the least they should be
offered? Within literally minutes, National University, the stadium, parks,
hospitals and future jobs await these kids. Why not a vertical Children's
Village on Clairemont Mesa?

Let's not make these facilities grey, anonymous government complexes.
Let's have a competition among San Diego architects to design both projects.

And let's name them "Father Joe's Children's Village in the City" -
and the "Mike Thometz Memorial Planning C enter for San Diego County" in Campo.

Tell me what you hate about this idea ...

Patsy Fritz

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