Letters to the Editor 11-19-15

A local lifeline
Editor: Wallace House has been a lifeline for over 30 years for those who have been in need of shelter and other basic services. Support for the more than 100 clients we serve each week comes from several sources, including generous contributions from individuals and organizations in and around Cloverdale. Wallace House is the only community service in north county that provides emergency and transitional shelter, as well as permanent supportive housing for people with disabilities.
That there have been so many success stories is truly gratifying. Here is one example of difficulties people face and how Wallace House Services was able to intervene: A family of three came to us when they were homeless. Mom has serious medical issues and was recuperating from surgery. Dad was working at a low paying job. By providing them with temporary shelter, Dad was able to find better employment and we were able to move them into permanent supportive housing.
Families and singles, including increasing numbers of seniors can find themselves needing a helping hand through hard times. Wallace House board members are grateful for the support of our community, which allows us to offer the help needed. On their behalf, I thank you for your past support and hope you will continue that support into the future. To learn more about Wallace House services or to donate, please go to our website, www.wallacehouse.org
Virginia Greenwald, Wallace House Board
Cloverdale
Development impacts
Editor: With all these great plans for development (“Apartment projects lining up at City Hall,” Nov. 12, 2015), I don’t see anything about the increased traffic that will result. I live in Del Webb and my backyard backs S. Cloverdale Boulevard. If you are going to develop you have to consider improving the sound wall proportionately to the increased level of noise that increased traffic will produce due to increased development. It’s called vision.
Theresa Mahoney
Cloverdale
Follow the money
Editor: Having failed to garner much traction on their development proposal, Laulima and the special interest folks have switched tactics. They now want to help us build sports and recreation parks. Why stop there? Why not a new school, a chain grocery store, a bowling alley, new cinemas, police station annex, another senior activity center and a culinary institute?
The citizens of Cloverdale and our city council are not easily bamboozled, we see through the ploy. The full page ad, claimed to have been paid by mass mailing, I suspect was actually funded by a special interest group. Nobody I know in Cloverdale received any such solicitation, nor would we have contributed if delivered. Proposals are just plans or suggestions, not promises and certainly not obligations. Let’s just follow the money; this outfit and their donors obtain the most coin by building as many houses as possible on the property.
Tyris could not make the proposed resort hotel cost effective and eventually asked for a larger housing development and were refused. On top of all the baloney, they want to close our airport, which among other amenities is a tremendous safety/emergency asset, as demonstrated by the recent Lake County fire.
One fantasizes that they may next target the fire district citing our cost, the noisy trucks and emergency sirens disturbing the tranquility of our town. I applaud our city council for standing firm on this issue; the last thing we need is another housing development.
Luciano Toninato
Cloverdale