A song for Bubba
Karen Hadley will sing at 2 p.m. on Nov. 9 at the Seal Beach Pier in support of Bubba the Pig.
Seal Beach City Council is banning pet pigs from the community in an overreaching ordinance aimed at one resident of Old Town.
Come out and meet Bubba and rally to support keeping him home with his loving family. Plan on attending the Seal Beach City Council meeting at 7 p.m., Nov.12 at Seal Beach City Hall, 211 8th St., Seal Beach and voice your support for Bubba directly to the city.
Shelley Littleton
Seal Beach Resident and Supporter of Bubba
Loves the pig
Dear God in Heaven. If the folks that are complaining didn’t know before they moved to Old Town Seal Beach, the one thing they needed to learn is the community is unique!
We saw the pig out for a stroll one evening and I have been waiting for months to see it again. At my age I am not sure that some things I see are a figment of my imagination. I love the pig and am glad for confirmation that senility has not taken over yet.
Marion Volk
Seal Beach
Leave the pig alone
Seal Beach City Council is a joke! Banning someone’s pet pig. Leave the pig alone-he’s not harming anyone.
Why doesn’t the council take up important matters involving the city. The council is mean-spirited. They are a joke!
J.B Richardson
Seal Beach
The pig is a pet
Seal Beach Sunners, get over it! Open up your houses to all pets!(renters too). A pig is a pet, especially the pig in the picture. As long as the pet is not bothering others, why can’t it be a pet. I agree with Ms. Goldberg. Just ask George Clooney. He was more upset over the death of his pig than the break up of any of his female relationships.
Becky Bates
Seal Beach
Editor’s Note: There are more letters on this subject online at Sunnews.org.
Coyote panel thanks
Thanks to Councilwoman Ellery Denton for putting together such an outstanding panel of knowledgeable experts to address our daily threat of coyote attacks on our cats and dogs.
And our responsibility to keep them safe along with small children.
Education is the key. I certainly learned much more than I expected.
Annelle Baum
Seal Beach
Bicycle replaced
When I opened pages five and six of last week’s Sun I nearly got whiplash. Three columns of page five were consumed by a nice lady who was fighting for the rights of an unnamed pig. The antithesis of the pig piece was Seth Eaker’s guest colummn on “Frannie’s fund” for her stolen trike.
On one hand, people worrying about whether a pig has the same rights as dog or cat; while on the other; a local coalition of citizens were actually doing something to right a wrong for one of our neighbors.
I have known Fran for more than a decade and can actually remember when she started at the Hardware. I was the one that supplied the owner of the store (at the time-Mitch) with Fran’s first trike, as she was developing symptoms from diabetes that made it hard to walk.
Years later when her trike was stolen, I watched the “locals” get into it to provide Fran with another trike, as it is even more problematic for her to walk.
Diana from Bay Hardware and Marc from Run Seal Beach got onto the social networking sites, along with Seth Eaker (local activist and business Guru) to get the word out that Frannie was walking and that just would not do. Bill Ayres (former Run Seal Beach Director) got into the act and the dollars started flowing!
I contributed a new trike (at cost) and we got her back on “wheels“ while the campaign did its magic,
Amazingly, even before the Sun hit the stand, we had significant response to the fund request. Checks and cash in 20s and 50s just appeared. It was amazing. Then when the article published, thanks to Seth and Vince of the Sun, the money really rolled in!
Finally, my Dentist (and local businessman) dropped off a very generous check and “voila,” we reached our target, with enough to pay for lights, lock and a bell.
I think we should all feel better about ourselves and living in our little community where magical things like this can happen, It’s a “feel-good story” to carry us into the Holiday spirit. Congratulations to all those mentioned above for putting this thing together- and special thanks to those that contributed. Job well done!
Dave Dunton
Seal Beach
‘No’ to exercise stations
As a long-time resident of Old Town Seal Beach, I am concerned about the possibility of exercise stations on the Electric Avenue Open Space. I am deliberately not referring to this land as the Greenbelt because I don’t want anyone to confuse our open space with a city park. The intention of the folks who fought for the open space in the 1970s was to provide a place for everyone to use for recreation, the pleasure of lying on the grass in the sun, the peacefulness of benches to read or relax on, and the myriad of other creative endeavors people utilize it for such as tree-climbing, low-level aerial walking, an occasional volleyball game, birthday parties, putting, picnics, even memorial gatherings around special benches and places.
I see these activities everyday. I also see walking, using the benches for sit-ups or push-ups, children learning to ride a bicycle, people pushing strollers, others managing a walk despite a cane or walker, and lots of people walking their dogs. The pavement is narrow. When someone is pushing a stroller or a child is riding a bike, a bit of “give” must occur. There is hardly room for more than two across. In Huntington Beach, Central Park has exercise stations. I spoke with the person in charge of maintenance of the city parks and he said the stations are utilized regularly and are maintained by the city. However, when I asked him about the other parks in the city, he told me there were no exercise stations because the parks are not large enough. We already have a unique and healthful environment available. Let’s keep it that way.
Francine DeFrance
Seal Beach
