LETTERS
The Recall, Cont’d
Re Richard Reisman’s Oct. 6 endorsement of Arnold Schwarzenegger:
Californians, as well as the rest of the country, await the premier of our governor-elect.
A paradigm shift? Well, they’ve happened before, but they have been few and far between.
Arnold has leveraged his movie-star popularity. And, he soon will capitalize on the massive media attention and coverage. Lucky him and lucky us. As Californians, we are “results-driven”‘ in business and don’t expect anything less with our politics, although we have been let down in the past.
The sentiment in the California air today: Hope for solid results.
Maryann Somma
inFORM Decisions
Irvine
Election observations from a Schwarzenegger supporter:
& #149; I wish it were possible to have Gloria Allred disbarred.
& #149; We should start to beat the drums for Indian casino taxes–big wampum!
& #149; Thanks to Katie Couric for being the first to mention Arnold’s father was a Nazi.
& #149; Thanks to Adriana Huffington for, well, being Adriana.
& #149; You keep talking about a two-paper town. The L.A. Times is no newspaper.
& #149; Tom McClintock needs to look people straight in the eye. This self-righteous SOB has probably gone as far in politics as he is ever going to go.
& #149; Thank you NBC, ABC and CNN for all of your unfair analysis.
& #149; Rick Reiff, get a grip and say after me, “Moderates rule!”
Barry M. Gold
Irvine
Summit Campus
The real estate story of your 25th
Anniversary Special Report inaccurately stated that the Summit Office Campus project in Aliso Viejo “did well at first but could not find new tenants in 2001 and 2002.”
Planned for 1.7 million square feet of office space, Summit Office Campus currently encompasses 800,000 square feet of space in 10 buildings. Today, Summit is 90% occupied, underscoring the project’s immense attraction. More to the point, however, is that there was significant lease activity occurring in 2001 and 2002. Despite a countywide downturn in office leasing, Summit welcomed the following companies during those years: Agenda Computing; Ardent Learning; Arthur J. Gallagher and Co.; Insurance Broker of California, Inc.; B.F. Saul Mortgage, a division of Chevy Chase Bank; CS & O; Fetta, Piper & Rossi LLP; NS Holdings; Pacific Rim Capital Inc.; The Rodarti Group; and Verso Technology.
As the developer of Summit Office Campus I would like to note that we are proud of its success since breaking ground in 1997. We have a diverse and well-known roster of companies, such as Arthur J. Gallagher and Co.; MBNA; Young’s Market Company LLC; Remedy Intelligent Staffing; Pacific Rim Capital Inc.; Safeguard Health; TechSpace (formerly Enfrastructure); Pepsi-Cola Co.; and many more that lease space with us because of Summit’s beautiful landscaping, natural design, pedestrian walkways, ponds, hillside views and strategic location.
Russ Parker
Principal
Parker Properties
Aliso Viejo
El Toro, Cont’d
Re Mathew Padilla’s Oct. 13 article, “Navy Delays El Toro Land Sale; ’04 Likely”:
Developers are losing interest in El Toro because each of the Navy’s proposed four parcels is designated for a number of disparate uses, which forces developers into partnering. Questions remain about the schedule for contamination cleanup for non-aviation uses, and a recent lawsuit settlement with Caltrans has driven down the value of the land because of traffic studies and mitigation of traffic-intensive development.
Any sale is sure to be complicated. The Navy’s dream of using proceeds from the sale of the land to pay for toxic cleanup is quietly slipping away.
Only the Navy and Irvine are standing in the way of turning on the lights at this needed airport.
Donald Nyre
Newport Beach
