Your Two Cents’ Worth

Kudos

Nothing more frustrating than having a local problem, a quality of life issue, with nowhere to go for help. Fellow Palisadians, I have good news! Traci Park’s office and our own PP Community Council listened. They investigated and took prompt action solving my problem. My sincere thanks to our amazing Area #6 Representative, Cindy Simon, and Councilwoman Park’s great staff.

Potrero I

In the 2 Cents column, someone asked why the Frontera gate at Potrero Canyon had a lock on it last weekend. The gate broke and would not latch, so was ajar and unlocked 24/7. Parks and Recs decided it was unsafe and a liability to have it unlocked at night, so they put a lock on only that entrance for security. They did not have any staff that could unlock it at sunrise and lock it again at sunset because it was a holiday weekend, so they left it locked for a couple days. They placed a note on the gate asking park goers to use the entrances at the baseball field or Friends Street until the gate could be fixed. Because of the rain, the notice fell down. People put it to the side of the gate, so maybe some people missed it. The park was open every day from sunrise to sunset.

Potrero II

A 2 cents commenter wondered why the Frontera gate was padlocked over New Year’s weekend. That’s because residents learned on 12/30 that the gate still wasn’t closing and there was concern about it remaining open at night, particularly on NYE (teens and other persons had been observed entering at night and there had been fireworks in the canyon for successive days a week earlier). After locking the gate, the City was supposed to put up a sign directing folks temporarily to the baseball field and Friends St. entrances (since no one could come out and “fix” this gate until after the holiday) — there was a little handwritten note which it seems that maintenance staff may have tried to affix to the gate on the night of 12/30, but it fell off and got washed away in the rain. Later, we were told that this gate had supposedly been fixed, but unfortunately (as we learned over the last two days) it wasn’t.

Right Turn

While waiting to turn right onto Sunset at the top of Temescal Canyon Road, the two people in front of me disregarded the “no right turn on red” signs and did it anyway. Maybe it’s time for a reminder to the community that there is, in fact, no right turn on red at this intersection.

Dinner

As a person who struggles almost nightly with the decision to cook, I am looking forward to reading future installments of “Step Up To Dinner” in the Post.

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