Canyon Vote

After listening to the School Board and HARD representatives fawning over each other in praise of their “remarkable partnership,” it was pretty obvious the vote to approve the Canyon Fields project was a foregone conclusion. Interesting that while a pretty sizable number of impacted homeowners spoke out against parts of it, most everyone was in favor of the project overall. Instead, those speakers felt the District gave only the bare minimum public notices (deliberately?) and when forced into modifications to address concerns about lighting, noise and traffic, made only perfunctory changes at best. Was telling to overhear one presenter say “the needs of the many outweigh the concerns of the few.” Easier said so long as you aren’t one of the few. How about this: reduce the lighting to 8:00 p.m, eliminate the P.A. systems (why on earth is that needed?) and do a better traffic study, not one designed to tell you what you want to hear. I think everyone can go along with that and probably save some time and money fending off any resistance.

–Eric Nelson, Castro Valley