Wednesday, February 25, 2009

CM PRESS # 620


BEST WISHES TO THE MAYOR

Former mayor and planning commissioner Donn Hall (who we always call The Mayor) is in the hospital, possibly battling prostate cancer.

We're sure that everyone who knows Donn,will join The CM PRESS in wishing him a speedy recovery.

Donn showed up on our radar screen as the guy who spearheaded the Costa Mesa marina idea years ago. He was, and still is, a man of vision for our city.


Had Donn had his way, the Westside would now be the best part of Costa Mesa and would have a marina and some pocket beaches below the Westside Bluffs where now there is just dirt and weeds.


Donn told us that when he was on the Council and pushing the marina idea, the Council came up just one vote short (a 3-2 vote) against moving forward with the marina.


And, you think local elections don't matter?


Marina Highlands

People who are new to Costa Mesa might wonder why we have a neighborhood on the Westside called Marina Highlands. The answer is that the marina was so close to being a reality,that the developer put in terraced homes that would have a view of the water down below.


Newport Terrace

Newbies may also not know that the neighborhood at the end of W. 19th Street--Newport Terrace--is actually in Newport Beach, not Costa Mesa. It was built to be next to the Marina. Now, it's next to dirt.


The Test Ditch

If you walk down into the scrub brush on the south side of the Victoria Street bridge, you'll come upon a large square pond surrounded by a chain link fence. That pond was the test ditch dug to see if water could remain in that area all the time--to float our boats--if the dirt was excavated. It can. It has. That pond never goes dry. Boats would float 24 hours a day right next to Victoria Street. Imagine.

If you want to read more about the marina, just put "Marina" in to the search function in this blog and you'll be taken to many articles we've written about it.

Again, best wishes to The Mayor for a speedy recovery. There is more work to be done.

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