Leaving Del Sur, I saw dust rising into the air around the new construction site by
Del Norte High School. Since it was Sunday, I was surprised to see the
Community Hub Mole on his Vespa scooter spinning his rear wheel in the
dirt lot. I honked my horn as I pulled up. I noticed his scooter was yet
again, dirty. Very un-mole like.
The Mole accelerated towards me before breaking suddenly and causing a cloud
of dry, fine dust to envelope both of us. He pushed his dust covered
goggles up on his forehead as he blurted out, "You's guys are a bunch of
stooges".
I responded, "Mole, first of all, you drive me crazy when you
use the word, "you's".
There is no such word in the dictionary. "Regardless boss, call
yourselves whatever you want, but you are an easy mark for the County of
San Diego, or anyone else".
What
the heck do you mean mole? He then threw me the spare helmet he carries
with him, (in case he spots a single, female mole) as he said, "Let's
go for a ride". As I climbed on the back of his scooter, I realized I
had never seen the mole so upset. As he turned the throttle on his
scooter with his right hand, he pointed across the new Kindergarten
through 8th grade school which is being constructed next to a very large
retail center.
Mole yelled out through the cloud of dust, "Who talks for you's
guys? Land is being built upon all around you and you say nothing. Your
law enforcement levels have been slashed and you just keep giving cash
to the County of San Diego each month. 4S Ranch and Del Sur residents
should wake up and smell the proverbial coffee".
I tried to defend
all of us that live here as I told the mole we had complained to the
County Board of Supervisors and Sheriff Bill Gore over the last few
months and they are finally going to be returning to conducting their, "line-ups" at the 4S Ranch Substation and plan to reassign one Sergeant to the area. I told Mole, "It's a start". Mole responded, "Right
boss, in 2008, 4S Ranch had a Lt., multiple sergeants and a full staff
operating out of the substation, (which we paid for) and now your happy"?
He went on, "4S Ranch is the County of San Diego's
ATM. You provide cash 24/7 to the County and you never complain or
speak up. When I lived in Pacific Beach at least there was a Town
Council.
Who in the world
speaks for the residents of 4S Ranch? The HOA? A few property owners? Is
it the Ralph family? I know the County representatives do not even
know who to call to determine what the priorities are for your area.
Boss you's guys gotta fix it"!
As I held on to the
Mole's chubby waist as we drove around, I realized he was telling the
truth. A pretty astute observation, for a guy that never attended school
and spent most of his life underground. We then stopped near LA
Fitness and he asked me what was being built at the corner of RB Road
and Dove Canyon Rd. I told him I had no idea. The mole pointed out as a
community we should know. He said, "There
should not be any surprises. You should have a voice in what is built.
Should it be an In and Out Burger, gas station, (some compettition
for chevron would be nice) or a tattoo parlor?
As he concluded the tour, I stepped off the Mole's
Vespa in front of the Community Hub, I promised him we would work on
helping our area residents to help control our own destiny. I know in
my last profession we established a Community Advisory Board that
representeed all economic levels. It was a wide variety of residents
and even included a high school student. It was amazing. She had some
of the best insight to we needed to focus on. We had a great deal less
resources, but we had a very clear idea of what was important to the
community and what we should be spenidng our limited resources on.
It was a community
voice. Not one or two people or someone who might own a piece of land
here or there. When voices are combined you get a better future and a
community voice our elected officials can hear more clearly.
In fact, on November 1st at twelve noon,
we are having a meeting at the Community Hub at 10550 Craftsman Way
Suite #184 (Next to Brett's Barbecue) which everyone is invited to
attend. We will have high ranking officials from both SDSO and SDPD as
well as a representative of the County of San Diego. It is hoped we can
address some of the issues that the Community Hub Mole brought up on my
tour of the area.
As the Mole drove
off, I yelled to him that we would clean up our act, if he would do the
same and clean his scooter up! It was a mess.
Enjoy your week!
Ray & Theresa Shay
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