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Huntington Beach Police Chaplain Bob Ewing
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From: Fikes.Cathy
To: Aaenda Alerts
Subject: FW: Public Comment Items 5,6, 12,22,Tuesday,January 16,2024
Date: Friday,January 12,2024 9:35:00 AM
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Sent:Thursday,January 11, 2024 9:31 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL(INCL. CMO STAFF) <city.council@surfcity-hb.org>
Subject: Public Comment Items 5, 6, 12, 22, Tuesday,January 16, 2024
Good Evening City Council,
Ben Pickens here, longtime Huntington
Beach, California, United States, resident &
citizen
Item 5 - To vouch for, the Huntington Beach
Interfaith Council has walked the line & I'd
like to see them able to be invited to give
invocation at the city council at their free
will. Everyone, believe it or not, has different
religious & philosophical beliefs that they
manage to not change the 1st amendment
with. This quasi-law is
an unconstitutional show of force & is
.preferentially not in accordance with. not
respecting or not prohibiting in the 1st .
amendment by limiting the prayer to be from
a designated-ly preferred: religious leader or a
. police chaplain only from this city. .
Item 6 - CITY MANAGER'S REPORT; I support
finding a qualified city manager who has the •
time & resources to thoroughly manage the
city in the city manager employment. There
are _plenty of qualified & unbiased city
manager recruits in the college system who.
have studied in hopes of this rewarding job
position. Not having a dedicated city
manager to manage the city, its ,finances & .
correlating to all standard procedures is
unacceptable. The City of Denver has
executive directors & the City of San
Francisco has a city administrator •& both do
their jobs well.
What you might not be thinking about is that
folks are unwilling to participate in an array
of extremely important matters in a city
council with a mayor who demonstrates bad
leadership. A simple, important suggestion
can provide is a math, science & intergalactic
technology convention in Huntington Beach
& a large, state of the art convention hall.
Item 12 - Community & Library Services -
Thus far, I'm impressed with the new math
building design at Golden West College & a
aforementioned design compared to other
designs & I applaud the city council efforts to
likewise find a list of qualified professionals
for the design review board of major
projects.
The city has a history of having some very
bad math & chemistry teachers who were
rebuked for their lack of education & effort &
these schools also shut down undoubtedly
because of this. An identifiable system of
unqualified teachers is a coercion of
developing students. This shouldn't be a
thing & ergo. I have a longtime suggestion of
reforming the school board. I don't think the
school board meetings have a history of
doing their jobs correctly for students.
Item 22 - I support Item 22 Expedited Plan
Check fo:r Development - Not being able to
clearly apply for commercial business
development with the City of Huntington
Beach & a commercial license with the
county, all the way in downtown Santa Ana,
in a timely fashion is a major problem that
I've experienced myself & this is
unacceptable for the professional business
community. Economic development is a
sound initiative. Interesting fact; New York
City also features Gordon Ramsay's Fish &
Chips, Zazzy's' Pizza, Imperial Steakhouse,
Gallagher's Steakhouse, Crab House, The Jolly
Goat Coffee Bar, 99. Flavor Taste, Deli 52 & a
very extensive undergarment & shoe
selection. I'd like to see these types of
establishments in uptown Huntington Beach
& I think the very limited commercial
selection in uptown Huntington Beach is still
not up to par & not fair to the good legacy of
the city.
Not getting involved in the opinions of really
bad music artists, Heil Avenue is divisively
reminiscent of the evil "heil Hitler" phrase &
living in hell. .I humbly suggest renaming Heil
Avenue to something like Candy or
SuBigkeiten Avenue to stop the confusion.
I'd also like to suggest a statue of Harrison
Ford & other iconic folks in this fine city.
And not getting involved in any political
connotations in the city council, I want to
clearly thank Councilman Kalmick &
Councilwoman Moser for their scrupulous
leadership & decision making in this city.
Standing up to Putin & other totalitarians,
dictators & tyrants -
" Hit hard, hit fast and hit often." Admiral
William Halsey
"The hard part about playing chicken is
knowing when to flinch." "i Captain Bart
Mancuso USS Dallas, The Hunt for Red
October
From Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Q-ship: an armed ship disguised as a
merchant or fishing ship to decoy enemy
submarines into gun range
Sometimes folks have to sit in the corner but
life goes on.
"You are an aperture through which the
universe is looking at and exploring. itself."
" Alan Watts
"*Only if you reject all the other paths can
you discover your own path."
U.G. Krishnamurti, Mind Is a Myth
"The imagination is the golden pathway to
everywhere." " Terence McKenna
Thank you & Sincerely ^' Ben Pickens