Ned and June are the fictional neighbors of the very fictional Gus and Betty. Ned and Gus have very different opinions on what should be built at Ponte Vista.
You may remember from a previous post, I invented “Gus” to help folks understand the two questions I would like everyone to respond to, concerning Ponte Vista at San Pedro;
What do you want to see built at Ponte Vista?
What reasons back up your opinions?
“Gus” wanted up to 1,200 homes with 60% of the homes being designated senior housing in a guard-gated portion of the site. “Gus” also thought that the non-age restricted areas be open to public access of the park lands and other amenities.
Ned has a very different opinion and reasoning than Gus. I will use Ned to illustrate what a supporter of Mr. Bisno’s MIGHT comment on. Please remember, this is for illustration only and Ned is not a real person. Ned has a different way to write his opinions than imbg, aNOnymous, M Richards, and others have used on this blog.
Ned supports Mr. Bisno’s plans to build 2,300 homes at Ponte Vista. He feels that the number of homes Mr. Bisno plans is just about right for the area. He feels that Mr. Bisno will make good on his promise to mitigate all traffic issues so the high number of homes is not too big, in Ned’s opinion.
Ned really likes the views he sees in the artist’s drawings. He has lived in his older home in San Pedro for over 60 years and he would like a new home in the senior section of the project. Ned feels there are lots of folks just like him in San Pedro, who want to give up their older family homes now that the kids have all moved out.
Ned thinks he would like a two-bedroom condominium in an area that will have many of his old friends and neighbors living at, as well. Ned likes the security of living behind gates where guards protect his home.
Ned likes the idea of walking in a beautiful area and being able to stop by a corner café to pick up a cup of coffee and shoot the breeze with some other oldsters he meets. He really feels there will be more community spirit among the older folks at Ponte Vista.
Ned believes all this for a number of reasons. First, he thinks the DEIR was carefully constructed and feels the City Planning Department would not let it pass inspection if it had lots of errors.
Ned also believes that there is a real need for more housing in the area, particularly for seniors, like him.
Ned feels his wife June would be well protected if and when he passes away because he knows that he will be living in a secured area with attentive guards and staff.
Ned is tired of working in his yard and does not want to deal with the multiple problems that continually creep up in older homes. He feels he will have much less to worry about in a brand new home.
Ned would like to be able to pass his current home on to one of his kids. He remembers all the families that lived in his neighborhood and he wants to give his kids the same opportunities to have their families grow up in old San Pedro.
Ned was one of the many immigrants from Komiza. He fished when he first arrived in San Pedro. After he married June, who was born in Ischia, he went to work on the docks to support his growing family. June spent some time working in the cannery before she became a stay at home mom.
Ned and June hope more of their old friends would like to move into Ponte Vista. They think that is one way to keep old friends together and not have them spread out where is would be harder to maintain those friendships.
Ned has told June that he won’t be driving so much so he does not mind all the extra traffic that will be on Western. He also believes Mr. Bisno about having a good transportation system at Ponte Vista that will ferry folks to the doctors or shopping.
Ned thinks that all the people who are “pooh-poohing” Mr. Bisno’s plans only have their best interests in mind and not folks like him and June. He feels those people should respect what folks his age want and let them have the homes they like.
Ned thinks all the buildings going up around San Pedro will bring in more people and the senior section at Ponte Vista will be like an oasis from all the new development. It is a great place to retire to, he claims.
Ned even thinks that one of his kids might want one of the “affordable” homes in the other part of Ponte Vista. He thinks it would be great if the grand kids could just walk to his home and he could visit anytime he wants. He actually believes the homes will be “affordable” to most of the people looking for homes in the area. Ned does not really understand “market rate” or “market priced” homes. He totally believes Mr. Bisno when he claims the homes will be “affordable”.
MW, back to reality.
Please, please, please, don’t attack poor Ned. Besides the fact he does not really exist, he was merely used as an example. He is unfortunately, the only example, so far, of what I feel a true Ponte Vista supporter might print on this blog if there were any real supporters willing to post a comment. Ned’s view mimic views I have heard from real supporters, so I co-mingled comments from many folks to create Ned. Ned also follows lines repeated by Mr. Bisno and many on his staff.
Ned is fictional, and so might be many of the supporters Mr. Bisno claims to have. I have documented concerns many folk have had dealing with how Mr. Bisno acquired as many supporter names as he has.
There was a petition drive where the petitioner asked prospective signers if they wanted more “affordable” housing in San Pedro. Some folks who signed the petitions later found out they were petitions of support for Mr. Bisno’s plans for Ponte Vista. Mr. Bisno is not building housing that would fit into the category of “affordable” as defined by several governmental agencies. He is proposing to build homes to sell at market rate or market prices. Just as many other homes are sold on the open market.
Mr. Bisno’s organization sent out two cards that arrived at my friend’s house on the same day. The cards requested that my friend sign the cards and mail them back in. One of the cards was to remain on file with Mr. Bisno’s staff and the other was to be included with other supporter cards that to be delivered to the Community Advisory Committee. My friend signed the cards using a fictitious name and sent them from his home in Carson.
So I can write, with some accuracy that Mr. Bisno has at least one fictitious supporter he has a supporter card for, and two fictitious supporters who remain in the foggy mind of this author.
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