To the editor: Older people who have experience and know history are sometimes in the best position to see what needs to be done to prevent the fascist takeover of rational government. (“Yes, you can fight City Hall. Huntington Beach retirees are waging a revolution,” column, Jan. 20)
Some young residents are so busy earning a living and looking after children that they don't even subscribe to a newspaper and are unaware of what is going on. They may not know, for example, that the right-wing majority on their City Council proposed unnecessary charter changes that will end up costing taxpayers.
Therefore, it is up to older people to take on this responsibility. As a resident of Huntington Beach since 1962, I accept this challenge.
Richard C. Armendariz, Huntington Beach
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To the editor: Reading your article about Huntington Beach protesters who were fed up with their City Hall, and as a Ventura County reader, I took note of one person in particular: Councilman Tony Strickland.
Perhaps Huntington Beach voters should ask themselves how a former member of the state Assembly and Senate from the Simi Valley area ended up on the City Council.
Outside of politics, Strickland never had a real job in his adult life. He never passed a single coherent law while in state government.
He was an advisor to his ex-wife's campaign and she to his. Both paid each other with campaign contributions.
In 1998 he falsely claimed that the mayor of Camarillo supported him for the Assembly. His divisive politics got him kicked out of Ventura County.
Jose Carroll, Camarillo
