City-Resident Communication

By Ronald Beldner

We must change the ways the City Council communicates with residents. Our current written communications to residents is meger. The Council assumes the residents all read the local papers for City news or own a computer to download data--wrong! The current City Council Members are failing to listen to the residents.

Second--The City of Laguna Woods has a phone system that can automatically dial and provide a message to residents about city issues, air pollution or wild animal alerts. If this system had alerted our residents about the planning meetings, would San Sebastian have been built?

Third--City Hall must extend its hours. We can no longer be a 8 AM to 5 PM city. 20% of our residents work and cannot get to City Hall during 8 to 5. I will propose keeping City hall open a minimum one night per week and at least 4 hours every other Saturday to start. We must serve our residents and business community.

Fourth--I intend to be a "full time" Council Member and I will meet with individuals; groups in your home, clubs, local business and hold open Community meetings. My phone number will be published.