Pubdate: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 Source: Los Angeles Times (CA) Page: A37 Copyright: 2009 Los Angeles Times Contact: http://drugsense.org/url/bc7El3Yo Website: http://www.latimes.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/248 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n1100/a05.html Author: Marilyn Noyes DEVELOPMENT, NOT POT, IS THE ISSUE Re "L.A. acts to cap pot stores," Dec. 9 Wouldn't it be nice if the Los Angeles City Council spent as much time agonizing over the destruction of neighborhoods by overdevelopment as it has debating the placement and number of medical marijuana clinics it will allow in our city? As a lifelong West Los Angeles resident, I am sickened by the dense, out-of-character development that is coming at us like an unmanned, speeding locomotive. Are 70 enough? Are 186 too many? Council members talk about how many medical marijuana clinics hurt a neighborhood, but when a developer's money is on the line, they'll say that 25,000 new car trips a day won't have any significant impact on traffic. City planning? In L.A., that's an oxymoron. How do you spell "hypocrisy"? L-A C-I-T-Y C-O-U-N-C-I-L. Marilyn Noyes Los Angeles - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake