Two recent letters have referred to a survey taken three years ago
regarding the RV parking situation in unincorporated La Crescenta.
According to Ed Delaney (Community Commentary, Aug. 19), 85% of
the respondents said they wanted to retain the existing county
ordinance. Delaney claims they are the "silent majority."
How could you possibly tell what the respondents wanted? I
remember that "survey" well. It was the most ridiculous, confusing,
unintelligible waste of paper and postage I've ever seen. It was
obviously the product of a committee whose members had no clue how to
properly frame survey questions.
And, if memory serves, that "survey" was distributed by the county
as a courtesy, but it was not written by the county.
So, Mr. Delaney, you cannot draw any conclusions from the
so-called survey results.
The truth is, we have no idea what the majority of La Crescenta
inhabitants think about RV parking. We only know how the vocal
residents feel because their comments, from both sides of the
controversy, have been printed in the News-Press.
And, lest you believe I'm a member of the "well-organized and
financed noisy minority," think again. I do not own an RV or any
other vehicle that would be affected by an ordinance, nor am I
acquainted with any of the people who have allegedly "dragged this
issue on for more than two years."
Until now, I have been a member of the "silent majority" you
purport to represent. And I have no problem at all with the
occasional RVs I see in my community.
MERRY SHELBURNE
La Crescenta
