Property above Brand Park a shame
I have grown up in the city of Glendale, was born, bred and schooled in the land of the Verdugos.
I have hiked these fair hills since I was old enough to leave the house on my own, and have witnessed the many changes in the community over the decades.
I now am watching the project of repairing the old timbers in the reservoir in the canyon above Brand Park that was built back in the 1920s, which is no doubt an expensive project.
That is why I am shocked and appalled to walk only a few hundred meters away from this large project to see the careless disregard for the family Brand cemetery that has been visited by generations of Glendale residents. The weeds are waist-high, to the point where you cannot see the names on even the standing gravestones. This was a place of serene quiet and gentle breezes; a place where kids from Glendale would hop the fence to repose in the green shade. There we would see the names of people who were instrumental in shaping our city: Brand, Dryden and Stocker were the very streets we walked and lived on.
I do not know how the decision to abandon this cemetery came to be, but I shudder to think of the cold vision of those who have such disregard for the dead. Respecting a grave site was something we were taught as children, and those who tampered with a grave were noted as those worthy of jail, people who troubled society and deserved a good whack across the head.
This is now the second letter in as many years that I have written on this subject. I have felt it would be a waste of time to write again, but I am more afraid of where we will be headed when nobody bothers to say a word. Wake up Glendale, before you lose your soul.
MARK LAMPARTER
Glendale
Other ‘rules’ need to be addressed
Reading Glendale Police Lt. Carl Povilaitis’ Community Commentary about rules of the road pertaining to vehicles and pedestrians has brought to mind other rules that should be addressed (“Knowledge of road rules can go a long way,” Thursday).
It has been my experience that many drivers do not correctly maneuver their vehicles when making right and left turns.
