Let the good time rock on Saturday
Turn the music up and let The Surfaris play it loud. This year’s Cruise Night on Saturday is going to be a blast. Put the main stage back at Wilson Avenue and Brand Boulevard and let the Tokens rock the night away.
When I was a kid growing up, all my mother played was oldies.
No wonder the house rocked so much.
Everybody should pack the streets up and down Brand to make this the biggest street party in Southern California when The Surfaris play “Wipe out.”
Bring your dancing shoes because, somehow, I believe in my heart that song brings Daytona Beach to Southern California.
Between the good people in Glendale, the cars, the music and a cold beverage let’s get the party started.
Let’s show the rest of the world, we’re having a big street party in Glendale.
Let the good times rock.
PAUL D. CARNEY
Glendale
Why did city join with Orangeline?
I’m trying to figure out what, exactly, what is the reasoning behind the city joining the Orangeline Development Authority (“New train is city’s business,” Friday).
Does the City Council know that there is another high-speed rail project that will be on the statewide ballot in November, which will not only go from Orange County to Palmdale, but will also extend to San Francisco, Sacramento and San Diego?
Or, do they realize that the current Metrolink serves the exact same corridor?
Granted, it’s a bit slower than a maglev would be, but it’s still only 10 minutes to Downtown Los Angeles, and for longer distances, one could use the future high-speed rail.
This Orangeline proposal is, at best, a redundancy that will not be needed, and at worst a complete waste of taxpayer money.
Maglev is an expensive, seemingly unproven technology, and a high-speed rail system loses its high-speed advantage by having stations every few miles.
And the fact that city officials believe that paying a membership fee will increase the chances of getting a station in Glendale, indicates to me that that the Orangeline is more interested in grabbing as much cash as they can, instead of building the most efficient and effective route.
ROBB BRIGGS
Glendale
Federal programs should be slashed
On the Fourth of July, there were so few flags flying on our block, I wondered why we seemed to be the only ones to celebrate our veterans.
