I hope in the future generation I will be able to teach my kids the joy of golf at this course.
Several organizations that deeply care about our environment are trying to prevent condos from being built there (“Activists get more time to discuss golf course,” July 9).
If it is destroyed, other people will lose their chance to enjoy golf and build memories like I have.
Anyone in this world can enjoy the sport, even if they are sick, but that will be impossible if Verdugo Hills Golf Course is replaced with more housing.
It has helped me realize that I can do anything, even if I am barely able to walk a flight of stairs.
I hope this letter helps the public understand that if the golf course is destroyed, then laughter, memories, experiences and dreams will die with it.
NATHAN JOSEPH ALANDY BAUTISTA
La Crescenta
Gadflies provide an important service
As I have written earlier, I’ve never met Herbert Molano or Mike Mohill, but I believe both men are providing an important service as gadflies.
This country was founded by gadflies like Samuel Adams and John Adams who spent a lot of time irritating and annoying not only Parliament and George III, but their fellow colonists.
But they and others persisted in being gadflies until a substantial number of colonists (but probably not a majority) supported independence.
The abolition movement in this country and Britain started with gadflies, as did women’s suffrage. There were plenty of people here and in Britain who wished Susan B. Anthony and her colleagues and the Pankhursts would just disappear. And just about every effort at change in our country has begun with gadflies who demand change, but who many regard as annoying (“Could our gadflies please buzz off?” July 11).
