Included with the letter was a whole list of things that I can do to reduce water usage. The one thing missing from the list was something the city of Glendale can do to reduce overall water usage — declare a moratorium on construction of new multifamily buildings being built where one or two single-family homes existed before, or on any construction that will use more water than the structure it is replacing.
How hypocritical for the city to mandate that we use less water and then allow developers to put 15 or 20 toilets where three or four were before, or 10 showers where two were before. How about a hotel on a parking lot where there was no water usage?
How about the Americana at Brand, with that beautiful fountain and who knows how many showers, sinks and toilets? The list goes on and on.
It has been explained to me in great detail how it is virtually impossible to change zoning, but it seems to me that a moratorium was declared before when building got out of hand.
If we are all being forced to make sacrifices, why should the developers be allowed to add additional water usage and we, the longtime residents of Glendale, be forced to cut back our water usage?
If the city wants us all to cooperate with mandatory water conservation, what better way to get us all to sign on to the program than to lead by example and declare a moratorium on any new building construction that adds to existing water use until the crisis is abated?
JIM KUSSMAN
Glendale
Moved by Boy Scout’s actions
After reading your July 18 story, “Memorial for soldier restored,” I had to go to Verdugo Hills Hospital to meet this wonderful young man Adam Fletcher. It meant so very much to me because I wore staff Sgt. David Demmon’s POW/MIA bracelet for many, many years.
