Remember, not all have health care
I am happy to hear that Robert Gregg (“Marching to the same health tune,” July 30) has good health care, but thousands of U.S. citizens don’t, and that is why there must be a change in our system.
Gregg may not see anyone going to other countries, but if he were to listen to the news, he would certainly hear about hundreds of Americans who are forced to go elsewhere for medical and dental treatment that they can afford.
BARBARA BLAINE
Glendale
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Can’t rush judgment on vinyl
As a resident of Glendale for 21 years, I very much value the Design Review Boards’ interest in preserving the design of the old Spanish- and Craftsman-style houses in Glendale, but we have to have the common sense to know that not all residents of Glendale are rich enough to be able to afford changing the appearance of a property with expensive vinyl windows, tempered glass or the updated windows that will suit the restoration of their old homes.
Most of us want only a livable and presentable house we can call home.
In reference to the letter of Susan Stephenson on July 23, “Windows a glimpse into problems,” she wrote that homeowners are inordinately policed and over-regulated, and if the city intends to impose costly overblown standards for windows, retroactive enforcement is going to be a big-ticket expense item for the city, as well as for the homeowners.
I very much agree with Stephenson. We are in a deep recession at present, the city has a reduced budget and residents want to tighten their spending too. We have other important matters to worry about other than persecuting and penalizing homeowners who are trying to make their homes livable and presentable.
We should limit the costs of home improvement for new residents of Glendale who want to live in Glendale because of what our city has to offer.
Some of them bought foreclosed properties. The city should be thankful to them that we have fewer foreclosed properties for sale.
As you all know, foreclosed properties are not maintained, the lawns and landscaping are unkempt, and some have even been vandalized.
Foreclosed properties being bought by new residents are saddled with existing vinyl windows. Are we going to penalize new residents for buying foreclosed homes with vinyl windows already in existence and in place before they occupied the home?
New residents need all the help they can get from the city. We do not want to drive them out of the city by prosecuting them.
