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Letters
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I have a certain , call it , contempt for the political “ group ” that has long dominated Laguna politics . Let ’ s call it what it is : an organized political party and IRSregistered Political Action Committee named Village Laguna . Some thoughts : 1 ) The Laguna essence - Laguna is one of the few places for OC artists , cultural liberals and general weirdos to live and raise families .
2 ) Part Laguna ’ s essence is an inescapable truth that Laguna has always been progressive . I mean the lowercase “ p ” progressive ideal – embracing progress . Throughout Laguna ’ s history , the Laguna essence was driven by some of the political ideals Village Laguna once stood for – 35 years ago the party was progressive .
VL , in part , helped shape our fun , weird community in the spirit of progress .
Unfortunately for VL , progressivism is a moving target . Progressivism has changed , while VL hasn ’ t . It ’ s stagnant in its beliefs – beliefs that 35 years ago helped create our essence but now , refuse to evolve .
In the last several years , partly because of that stagnation , VL ’ s intransigence ( ex . VL still is trying to kill The Promenade ) has turned it into a minority party . Most locals recognized the party no longer stands for what it used to and have abandoned ship , as made clear because its candidates have not controlled the City Council for almost a decade .
But today , a handful of VL adherents remain entranced by the party and have lost sight of what the party once stood for . It was progressive and for the Laguna essence . But today , its goal is to lock Laguna in the 1970s version of that .
And with that stagnation , we must call the Village Laguna party what it is : part of a nationwide , right-wing Nimbyism grasp for power in the face of political unpopularity .
Cities everywhere are seeing the same thing . Older folks , who used to be on the cutting edge of the culture , and helped shape their cities in that ideal , now see those cities changing . Cities they feel belong to them .
Like the national-level rightwing , Village Laguna needs to hear something .
We don ’ t belong to you . We don ’ t owe you anything . And we no longer want to follow your lead .
In your last gasp , don ’ t go the way of DC ’ s right wing . Stop trying to seize power through minority rule and authoritarianism . Don ’ t assume that the volume of your voice represents your popularity .
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