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which is bad for all residents .

As I state in my campaign for City Council , I am focused on planning ahead , with a balanced approach that puts residents first without kneecapping small businesses . That ’ s why I am so strongly against Measures Q , R , and S .

Measure R would create prohibitive regulations for hotels and resorts simply trying to perform regular and

routine maintenance to their properties , which will have a significant negative impact on the beauty and visual appeal of our cherished city . If this measure R passes , expect to find dilapidated hotel building after another . This measure was unanimously voted against by our City Council . We , as residents , should vote No on Measure R so our local hotels and resorts can be maintained in great condition .

Measure S targets the workplace well-being for our friends , neighbors , and family members who work in our hotels and resorts . This measure was

already voted against by the majority of our City Council . This union is now trying to mislead the local voters .

Let me be clear : this is not an employee initiative . Laguna Beach hospitality workers would have to pay over $ 1,000 a year in dues , and their monthly pay would be less than what they make today . In addition , Laguna Beach hospitality employees already have the personal safety alarms required in the measure and they don ’ t need more restrictions on voluntary overtime . We must vote No on Measure S for the sake of all local hospitality employees .

These measures represent the first time in the history of our community that an outside group has tried to mislead voters to change how we in Laguna live and do business . It ’ s just plain wrong .

Please join me in voting NO on Measures Q , R and S .

Louis Weil , realtor and City Council candidate

The recent City Council candidate forums have been quite revealing . Although Measure Q is supported by large numbers of Laguna Beach residents , only two of the candidates , Jerome Pudwill and Ruben Flores , stated their support for it . Measure Q was created as a protection for our community against the current pro-development majority on the Council . Please read the letters and guest columns in the Indy by David Raber and Gene Felder showing how Measure Q protects our city from over-development . Pudwill and Flores were also the only two candidates to clearly oppose the ill-conceived parking structure at the Presbyterian Church grounds , which would concentrate more tourists in the center of town . As Pudwill put it , “ if you build it they will come .” The forums also provided a further opportunity for us to see why Peter Blake should not be re-elected : every time he opened his mouth , he launched personal attacks on anyone who disagreed with him . This Trumpian ugliness must stop and has no place in Laguna . Please vote for candidates whose first priority is to protect the interests of Laguna Beach residents . We need some development and some tourism , but not the trend toward making Laguna bigger and louder than we are seeing now .

Roger Owens , Laguna Beach