Takes aim at Kuperberg

I found the recent "Letter to the Editor" by Agoura Hills City Councilman Kuperberg on Sept. 11 to be pure hogwash.

His "commitment" to open space and his self-appointed title as "watchdog of overdevelopment" is laughable.

Let’s state the facts.

1. Mr. Kuperberg was for Home Depot. He had his name and endorsement appear on every piece of printed propaganda put out by Home Depot.

2. He personally filed suit in Superior Court of Los Angeles against the signers of Measure H, who were trying to stop that massive development from ruining our city. Eventually these citizens beat Mr. Kuperberg at the ballot box and Measure H passed.

3. That single malicious court action filed by Mr. Kuperberg caused the environmentally conscious citizens of Agoura Hills to have to pay thousands of dollars for attorneys to defend themselves. Mr. Kuperberg sued these Agoura Hills citizens because they stood up and signed the ballot measure to prevent the Home Depot from building the big-box store.

Mr. Kuperberg, who works as a public defender, tried to use his knowledge of the inner workings of the court system to defeat Measure H. He failed.

4. Mr. Kuperberg broke ground with Snyder Development to bring us the massive Oak Creek complex that now will pour thousands of additional cars onto Kanan Road and the nearby freeway overpass. Mr. Kuperberg talks about how he wants to work with his environmental friends. Every single environmental group in the area opposed this huge Oak Creek project. The developer plans to encase the flowing Medea Creek in cement.

5. Mr. Kuperberg is no friend of education either. The massive Oak Creek development will stuff over 500 extra students daily into our already crowded classrooms. Every single administrator in the school district opposed this project. Mr. Kuperberg, "Mr. Friend of Open Space," was handed the ceremonial shovel by the developer of Oak Creek at groundbreaking. It’s good to have friends in high places.

And one more thing. The Acorn shouldn’t provide valuable space in the Letters to the Editor for self-praising fluff pieces that are allowed to go 200 words over the newspaper’s strict 300-word limit. Let’s talk about the facts. If Mr. Kuperberg wants to fool the public about his environmental record, let him buy advertising space and try to deceive them that way.

John Stetson

Agoura Hills