Agoura City Council needs new blood

In your profile of him, Dan Kuperberg said that it's time to find new leadership for the Agoura City Council. I applaud Mr. Kuperberg for that statement. However, where I disagree with him is on the timing. He believes he should be elected for years 12 to 16 of his reign. I think that now is the time for new leadership, and that it would be a good idea to get that leadership from outside of the city committees where the old timers simply train commissioners and other appointees to be their clones.

Maybe people with a different vision can give Agoura Hills something other than endless office buildings and projects that give Agoura traffic but not the revenues its neighboring cities get. Maybe council members who did not conceive of Agoura Village or those who got appointed to city commissions by council members who support the village, can more objectively decide whether it is a good idea.

Mike Forney was impressive the first time he ran and I still think he can be an independent voice and hear all segments of the community before taking sides on any particular issue. I urge Agoura Hills' voters to bring some new blood to the City Council. Kenneth Kossoff Oak Park

Agoura Hills now stands at a crossroad and if we follow the wrong path, we will hurt our city for decades to come. The City Council is taking actions which will turn back 25 years of work in this city.

The Agoura Village project is the wrong project on the wrong land at the wrong time. Mary Altmann has given the residents of Agoura Hills a great gift: the opportunity to reexamine what our council has done, and the chance to reverse the council's irresponsible decision to move forward on Agoura Village.

Traffic is a huge concern for Agoura Hills. After over a decade of talk, the Kanan interchange work is finally complete. The Agoura Village project will overwhelm Kanan and cause gridlock. The Cheseboro interchange cries out for improvement.

Agoura Hills is a city divided. Our business community is subject to hostile regulations and has been ignored for over a decade. Residents feel disconnected from government. There is no conversation.

City government must answer to residents, it must respond to the needs and desires of the city. We cannot tolerate a City Council which acts by decree.

If we allow the council to follow its current path, traffic on Kanan and Agoura Roads will bring gridlock to our city. Environmental concerns will be thrown out the window, and the voice of our residents will not be heard. Each of us has an investment and a voice in Agoura Hills. The Council cannot represent the entire city when they listen only to a very few.

Ask yourself: "Who do they represent?" Now is time for change. On Nov.6 we will say "no more."

Have your voice be heard, elect a council member who will listen to you. Please vote Michael Forney for City Council. Michael Forney Candidate for Agoura Hills City Council

The Agoura Hills City Council incumbents illegally approved over 1million square feet of commercial development plus 293 residences on the fragile land under Ladyface Mountain calling it Agoura Village.

Not only would the incumbents have caused an environmental disaster, they would have caused a traffic disaster and possibly an economic disaster. Agoura Hills home values would continue to plummet as this massive, fatally flawed, ill-planned development unfolded.

Luckily, the approvals for Agoura Village have been struck down by the court, and the city needs to go back and complete studies the developers should have been mandated to prepare from the start. The incumbents failed miserably at their job.

Make your vote count in our hometown Agoura. Please mark your calendar for Nov. 6 and make a point to elect Michael Forney and George Christopher Thomas for Agoura Hills City Council. Mary Altmann Agoura

On Nov. 6 all of us should be heading for the polls to elect a "new" City Council. I stress "new" because it is the only sensible and responsible way to vote.

Personally, after having met with one candidate, Michael Forney, there is no question that he deserves my vote and yours.

Michael Forney is a family man with children in our local schools with deep concerns about irresponsible growth, traffic, environmentalism, and short-term thinking, all of the detrimental practices that our incumbents seem to believe is just fine, but they're not.

Agoura Village- the incumbents clandestinely spent hundreds of thousands of our valuable tax dollars to fund consultants, studies and reports for this plan which at its best only brings traffic gridlock, variances and environmental concerns. Michael Forney recognized this. Kuperberg and Edelston don't.

Cheseboro Bridge- why do the incumbents favor reconstructing the Reyes Adobe bridge when the Cheseboro bridge is the problem? That's where most of the gridlock is, where the commercial growth is, and where access to countycontrolled lands and future development will be built. Michael Forney recognizes this. Kuperberg and Edelston don't.

Responsibility- why does our city have such deplorable reputation with neighboring cities, too many of our citizens, construction companies, the business community and the Chamber of Commerce? Agoura Hills is the only city the region that does not fund or support its local Chamber. It's because the incumbents believe they are not there to talk, understand and help. They are there to dictate. And they are elected officials. Michael Forney recognizes this. Kuperberg and Edelston don't.Vote responsibly. Vote for Michael Forney. Dan Crisafulli Agoura Hills