Contrary to what some rabid naysayers say, no country in Europe has banned community water fluoridation. Add to that, courts around the world have consistently ruled that fluoridation is not a form of compulsory mass medication. This fine state park has never had a general plan, but now it will. The first public meeting will be held March 11 at 2pm in the Soquel High Auditorium. The plan will take at least a year according to Sandy Lydon, who's the consulting historian on this.
All public comments are welcome.
Managing a park for the best uses for the most folks isn't easy, so if you like the way Nisene Marks is now and don't want changes, you better go to that meeting. Dan Dickmeyer says that the Outback Restaurant chain is planning on opening one next to Kiva Retreat on Water Street. Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti will be here May 24 at 4pm. Scott MacClelland has a friend in Tokyo who reports that many Japanese are very worried about the attitude of the new film Pearl Harbor . His friend in Japan asks how we'd react to a Japanese film titled Hiroshima .