Hmmm...No Parking Sign Old or New?

Before Councilwoman Leslie Daigle pats herself on her back too much for "defeating" an Airport Parking Lot where the Newport Beach Golf Course goes:

"It demonstrated the power of the Internet as a tool for political activism," said Councilwoman Leslie Daigle, noting that hundreds of residents sent e-mails to elected officials decrying the plan."

Perhaps she should have actually spoken with County Supervisor John Moorlach who says in his MOORLACH UPDATE - Daily Pilot - November 29, 2007,

"Secondly, speaking of JWA, it owns the bottom-nine holes of the Newport Beach Golf Course. The City of Newport Beach preferred a Lexus dealership over an Avis Rental Car parking lot (God bless the power of sales tax revenues) and we now have a shortage of locations for car rental agencies to inventory their vehicles near the airport. Our Airport Director, Alan Murphy, should provide the Board of Supervisors about alternatives and solutions. I encourage a “best and brightest” philosophy and I also encourage a “let managers manage” approach for our County’s management team. So, when Alan Murphy says that the bottom-nine holes may be a solution, we said early on that it would not be advisable. However, we still wanted him to provide all of the alternatives, as a good manager should. But, the private sector should probably solve its own problems and not put them on the door step of the airport.

Somehow, this keeps coming up, unnecessarily, as an issue for reporters to comment on. Expect another article tomorrow in the Register. Somehow, Barbara Venezia has figured out this story and has exemplified the “best and brightest” approach in managing this issue in her role as the Chair of the Santa Ana Heights Project Advisory Committee."

Gee...looks like to me that this was already a done deal in Supervisor Moorlach's mind that the golf course was not going to be used for Airport Parking.

But, as Barbara Venezia points out:

"She’s (Leslie Daigle) still trying to resurrect that issue even though Supervisor John Moorlach appeared at a City Council meeting this summer reiterating there was no support for such a project and no plans for it."

Maybe Councilwoman Daigle should champion (coat-tail) another issue which has not already been decided?