Thanks, Mihran Kalaydjian, for your lengthy, scholarly warning about the L.A. mayoral race and how it might affect us in God’s country (letters, Feb. 20). You left out one important fact about Nithya Raman, who is running against L.A.’s failed mayor, Karen Bass: She wants to turn L.A.’s golf courses into low-income housing. That idea is worthy of at least a lengthy jail sentence, which in L.A. would be zero. How many golfers from Santa Clarita Valley, and there are legions of us, have played or continue to play the emerald green fairways of Woodley, Balboa, Encino, Harding, Wilson, Hansen Dam, Roosevelt, or Rancho Park? That is a lot of beautiful real estate designed for one purpose: outdoor recreation.
It would be insane to recommend Bass just because she is less nuts than Raman. Surely there is one common-sense, level-headed candidate among the millions of L.A. residents. Rick Caruso, a perfect pick, has already bowed out. I would like to see Supervisor Kathryn Barger run. She is the only sane one among the county’s supervisors. Plus, she has proven to be a great friend of the SCV.
Mihran is correct in saying the L.A. mayor has a profound and wide-ranging impact on the SCV. Let us pray it isn’t Bass or Raman.
Larry Moore
Valencia