JERGINS: TRUST BROKEN
The elegant Jergins Trust building was where the hole has now lingered for two decades [Will Swaim’s “Like a Hole in Our Head,” Aug. 27]. A pedestrian subway and shopping court ran under it and linked downtown to the Pike and the long-lost beach. It is an icon of the Redevelopment Agency’s adverse [...]

VEGEHYSTERIANS
I can’t believe something so calm, peaceful and sometimes cathartic as gardening can be ruined by an evil, stressed-out, authoritative set of people [Megan Brescini’s “War on Terra,” Aug. 20]. I have driven by the Long Beach Community Gardens and thought of its beauty and serenity, the wonder of a garden and its bounty. [...]

INALIENABLE RIGHTS, RIGHT?
I wanted to cry after reading the story about immigration [“The Accidental Illegal Immigrant,” by Anonymous, Aug. 13].  It is unfortunate that all immigrants are treated like dangerous criminals. We would all think differently about this issue if a touching account like this one were provided by every immigrant. I realized with guilt [...]

¿DÓNDE ESTÁ LA BIBLIOTECA?
I believe the move to close the Main Library is part of a larger civic initiative to redevelop the entire superblock [Theo Douglas’ “Closing the Book on the Main Library?” Aug. 6]. They are telling us the mid-century courthouse has to be demolished as well. Baloney. The Police Department was built [...]

RESTORE THE SHORE!
REWRITE THE HED!
Jenny’s article is as thorough, relevant and readable as anyone could hope for—pro or con, I think—on this complicated subject [Jennifer Stockdale’s “Take One! It’s Free!” July 23]. Her ongoing investigation and insights on the Recon Study and the Long Beach Breakwater are helping the Long Beach community better understand what’s [...]

UNBREAKING THE WAVES
I still think there has to be some easy way to get the Navy and/or the Army Corps of Engineers to sign off on a document saying the Long Beach Breakwater is “abandoned property” that now belongs to the city [Jenny Stockdale’s feasibility study of breakwater reconfiguration, “Take One—It’s Free!” July 23]. [...]

AFTERGLOW
The District Weekly has gone out of its way to throw people not related to the marriage under the bus, and try to somehow connect them to some kind of conflict-of-interest and infidelity [Dave Wielenga’s “Suja Lowenthal and the Art and Science of Politics,” July 16]. The DW has also, by naming the leader [...]

TURTLE SOUP
Thanks for writing this article [Jenny Stockdale’s “Rushin’ Toward Us,” about Morningland Urban Monastery’s missing Russian tortoise, July 9]. I have been wondering where all of those posters are from—they are all over Long Beach. You can tell these people really like that turtle. I had a friend who lost a cat, and [...]

ACRE-Y, BREAKY HEART
It was great to see Ray Bradbury in person [Chris Ziegler’s “What the Man Said to the Martian,” July 2], particularly in that kind of setting, but overall I found it to be a somewhat depressing affair. The fate of Acres seemed to be echoed in Bradbury’s own failing health, and I [...]

THE BREAKWATER IS FOR THE BIRDS
I had no idea [about the abundance of California brown pelicans on the Long Beach Breakwater], but it does make sense [Jenny Stockdale’s “The Bird Cage,” June 25]. I wonder what other life thrives underwater because of the breakwater’s presence. Thanks for a great story.
RYAN
Via thedistrictweekly.com
Stupid me! When I [...]