Letter to the Editor

Editor:

I agree with the views expressed in Kathryn Zajic’s (June 2) and Jeff Colflesh’s (May 26) letters. An editor’s note explained that banning political banners would be a violation of California’s Civil Code but could not the GRF or individual Mutuals limit the number of such banners at a given residence?

Zajic’s apt description of these displays as a “discount mart-type” impression brings to mind another, I believe, related issue of an impression being created by yard displays. The proliferation of crosses, a relatively recent development, conveys a feeling of walking or driving through a cemetary. I’ve wondered where is the outcry that forced a very tasteful memorial statue to be moved from our main intersection because “Leisure World is too youthful and vigorous a community for such a reminder of aging.”

Maybe, because the crosses are small, we should consider the image they foster as that of a pet cemetery only.

Lee Hoyt Mutual 11