Letters to the Editor

Ken Smith of the Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church and I have reached common ground when he states: “Nothing I nor Les Greenberg says … will have any bearing on [the City Council’s] decision” concerning permit-only parking restrictions on Farragut Drive.

Honorable Mayor and Councilmembers:

Last week I finally received a copy of your new contract with Redflex. It was signed on Aug. 29, more than three months after the May 12 City Council meeting where you approved the continuation of the program.

By Ken Smith. In response to Frederik Sisa's essay regarding the Farragut Drive parking dispute with Grace Lutheran Church, I couldn't agree more. The madness will stop from my end, as this will be ...

By Les Greenberg. Dear Ms. Schwab: Having not received any response to my Sept. 29, 2014, letter, I assume that the issues are joined. This letter is written in the hope of causing the City Council to obtain an independent, thorough and unambiguously written legal opinion before it proceeds to “strike the existing parking restrictions” on the 10700 block of Farragut Drive.

According to Ken Smith’s recent publication, the total impact of the Farragut Drive Parking Restrictions is that “[m]any of the participants [in Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church’s programs] have to walk several blocks to the church while Farragut Drive sits empty of cars.” That’s it. Now, let’s examine that statement.

By Ken Smith. Les Greenberg wants me to prove that his overly restrictive parking on Farragut Drive affects our church. In addition, we have daytime activities, such as after-school care, which provides a safe, friendly environment for children to come to and adult meetings of various committees. We also have activities and meetings in the early evening, including a choir that practices at 7:30 every Thursday, etc. Many of these participants have to walk several blocks to the church while Farragut Drive sits empty of cars. That residents of Farragut Drive have a personal parking lot between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m., Monday through Friday, is completely unfair to all the residents of Culver City, except for those on one block of Farragut Drive.

By Les Greenberg. I repeatedly ask Ken Smith, a senior official at the Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, for two simple items of information that he is unable or unwilling to provide ...

By Ken Smith. It is my understanding that (Farragut Drive parking advocate) Les Greenberg knew, or should have known, that Grace Diner LLC is a not-for-profit corporation, registered with the Secretary of State and IRS when he wrote his letter accusing me of personally profiting from Grace Diner's activities at Grace Lutheran Church.

By Les Greenberg. To Ken Smith: I did not attack you or the Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church. I am not upset that the church does good deeds on its premises. Your use of the church to remove Farragut Drive parking restrictions just seems punitive. Your use of political influence started this dispute. If you would stand down and cancel certain political debts, there would not be a dispute.

By Stephen Murray. Thank you for posting details about the Culver City Historical Society event happening this Wednesday evening at 7:30 in the Teen Center next to the Vets Auditorium. I would also like to invite moviemaking and Wizard of Oz trivia buffs to attend this event, since Aljean Harmetz, my mother-in-law, who has written a book about the making of the film, will be the featured speaker.