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Following his submission is my response.
Using The Annenberg Foundation's philanthropic efforts against the Rancho Palos Verdes City Council now seems to have allowed Marymount's President to sink into the abyss of desperation, anger, and loss of quite a bit of honor and believability, I feel.
If Dr. Brophy doesn't know that there are legal hurdles with Annenberg's attempts to bring something of truly greater benefit to our community than anything Marymount could possibly provide demonstrates either a complete lack of knowledge or a carelessness toward not only the residents and visitor of Rancho Palos Verdes, but to the thousands and thousands of folks who would surely benefit from what The Annenberg wishes to provide but live outside our city.
The big legal hurdle is the problem with placing the K-9 Assistant Training Center, part of the complete Annenberg Plan, on the lower portion of the Point Vicente site given to Rancho Palos Verdes by the Federal Government, with conditions.
One way to get beyond that big problem is to move the Training Center to possibly, closer to the current City Hall site further up the hill.
What does Marymount College's President have against the City Council discussing and working towards providing a K-9 Training Center, along with other benefits and amenities in a legal way and form just like they used when they unanimously approved every element of The Marymount College Facilities Expansion Project Dr. Michael Brophy and others representing Marymount asked for?
Why has Dr. Brophy now stooped so low as to bring into the fray a philanthropic endeavour that could bring jobs and revenue into our city in far greater numbers than what could be gained by passage of Measure P, over a long period of time?
Isn't it a really interesting tactic Dr. Brophy now seems to be using, this close to the election, getting The Annenberg Foundation and its really huge bank accounts into the debate?
Could it have been the members of Palos Verdes Peninsula Watch, a very small group of residents who are dead set against The Annenberg Project, who cajoled Dr. Brophy into creating the Email?
I wonder what the Marymount College Trustees are going to say if the good folks at The Annenberg Foundation find it a bad thing their efforts and name have entered the Measure P debate in this way.
At least when The Annenberg Foundation claims they will build their project without taxpayer funds, we can really believe that and not the misinformation coming from Marymount which has already relied on taxpayer funds with the lawsuit filed by Dr. Michael Brophy against the Rancho Palos Verdes City Clerk and the Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters who both were represented by attorneys who are paid with taxpayer funds.
I have not seen the "No on P" signs that were stolen ALL replaced by Marymount as Dr. Brophy said they would be.
In fact, another sign disappeared from my neighborhood last week.
The simple fact is that The Annenberg Foundation has come to Rancho Palos Verdes with a plan and project that is currently not able to be completely built but will be worked with by our Planning Commission and City Council.
Another simple fact is that for over ten years, Marymount College's representatives have created the situation where over 70% of the delays were caused by Marymount's actions and inaction and when our City Council finally got the chance to begin discussion on The Marymount College Facilities Expansion Project MARYMOUNT"S REPRESENTATIVES THEMSELVES began a more than nine months worth of additional delays with the whole Measure P fiasco.
If something is too good to be true, it is probably untrue and we have plenty of evidence that The Annenberg Project was too good to be true but the majority of folks are willing to work hard with everyone else to try and make as much of it come true, something that will certainly benefit the community.
What is also truthful is that much of the real truth about Measure P, The Marymount Plan is not something Marymount's President and others representing Marymount want you to know.
What is truthful is that one particular Measure P supporter tried, with what I can only call clear desperation, to gain what would have been an illegal endorsement after his failed attempt last September.
I think I have said and written all that is needed about the Trustees, Administration, and 'unusual' ways Dr. Michael Brophy is attempting to gain support for Measure P.
All anyone need to do is read Measure P's language throughout all 51 pages. I am certain that when intelligent residents of Rancho Palos Verdes take their own time to use their own eyes and minds to read the language of Measure P, The Marymount Plan, they will vote "No" by November 2, 2010.
Please vote "No" on Measure P, The Marymount Plan.
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