Mailbag: Backing of Wu leaves a trail of questions

Re: “Ex-campaign treasurer resigns from county board” (July 15):

I have four questions. Where has all that money gone? Why did Supervisor Michelle Steel nominate Jack Wu to the Assessment Appeals Board without due diligence regarding his personal bankruptcy and the suspension of his business license since 2004 for failure to pay its taxes? Why did state Sen. John Moorlach (R-Costa Mesa) nominate Wu to the county Housing and Community Development Commission without noticing those problems and without realizing that Wu is not a CPA? And how is it that Wu was such an attractive candidate that he was given these worthy positions without regard to his past?

Robert R. Young

Corona del Mar

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Why recall Peotter for his faith?

Barbara Venezia’s column suggests recalling Newport Councilman Scott Peotter (“Venezia: Resignation is unlikely in Peotter mess; that leaves recall,” July 17). Why?

It can only be because he made the mistake of posting a personal opinion on something with a city seal — an egregious and unforgivable error. Oh, my! Surely it can’t be because he has a particular religious belief.

Jim Stratton

Newport Beach

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Recall the purpose of a crosswalk

I visited downtown Laguna Beach last weekend and had a great time. However, I wanted to extend my apology to the gentleman driving the large green Land Rover SUV, who lost five seconds of his life letting me utilize the crosswalk as a pedestrian at Glenneyre and Thalia streets.

He seemed to be so upset, raising his voice in frustration and throwing his arms out and hitting the steering wheel. At first I didn’t think much of it.

The car in the lane next to him stopped and had no issue yielding to me crossing in the crosswalk, and everything looked safe. The Land Rover even stopped, then started to crawl up toward the crosswalk just as I was starting to walk.

I realize my fault. Even with the pedestrian-to-driver eye contact, along with the clear direction in which I was starting to walk and clear indication that I intended to cross the street, I simply forgot that drivers of luxury vehicles own the road. That they do not have to follow driving laws, such as signaling, stopping or yielding to pedestrians at crosswalks. Next time I’ll remember to stop and let the luxury driver go first.

Again, Mr. Land Rover driver, I do apologize and hope you’ll forgive me. Next time, I’ll remember you’re exempt from all motor vehicle laws pertaining to pedestrian crossings.

Frank Lehnerz

San Diego