30 Responses to “User Opinions”

1. 
   Tony
   March 6th, 2008 at 9:43 am

   I’m Tony, a parent of a seaview little league player. Being involved in little league for over 12 years from another league, I can tell you that Seaview Little League is a class act organization with excellent leaders. We want to keep Seaview Little League for our children! We need to city to step up and purchase the LeBard Land so that we can have a chance to keep our fields!

2. 
   Reija
   March 6th, 2008 at 10:26 am

   It’s very important for our community and the children that we save the Seaview Little League. All the hard work that the organization has done for all these years to make Seaview the best league in HB can’t go to waste. The fields are beautiful and the kids really enjoy it. Seaview brings the community, families and the children together and we can’t imagine it not existing. Our son loves to play baseball and we want to see him be able to do so for years to come as well as hope that Seaview will be around for future generations to come. Let’s all get together and do our best to save these fields and get the city of HB involved to understand how important this for is for our children.

3. 
   Tony
   March 17th, 2008 at 8:48 am

   Where we at as of today, March 17, 2008?

   Spoke to the Seaview Little League president today. In that conversation, he informed me that the lawn signs with the website on them, bumper stickers with the website and the bumper stickers with the website on them will be ready for delivery during spring break and distribution after spring break.

   During our March 5th committee meeting at LeBard, we talked about having a “Save Seaview” Tent at Saturday little league games for distribution of fliers and a can on the table for donations . We will discuss that at April 2nd meeting.

   Our http://www.SaveSeaview.com banner for display at the fields is also on order.

   IMPORTANT! Tonight, Monday March 17, there is a City Council in the Council Chambers beginning at 6pm. I hope some of you can go speak or support those that will in support to “Save Our Diamonds”. If you are willing to speak and are unsure of what to say, please refer to http://www.SaveSeaview.com for a script you can use. I will not be able to attend the meeting this evening but am confident that if a few people speak we will be well represented

4. 
   Tony
   March 18th, 2008 at 8:59 am

   Stephanie wrote me and said this about the city council meeting on March 17, 2008:

   I went to the meeting tonight and there were a couple of people who represented Seaview. The meeting was greatly represented by some folks who are upset about having to get a business license to breed animals. There were about 40 speakers and approx. 30 were for that issue alone. A few things I learned at my first City Council meeting:

   - Be brief (thanks for the script)

   - Stay positive (don’t belittle council members)

   - Know your facts

   - Be well represented, but not everyone needs to speak

   I look forward to getting more people at the next meeting once we start getting the word out. This was a good first session and with more time and experience we will get better and better at this.

   Thanks

   Stephanie

5. 
   jfrye
   March 18th, 2008 at 9:22 pm

   I am a parent of two children who play in Seaview Little League and a resident of the Suburbia Park tract just south of Le Bard park. This is our 4th year in the league, and our kids love it. They see all their friends from school and other sports here. Our family, friends, and neighbors come by on Saturdays to see the kids play. It’s great to have one activity in our lives that we can walk to!

   Please help us save the fields for our kids and future generations by volunteering if you can. We do not need dozens of new homes and the associated traffic and crowding. Thanks for helping us Save Our Diamonds!

6. 
   ckinhb
   March 22nd, 2008 at 5:24 am

   Seaview is not just about kids having space to play ball, it is not just about families spending time together, it is about adults working together to build something that has nothing to do with baseball, they are building a community. The children that grow up on these fields will most likely continue this tradition with their children thereby making “valuing community and family” continue for generations. If this opportunity is taken away, Huntington Beach is in danger of becoming like any other impersonal big city by the beach that values things more than people.

7. 
   cartersmommy
   March 30th, 2008 at 6:29 am

   First, I would like to thank all the community members for stepping up and doing something to save our school sites. It is important to fight for something that is of value to our neighborhoods and families.

   Second, I did not think the opinions posted on this page were whiny, only heartfelt and for the most part, positive.

   Finally, we can not give up. We need our opinions heard… all the way up to the governor if necessary. Please keep listing ways that the residents of Huntington Beach can help the organizers of this cause.

8. 
   rb
   April 1st, 2008 at 6:33 am

   Great Job on the site guys,

   I was wondering, has the interpretation of the Naylor act been settled. In the 7-11 report submitted in 2006, of which Board member Rosemary Saylor was a part of, a hypothetical was given that all of LeBard could be purchased under this act. Has the District and Ms. Saylor forgotten what they had recommended.

   Arm yourselves with knowledge and find out as much information you can about the issues. Attend as many School Board and City council meetings as possible. The folks making these decisions are our elected officials. Voice your opinion to them loudly and often. Tell your neighbors, friends, family members. This site is an excellent resource to quickly contact any of them. I applaud the efforts of everyone involved!

   Keep up the fight because it will not happen over night or by accident. Through the work of the community we will make this community better for those after us.

9. 
   susqhb
   April 8th, 2008 at 10:58 am

   I played Seaview from about 1984 to 1991. Was the only girl on my team each year. Seaview little league was one of the best things I remember about my childhood and hope to one day bring my own kids back to tour the fields. Would greatly sadden me if they were no longer there.

10. 
    susqhb
    April 8th, 2008 at 11:00 am

    To add, I live in New York City now and just heard about this battle today. Thank you all for fighting this plan. Means a lot to me and others who fondly remember those fields.

11. 
    Jeannette Price
    April 9th, 2008 at 5:09 pm

    I agree that we need to save the entire LeBard school site including the baseball fields for this generation and generations to come. I am a 18 year resident of Huntington Beach. My son Jacob has played in Seaview since he was in T-ball. He is now a Minor A Phillie. He loves baseball and we love all of the really neat people we have met through baseball. Ours is a really great community. While it would have been better if HBCSD never voted to sell LeBard, it is plain to see that with the current budget crisis and the proposed cuts to education, the school board had little choice. Now the city must step up to the plate and take responsibility for maintaining and improving the quality of life for the current and future residents of Huntington beach. We have so little green space in Huntington Beach. The purchase of the LeBard School site by the City of Huntington Beach will retain this open space.

12. 
    rb
    April 23rd, 2008 at 6:11 pm

    I think the city and HBCSD needs to step up. It was very disappointing to hear from school board members and their lack of motivation to negotiate solely with the city. I understand the “economic crisis” that was unforeseeable again; however, how many times can we hear the same old song and dance of “our hands are tied, it stems from Sacramento.” I appreciate what HBCSD does as many parents that send their children to their schools, I just wish their priority was on the community that it feeds from and the children they hope to educate. I know times are changing and the leadership of HBCSD will inevitably need to look outside the box. Is it foreseeable that the next year will be fiscally better, is there a plan for five years down the road, ten or twenty? I am anxious to see how many programs are saved by the sale and how many teachers are spared the anxiety of receiving a pink slip because of lack of funding. I am excited to not have to pay for the special programs alloted our students because of the districts $20,000,000.00 windfall or is it 16 million or maybe its 12 million, but if you interpret the Naylor act similar to the HBCSD’s asset management survey given a couple of years ago is it 6 million? Regardless, the revenue generated will definitely trickle down to the stake-holders, right? Open space is only open because the community mandates it. Last I checked our schools located in our neighborhoods filled wit our children are part of our community and as a community there is plenty of room for everyone one to step up!

13. 
    gdeanmitch
    April 27th, 2008 at 8:04 am

    The City and HBCSD must realize that all HB little league sites are city treasures and exactly the types institutions that bind our city together and make us a true community. If anyone on the City Council wonders why HB seems to be made up of a populous that cares about its community, that is concerned about the direction of the city – they need look no further than the truly foundational elements of our city like Seaview Little League to know why people care.

14. 
    HB_Bazzes
    April 28th, 2008 at 11:16 am

    My son and I just started in the league this year, and we are having a blast! Our entire family has enjoyed the whole experience as well. We, as a community need to keep this going for future generations. The last thing we need is more houses. I hope we can show enough support and keep the site so my younger son can play baseball here to!!

15. 
    millerfamily
    April 28th, 2008 at 6:06 pm

    This is my son’s first year in Seaview. I can’t imagine the fields not being here. There is such a community feel and sense of pride that the kids get from being at the diamonds. We need the city to support us and keep this space for baseball.

16. 
    kseward
    April 28th, 2008 at 7:32 pm

    It is hard for our family to put into words how much Seaview Little League means to us. Instead, we invite any City Council member to come spend a Saturday amongst the hundreds of players, families and friends and then say that the best little league fields in Southern California are ‘dispensable’.

17. 
    csmuts
    April 28th, 2008 at 8:00 pm

    I love this city and this community! Despite its status as one of the larger cities in the nation, Huntington Beach maintains an intense sense of community and enjoys the best quality of life in the state. Anyone who has been to a Seaview Little League game, whether you have a player on the field or not, can attest to the fantastic folks who live here. Huntington Beach cannot retain this status as a top-notch place to live without a field for our kids to play baseball! The best communities have the good sense to retain their best assets. One of our greatest assets is Seaview Little League. I urge the city to keep our quality of life and our posterity in mind.

18. 
    rbazz
    April 28th, 2008 at 9:37 pm

    My grandson is in his first year at Seaview and his little brother loves to go down to the facilities and watch his brother and play on the playground. We are in awe of the beautiful parks and facilities on the north side of Huntington Beach (near all the new Sea Cliff developments) and we sincerly hope the city has the wisdom, not only to save the feilds, but to expand the usage of the existing facilities to enhance the recreation facilities of the south side of this beautiful city.

19. 
    hb2
    April 29th, 2008 at 9:12 pm

    This is our son’s first year playing little league. He loves it. Park space is a finite and valuable public resource. Once it is sold to private developers, it is gone forever. Our son already talks about playing coach-pitch next year. When we told him we may have to find another place for him to play because the fields might be sold to people who want to build houses, he said: “Why do people want to be mean and sell the fields? Where will I play?” While we understand that the school district did not decide to sell the LeBard site to be “mean” as our son put it, his point about needing a place to play ball is well taken. Southeast Huntington Beach shoulders more than its fair share of the load for the public good (waste treatment plant, power plant, etc.). The least the city can do is conserve the LeBard fields so our children can have a place to play ball for years to come.

20. 
    jkress
    May 2nd, 2008 at 11:28 am

    I am an Associate Professor at Cal State Long Beach in the Physical Education Teacher Education program and a resident of South Huntington Beach. My only child has played in Seaview Little League since he was five years old and he is eight now. I have managed each of the teams he has been on and every year has been absolutely wonderful. The way that Little League brings the community together is amazing. We have met many of our close friends through the teams we have been on while the kids have a great time learning both the game of baseball and how to be a good participant. The loss of Seaview Little League would severely effect the development of community and the bringing together of strangers to form friendships. Please save the fields!

21. 
    Naturelover
    May 6th, 2008 at 7:33 pm

    I am appalled that the fields are up for sale!! They are so well used, and they have been here for a very long time, at least 40 years! How can we, in good conscience, do this? Please don’t tell me we will just put more houses there - more houses just mean more people, and therefore more of a burden on this already overcrowded area. And then where are the kids going to go? If these fields weren’t used, I could understand.

22. 
    annetilford
    May 8th, 2008 at 11:46 am

    No one is thinking about the children these days. The kids are the future. Education and sports are a major part of our childrens lives and if we take it all away they will have nothing to look forward too.

23. 
    TigerMom
    May 8th, 2008 at 8:15 pm

    I can’t imagine anyone who knows anything about Seaview, who has seen and experienced a Saturday at the fields during Baseball Season, would even consider selling this beautiful property. It doesn’t take an MBA degree to see these fields are far more valuable to the community than any dollar amount. Why is such a decision being left in the hands of a few when so many others are clearly speaking up against the idea? We’re told to raise our voices louder so the masses can be heard - Hear us loud and clear: WE DO NOT WANT TO LOSE OUR SEAVIEW FIELDS NO MATTER WHAT THE PRICE!

24. 
    jrthb1
    May 10th, 2008 at 1:23 pm

    My son has played ball at Seaview for two years. The experience has been nothing but positive. Playing baseball helps to shape and structure our children and they love just being a part of such an awsome game.
    Selling these ball fields makes me sick to think that money would be more important than our children. I have paid taxes in this great city for fourteen years and now it is finally our turn to play at Seaview. Please don’t let the school district sell Seaview. Together lets preserve these ball fields for our children and future children! Our kids need this.

25. 
    crcornman
    May 16th, 2008 at 8:25 pm

    We are new to the community and our son is playing T-ball this year at Seaview. Having the ball fieldss and open space was one of the big draws of moving to this neighborhood. Everything about this organization is great — the fields, the people, the parents, the kids. Seaview is a great asset to the surrounding neighborhoods. To give this up and replace it with a few more houses would be foolish and hurt everyone who lives here now. Please Save Seaview.

26. 
    j.horist
    May 17th, 2008 at 2:45 pm

    I am really hoping that our city council feels a responsibility towards preserving our quality of life here on this end of town by saving Le Bard field. It enhances real estate values to have local parks and ball fields such as Le Bard. It is also good for the environment to limit over building and preserve the parks. It is good for families and the youth in our community to have positive recreational outlets and opportunities. I know many families that come back to this community because they grew up on these fields and want their children to grow up playing on the exact same fields. These are the type of citizens that we want to continue to draw to this community. It would be a huge loss for this community to loose the beautiful park and fields at Le Bard.

27. 
    drglen
    June 2nd, 2008 at 12:33 pm

    The HB School Board showed it cares nothing for the community!! It is time for the HB City Council to “step up to the plate”, and vote to buy the ENTIRE LeBard site for the children and the entire community.

    We ‘do not’ need more million dollar homes, or worse, low income housing or apartments in this area of HB.

    These are the only baseball fields in the area for our children to use. Please help us keep them.

28. 
    ginhb
    June 2nd, 2008 at 6:04 pm

    It is vital to provide our local youths with a place to play ball. How can the city let them down? This issue speaks to the basic quality of life here in HB.

29. 
    Dricci
    June 3rd, 2008 at 10:33 am

    Seaview Little League has offered a safe, healthy and fun environment for our families to enjoy. All the parents I talk to feel so passionate about preserving our fields which is evident as you drive around town and see all of our Save the Diamonds signs.

    Our community deserves to keep this wonderful site. We don’t want our kids stuck inside playing video games. They need this field to get out and play sports, stay healthy and stay connected with other HB families.

    A Saturday at LeBard brings the community together in such a great way. The kids, parents and grandparents all have a great time enjoying the games together.

    It also helps the real estate values in our area to have open park spaces. HB is a family oriented city and we don’t want to lose buyers to areas that offer better park systems.

    We just finished t- ball with our oldest son and are looking forward to many more years of baseball at Le Bard with both of our boys playing there.

    Don’t take these fields away from the innocent kids.

30. 
    msantopoalo
    June 9th, 2008 at 8:07 pm

    I have been a Huntington Beach resident for 20 years. I think it’s the best place in the world to live, and I’ve lived in a lot of places. One of the best things about this city is how family friendly it is - the beach, the parks, and the sports are great. We vitally need to keep our open spaces - parks and ball fields open for this and future generations of HB kids to come. I sincerely hope that the City Council makes the right decision and buys the fields to preserve them for our city - the best city in the world! By the way, I do not have any kids in Little League, I just believe we as a community need to support this cause.

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