I want to preserve the entire LeBard school site now and for the future.

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Opinions | March 6th, 2008by Tony
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  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:

    5. - 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

    6. 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


  6. 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!


  7. 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.


  8. 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.


  9. 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.


  10. 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.


  11. 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.


  12. 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.

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