Thanks to Emily for her article.
Title by Tim.

All,
> I returned from a two week vacation to find that residents had taken matters
into their own hands.  The noise, traffic congestion, overcrowding, obnoxious
revelry etc. had not gotten better and several of our residents called in
complaints to police and ABC Board.  We had a sign made giving notice that our
parking lot is for residents only. One of our residents was in our garage and
observed two young men come out of Chick’s Bar, walk into our parking area and
knock our sign over.  They continued to walk toward him through our garage, he
confronted them nicely and they were verbally aggressive to him.  He called the
police and filed a complaint.  Police have promised to have a larger presence
and ABC was supposed to have a meeting with Chick’s owners last week to discuss
the issues.  It appears that with the opening of the “Tiki Bar” at Chick’s, the
area has now become a “bar hopping” area and young people from all around are
patronizing the area bars.  So now we not only have the cars blocking Vista
Circle and sometimes entry to our garage, to worry about, but also foot traffic
through our property has become a problem.  In the past, we have had
items(cars, bikes) stolen out of our garage and we don’t want it used as a cut
through.  Our property even though it is clearly posted has become the “short
cut” to Chick’s.  I don’t know what the end result will be, I just pray for
winter.  I invite any of you who have not experienced this to visit the area on
a weekend night between 7:00 PM and 12:00 AM.
>
> We, Lesner Cove Condominium Association, are going to stick to our original
decision to ask at the zoning meeting on August 13, that the City not rezone the
City Marina.  The letter we wrote prior to the July meeting still stands.  We
have asked for support from SDCC and they have agreed to support our position of
leaving the Marina as a Preservation Area.  We certainly don’t need another
“attractive nuisance” in the area drawing more traffic, more noise and more
drinking.  We are overwhelmed.  Any support you can give us will be much
appreciated.
> Emily McBride, President
> Lesner Cove Condo Association