Sentinel Staff Report–
This week’s Letters to the Editor are in response to an apology from the mayor about a hot mic comment, and a response to one resident’s complaint about Christmas lights on palm trees.
Mayor should resign
I am appalled by this behavior. As far as I’m concerned this is a reprehensible and not to be forgiven act. Our esteemed mayor, of all people, should immediately resign from the city council. An empty apology is not enough. This type of comment/behavior is what rots a government from the inside out because it shows her mean spirited demeanor. We deserve better. We’ve had better in the past and need to get back there again. I do not know the person she was disparaging, it doesn’t matter who it was. She needs to go!!!
— Laura Belcher, Citrus Heights
Holiday palm tree lighting
In response to the letter dated January 18 regarding holiday palm tree lighting, the Sunrise MarketPlace Business District is responsible for this lighting, not the City. We repeatedly asked the vendor to unplug the red/green lights last year. It is not something we can do. I apologize that these lights were left on all year. They shouldn’t have been and are being disconnected now.
The white lights, which are on year-round, are a challenge. Every year storms affect the sensitive GFIs in the public medians shutting down the lights. Additionally, this year we had issues of vandalism- people stealing and/or cutting the extension cords. However, even given those challenges, most of the lights were on throughout the year. There were outages – a few trees at a time. Our overnight security monitors the lights, and we get them repaired as quickly as possible. There may be alternative lighting options, however the electrical infrastructure in the medians is quite old and deteriorated.
We added the lights to provide lighting in the medians when the up-lights stopped working many years ago. We also hoped to provide some beautification and make Sunrise an attractive street in our business district. We added the red and green lights to enhance the existing holiday banners and décor we install on the light poles. We will endeavor to do a better job this year and appreciate your patience while we work though these issues. If you see issues with the palm trees, please contact me at kathilynn@sunrisemarketplace.com.
-Kathilynn Carpenter, Sunrise MarketPlace Executive Director
Related: Letters to the Editor: Sunrise Mall, Christmas lights on palm trees – Citrus Heights Sentinel
This week's Letters to the Editor are in response to an apology from the mayor about a hot mic comment, and a response to one resident's complaint about Christmas lights on palm trees...
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