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Sorrento Valley, 5, Mira Mesa, 5
5) Author indicates the MMCPG approved Mira Mesa signs in Sorrento Valley, but the [reference][1] the author included concludes that it was the Maintenance Assessment District (MAD). Granted, many people do serve on both the MMCPG and MAD but thank goodness some people are volunteering to serve! See point #1, if more people volunteer then individuals wouldn’t need to fill numerous roles. 6) There is no city approved definition of San Diego neighborhood or what the boundaries are. San Diego Police precincts are named neighborhoods (view the [map][2] that is often referenced). The boundaries and names are controlled by SDPD. [District 6 Chris Kate][3] has his own definition of neighborhoods without any clearly defined boundaries. The Mayor and City Council has not defined what neighborhoods are. This essentially leaves it up to you and your neighbors to decide. I think I’ll carve out a small circle in central Mira Mesa and call it Rick’s neighborhood :) Sorrento Valley and Mira Mesa residents are welcome, just make sure you don’t refer to it as Sorrento Valley or Mira Mesa! 7) Boundaries Overlap – [San Diego Community Plans][4], [San Diego Police neighborhoods][5], [Zip codes][6], [San Diego Districts][7], [San Diego Maintenance Assessment Districts][8], etc. all have different boundaries. They are not subsets of each other. Apples and Oranges! When people say Mira Mesa they could be referring to the community plan, the 92126 zip code, a large area of District 6, or the Maintenance Assessment District. 8) Sorrento Valley versus Mira Mesa is not a battle and should not be marketed as such. Unfortunately that is how some people view it and it tends to make the news more interesting. The whole issue was blown out of proportion two years ago by people on both sides of the debate. Unfortunately some people have not been able to trust again and will settle for nothing less then a clear divide between Sorrento Valley and Mira Mesa. Guess what, SDPD already set that divide so you win. As for the other side, the Community Plan defines it all as Mira Mesa so there, you win to. [1]: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2013/oct/03/st… [2]: http://www.sandiego.gov/police/pdf/2011policecity… [3]: http://www.sandiego.gov/citycouncil/cd6/neighborh… [4]: http://www.sandiego.gov/planning/community/profil… [5]: http://www.sandiego.gov/police/pdf/2011policecity… [6]: http://www.zipmap.net/California/San_Diego_County… [7]: http://www.sandiego.gov/citycouncil/cd6/neighborh… [8]: http://www.sandiego.gov/park-and-recreation/pdf/m…— March 22, 2015 10:08 p.m.
Sorrento Valley, 5, Mira Mesa, 5
To the uninformed, this author gives the appearance of being neutral but **fails to report** both sides of the story. 1) Past Mira Mesa Community Planning Group (MMCPG) members have included residents in the region known as Sorrento Valley. The reason MMCPG had no recent Sorrento Valley resident(s) was because **no one volunteered**. There was no conspiracy to shut out Sorrento Valley as the author leads you to assume. When a Sorrento Valley resident did volunteer about 18 months ago, the MMCPG had no problems immediately adding her to the board because there was an unfilled position. Here’s a lesson for everyone… get involved, volunteer, find out who makes what shots in your area. It’s up to you to ensure your interests are represented! 2) Author mentions a comment from one resident about an email to defeat the people of Sorrento Valley. What she **fails to mention** was that some residents of Sorrento Valley were going door to door misleading other Sorrento Valley residents with opinions and factually untrue statements. The intent was to get more Sorrento Valley candidates and voter turn-out in order for Sorrento Valley to take all 10 open positions. 3) To continue and support prior point, of the approximately 19 candidates running for open positions, about 10 were from Sorrento Valley. With the Mira Mesa neighborhood having 10 times the population, why is this candidate count so skewed! The special interest group in Sorrento Valley was clearly up to something. And I say “special interest group” because this wasn’t a battle against Sorrento Valley, it was a battle against the special interest group. 4) Author said Mira Mesa residents outnumbered Sorrento Valley residents by about 3 to 1. I was at the shindig and no one was taking polls. Susan Caroline is doing a disservice by publishing privileged inside information from the election subcommittee. But this 3 to 1 ratio again supports points 2 & 3, if it was equal then it should have been a 10 to 1 ratio. So someone in Sorrento Valley was doing a hard sell get out the vote campaign. [1]: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2013/oct/03/st… [2]: http://www.sandiego.gov/police/pdf/2011policecity… [3]: http://www.sandiego.gov/citycouncil/cd6/neighborh… [4]: http://www.sandiego.gov/planning/community/profil… [5]: http://www.sandiego.gov/police/pdf/2011policecity… [6]: http://www.zipmap.net/California/San_Diego_County… [7]: http://www.sandiego.gov/citycouncil/cd6/neighborh… [8]: http://www.sandiego.gov/park-and-recreation/pdf/m…— March 22, 2015 10:08 p.m.