Gustavo's Latest "Orange County Line" for KCRW: The Great Park Lunacy

 Gustavo's piece covers most of the facts but not in any depth. His choice to put a negative spin on the Great Park project is just that, a choice.  To me its a sound bite that represents our societies expectation to have things pop up from nothing into Hollywood style endings.  This project has vision and has had setbacks in the worst economic times in 80 years. Gustavo seems to malign  conflict on the City Council, yet conflict is what defines government and ensures that projects can stand on their own two feet and succeed.

Irvine has grown into a showpiece based on cooperation of business, government and consumers that make a choice to live in a place that works economically.  This community is not for everyone but the people that live here live here can take the criticism. I've been here for 20 years and have every confidence that the County Park that Irvine is building will be a Great success.

"A decade later, what do we have?  Well ... there's an orange ballOOON, and, uh....."

Is that all that there is going on in the Great Park, Gustavo?  Because as OC's anointed public radio representative, that's just what you told a whole bunch of listeners.

Thanks for acknowledging the role that the housing crash and the loss of redevelopment had in stunting the hoped-for swifter development of the Great Park.  I'd say that this exonerates Agran for responsibility for the delay, but no doubt he engineered the housing crash, therefore he's still somehow to blame.

It seems to me that your understanding of the phrase "a dirty politician" may be on par with your understanding of the phrase "bar none."  When the forensic audit shows no wrongdoing, will you apologize to Agran -- or are facts less important than a juicy story?