The Westside Highway 24 proposal is starting to become that way. The more the state keeps pushing its Los Angeles-style solution, the more our little part of the world - which I think on the whole would rather just be left alone - is starting to push back. It will be interesting to see how far the Organization of Westside Neighbors gets with its goal to sponsor a less disruptive plan. It's nice that its board members have decided the Westside Pioneer's "First do no harm" plan is a suitable vehicle for that purpose, even if just for starters. Obviously, politics are going to come into play, and probably are already, as state highway officials try to wrench a consensus from local officials and Gold Hill Mesa's developers become increasingly anxious for an answer. Just for the record, this paper will never advocate a plan that arbitrarily removes existing homes and businesses.
But to get back to my original point. What is news? With us at the Pioneer, it starts with a sense that there is this place called the Westside, and that it's more than a name, maybe even more than the sum of its parts. Which is a roundabout way of saying we like doing stories that touch on its pleasant mystery, as opposed to photo- bios of criminals or tear-jerking epics capitalizing on victims of misfortune. Two more things we'll never do. Certainly, if I wanted "breaking news," I'd be somewhere else. It's been awhile since the Flood of '35.
- K.J.