Harry Saltzgaver

1 month ago | presstelegram.com | Harry Saltzgaver

How long does a promise remain a promise? My immediate response would be until the promise is fulfilled. But what if the situation changes? That’s the conundrum facing the city’s Marine Advisory Commission, which is working to offer a recommendation to the City Council about refinancing a $115 million bond. That revenue bond was issued in 2015 as part of the financing for a rebuild of the Alamitos Bay Marina. The bond is being repaid with slip fees paid by boat owners using the marina.

1 month ago | presstelegram.com | Harry Saltzgaver

I love it when something comes together. I particularly love it when I can pair up a couple of groups I support to do some good. In this case, the recipient is WomenShelter of Long Beach. The annual WomenShelter of Long Beach Gala is on March 27 at the Hotel Maya. This is the nonprofit’s biggest fundraiser of the year – even bigger than the annual Grunion Gift Card Drive at Christmas, if you can believe that.

1 month ago | presstelegram.com | Harry Saltzgaver

I hate to admit it, but I am on Facebook quite a bit. What’s wrong with that, you ask? First, it has become known as the old folks’ social media, where grandparents try to keep up. Second, it’s social media. But I have to admit to using the app if this story is going to make any sense. Let’s begin at the beginning. Last weekend, Maria and I traveled south to spend time with my son, his wife, and granddaughter Allison, who was in San Diego for a gymnastics meet.

1 month ago | presstelegram.com | Harry Saltzgaver

I talked last week about the passage of time — time it takes to complete government projects in particular. I don’t think that column had anything to do with the Public Works Department hosting a neighborhood meeting last week about why it’s going to take another year to complete the Colorado Lagoon Open Channel project. But it certainly is a great example of how it all works. When I came to Long Beach in 1992, the Colorado Lagoon’s nickname was polio pond.

2 months ago | presstelegram.com | Harry Saltzgaver

“Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.”So said St. Augustine as he attempted to explain the concept that the past is no longer and the future is yet to come. And yes, it’s also the opening for the revered (by some) soap opera, “Days of Our Lives.”For me, it’s a good image of the way the government works, at least most of the time. I was reading a story this morning about the efforts to keep the Pacific Coastliner trains running on the tracks through San Clemente.