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Sunset Cliffs walkers must remain standing

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Real Estate Agent with HomeSmart Realty West CalBRE #01458572

If you leave a comment, Jim will visit your blog and leave a comment.One of the nicest places to walk in San Diego County has to be right along Sunset Cliffs. The road is curvey, the ocean waves are crashing below, the sunsets are beautiful, and if you get tired of walking, you can sit on one of the benches and just relax.

Huh?

Wait just a minute folks! We have breaking news! All the benches along Sunset Cliffs are missing! Our news reporter, Zoey the Cool Cat, is on the scene! Zoey, what's the word out there?

"As you reported, Slim Jim, all the wooden benches are gone! Absolutely gone! Apparently, after that 41-year-old woman fell to her death last November, the City of San Diego determined that the wooden benches were liability hazards. Interestingly, Slim Jim, no one remembers that woman falling off a bench, so maybe this is a situation where the City came out and looked at one thing and saw another."

"Hold on, Slim, we've got some additional information coming in."

"Okay, Slim, apparently the City removed the benches because they determined that the benches had been installed by 'unknown members of the public' rather than city crews. I'm not sure what that means. Maybe it's government-speak. Joel Siegfried, a retired library administrator, might have summed it up best when he said that the city's decision is 'just an incredible waste of time and money to be spending to remove something that was causing no problem."

"There you have it, Slim. Sunset Cliffs strollers, walkers, joggers, and runners will now have to simply stand up in order to rest, or they can stand up for getting their benches back."

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Comments (6)

David Henke
Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc - Newtown Square, PA
Realtor, Homes Just West of Philadelphia PA

Sometimes it's just not fair.  Runners and walkers need to sit too.  Good luck getting them back.  Beautiful area.

May 24, 2009 12:56 PM
Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
Greater Sacramento Realtor - Retired

Jim - What the taxpayers giveth, the government taketh away.  I am sometimes dismayed over how things work:-)

May 26, 2009 04:38 PM
Jim Frimmer
HomeSmart Realty West - San Diego, CA
Realtor & CDPE, Mission Valley specialist

Hey, David - Sunset Cliffs is an enclave of the rich, so I suspect they will get their benches back, and probably sooner rather than later.

Hey, Myrl - That's what my mom often said.

May 27, 2009 02:36 PM
Jim & Maria Hart
Brand Name Real Estate - Charleston, SC
Charleston, SC Real Estate

Hey, Jim. That Zoey is such a great reporter. You should give her a raise. That Slim guy is not to bad himself. LOL, Jim

Jun 03, 2009 05:46 AM
Xinh Truong
Connect Realty.Com, Inc. - San Leandro, CA

Oh no!!  Bring the benches back, so one day when I visit Slim Jim and Zoey the Cool Cat, I have a place to sit!!

Jun 12, 2009 10:28 AM
EC, JF, Double R and Zoey the Cool Cat
Russel Ray Photos - San Diego, CA

Just stopping by to make sure that we have all of the photographs from your older blog posts in our photograph collection.

Nov 14, 2011 11:30 AM