Rancho Holding's Butane Gas Issue Over Reaction

The Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood Council has been beating the drum for a few years now about the need to remove Rancho Holding's Butane tanks from Westmonte and Gaffey streets in San Pedro. This push for the tank removal culminated recently with a meeting held on June 27th at Taper Avenue Elementary School a couple of blocks away from the tanks. Unfortunately the Council and many in San Pedro need to get overthemselves and their "fears" of a big explosion. The fact is that the probability of a tank blowing up is LESS than the probability that a tanker blows up in the harbor. Does anyone remember the SS Sansinena in 1972? So, if you are not going to fight against tankers blowing up in the harbor, why fight Butane gas. Also, I would estimate that 80% of everyone that has a house in the immediate area bought their home less than 30 years ago. As a result, the people of the Northwest San Pedro Council knew about the tankers, refinary, and the jet fuel tanks near Mary Star High and bought anyways. It would be like moving next to Dodger Stadium, finding out that there is tons of traffic on game days and asking the Dodgers to move the Stadium. The Rancho Holdings butane gas issues is not an issue at all. As a San Pedran I am slightly offended that this has even become an issue. This issue shows that San Pedrans are stupid. Stupid to buy a home next to a refinary and butane tanks and complain about it. Stupid to complain about a butane tank explosion when you live next to a Refinary in plain site.

Warner Grand Needs to be a Local Asset

In the June version of "San Pedro Today" the editor, Josh Stecker, does a good job of telling the community that the Warner Grand is a great local asset that is under utilized. What the editor does not mention is that the Warner Grand is expensive and does a poor job of reaching out to the community to house events. A great example is how South Shores Elementary School goes to Dominguez Hills for its annual production. Even last summer's Scalawag Productions needed some intervention from the San Pedro Chamber of Commerce to make it financially viable. Basic economics would say if you want more people to use your product, you should lower the price. You can sell more donuts at $1/per compared to $5/per. So if you want more utilization of the Warner Grand, and you want to increase traffic into down town, then the Warner Grand should lower its prices and help draw in the local community. Josh is correct, the Warner Grand is a great local asset. We just need the Warner Grand team to find a way to lower the price and help draw in the local community so downtown will become the go to spot it should be.