I wrote to the Port Hueneme City Council to protest the slashing of senior citizen exercise classes by 50 percent, from four classes a week to just two. I wrote personal letters to each of the five council members, but not one had the courtesy to respond.
The director of the department that provides the classes did write to tell me that financial shortages required an 8 percent reduction in the city budget. When I wrote back to her — sending copies to all five City Council members — asking why an 8 percent reduction overall required a 50 percent reduction in senior exercise classes, I received no explanation. This time, no response was received from either the department director or any of the council members.
Every health report today declares how significant exercise can be for everyone, but especially for senior citizens. As one who has spent some 30 years managing healthcare delivery, I speak with some authority in this area.
It is unbelievable to me that something as important as the health of our senior citizens can be treated in such a cavalier manner by the governing body of the city of Port Hueneme. Surely, there are other less essential activities the city engages in that could have shared in the reduced budget in order that this program would not be reduced so drastically.
— William Merit True II, Port Hueneme
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