"The Pala Casino got its LED lights knocked out last week.

As heavyweight bouts go, it was no contest.

Score one for the much-maligned bureaucrats.

This time around, the pencil-pushers showed blazing speed and decisive punch.

Last week, I received an e-mail from Oscar Ortiz, a Fallbrook resident who works in San Diego. As you'll see, Ortiz was pretty fired up:

“I'd like to award a brick to the Fallbrook Community Planning Group for falling asleep at the switch on the Pala Casino billboard at Interstate 15 and Highway 76. How did the front door to our tranquil community get nailed with that symbol of urban blight without any public discussion?

“It's bad enough to think that soon all four quadrants of this intersection will no longer be open meadows and views of serenity and will eventually be mass housing, retail strips, industrial parks and perhaps a satellite college campus.

“Does anyone care what the public wants, or are the public workshops window dressing for what has already been decided behind closed doors?”"

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Logan Jenkins: Casino billboard goes dark after complaints (The San Diego Union-Tribune 6/25)