Wants to uproot oversized planters

We, the undersigned, are volunteers at Christians Acting Together, a thrift shop on Glenn Drive in Camarillo. Our organization is nonprofit, and 85 percent of our sales go toward helping the less fortunate in the Camarillo and Somis areas. The remaining 15 percent go toward store expenses.

Our organization is all volunteer, and we have been in the community more than 35 years- more than 30 years at the present location.

We need our business to be able to help people, and right now huge planters are being built that take up valuable parking space for our customers and clients and other businesses on the street. We have never had enough parking space, and at least six spaces are being eradicated for the sake of these unwanted planters.

If the city is unable to find causes to spend our taxpayer money on, possibly they could contribute a sizable amount to the "Freeze Fund" to help the many farmworkers of Ventura County.

The planters are neither wanted nor needed. They are a hazard and a hindrance- certainly not a help.

Function should prevail over frivolity. Sue Bailey, Marie Bergdahl, Irene Nevarez, Gladys Walker, Galena White, Jerry R. White, Donna Lutz, Bob Lutz Camarillo