* Re Laguna Beach's consideration of a further ban on neon ("A Switch in Store for Neon?," Dec. 27): Just who has decided that neon lighting is a blight?
Neon signage is original, beautiful and creative. The first casualty some 30 years ago of Laguna's anti-neon rampage was the removal of Hotel Laguna's landmark rooftop sign, long a beacon to ships at sea and motorists on Pacific Coast Highway. While those ubiquitous "open" signs are hardly creative, one only needs to go to Old Pasadena, Pine Avenue in Long Beach or old strips such as historic Route 66 along Foothill Boulevard to see creative and artistic use of neon.
