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San Francisco Letters
Squeaky wheels stop bus changes
- How is it possible that Muni’s suggested changes, based on an 18-month study, can be altered based on some squeaky wheels who want to keep a bus line, such as the 26-Valencia, because “it’s very calm”? (“Public voice may alter Muni’s plans,” Examiner, May 7) That’s nonsense. It is similar to telling a doctor who just notified you, after running a battery of tests and analyses, that you have a terminal disease that his diagnosis is wrong, because you feel fine.
Wildlife rescue center needed
- Sunday night on the Channel 5 “Eleven O’Clock News,” we were told the heartbreaking story of a severely injured sea lion suffering all through the night on a pier at Fisherman’s Wharf.
Smoking and tobacco-sales bans
- Will anti-tobacco fanatics ever be satisfied? Their strategy of piecemeal prohibition has driven smokers from jobs, bars, clubs, restaurants, cafes, parks and bus stops. Now they threaten to harrass smokers in drugstores, tobacco shops, housing and on sidewalks.
Vouchers aren’t education solution
- As regards your editorial of May 1 (“McCain in the schoolhouse door”), I have to say that you do your readers a great disservice.
Fare dodging and Muni inspectors
- The case of Muni fare inspectors is a perfect example of local leaders’ inability to think in a businesslike manner. The sheer waste of the inspector program is not a case for an elaborate study or audit — it’s simple business arithmetic.
Rent control and Proposition 98
- As informed citizens, we must always be wary of half-truths and false statements made by small interest groups.
Silence is betrayal — impeach Bush
- In an unguarded moment, the nation’s chief executive, George Bush, told millions of viewers on “ABC News” that he had approved torture of U.S. detainees — including waterboarding. In his interview, Bush freely admitted that Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice, Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell and George Tenet collectively approved the decision and by doing so, had committed high crimes — for which there is one constitutional remedy — impeachment.