Sorry For The “Inconvenience”
To the Editor:
Regarding an “Open Letter to OWS” (Nov. 24), I guess Mrs. Merkl has forgotten that real change is not easy, that it’s messy and that sometimes people are unintentionally hurt, yes, and even inconvenienced along the way.
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Bike IDs
To The Editor:
I cannot believe that Ian Alterman and I are on a small piece of the same page (“Bike Lane to Cause Chaos,” July 8). You cannot educate those who, even with bike lanes, will continue to go against traffic and through red lights. As I have said many times, there must be an I.D. on the bike so they can be traced and fined. Somehow things get done when it hits the pocketbook.
Bunny Abraham
Upper West Side
Enforce Bike laws
To the Editor:
No need for another law: deal with the miscreant (“New Amsterdam is not Amsterdam,” July 1)! The police can easily confiscate the errant bike and the lesson will be learned. At present, the cops just ignore the situation, unlike where they and their families live.
Nicholas Arena
Upper West Side
A Saloon By Any Other Name
To the Editor:
Re: “Final Curtain for O’Neals’” (June 3)—it saddens me to see another good and popular restaurant close its doors. However, if I remember correctly, the brothers had a restaurant at the address named O’Neals’ Balloon. I had heard that the word “balloon” was used in place of O’Neals’ Saloon. Read more
Defending Hannity
To the Editor:
I enjoyed Ben Krull’s column, “Dissecting My Fox Fix” (May 20), with modest amusement. But I have a beef with one sentence: “Most of what I hear on Hannity’s show is lies and misrepresentations, double-talk and hyperbole.” Read more
More on U.N. Plan For Governors Island
Editor’s Note:
Last week, West Side Spirit ran a letter signed by Mary Sue Daniels, office of the mayor, NYC Commission for the U.N., responding to a request to move the United Nations to Governors Island. The reader who submitted the letter, Scott Baker, of Common Ground NYC and Transportation Alternatives, submitted another letter published below responding to this idea. Read more
