Freelance

Driving Concerns Judith Lewis lays out the crisis in the San Pedro Bay right [“A Heavy Load,” July 27–Aug. 2]. Kids are dying from diseases caused by dirty air. Therefore, the ports cannot expand to meet growing trade needs until they fix the trucking system that causes the pollution. The......

Aggravating a Tragedy I’m disappointed in your decision to publish Kate Coe’s article on Theresa Duncan [“The Theresa Duncan Tragedy,” Aug. 3–9]. Perhaps the woman was a truth-stretcher. Perhaps she felt she needed to sell herself high in order to keep up with the leagues of truth-stretchers in this city......

De-railed Planning With regard to Bill Bradley’s story about L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s ball-dropping on state transit funding [“Sacramento Bites Back” July 27–Aug. 2], the lack of leadership on transit issues is nothing new for Southern California. Had master planning been used, no-transfer light rail between Canoga Park and Long......

PSA on STDs The recent article by Patrick Range McDonald [“Gay Syphilis Scourge Skyrockets,” July 13–19] is a welcome review of our efforts to stem the rise, similarly seen in other major metropolitan areas, of sexually transmitted disease. However, the article contains two major inaccuracies that need immediate correction. McDonald......

Words on Urban Scrawl For all the air talk and ink dedicated to the L.A. Weekly losing its soul to the corporate evildoers in those second-floor cubicles (or wherever you keep them), I found last week’s cover story on graf writers refreshing, facinating and important [“Graffiti Gods of the Seventh......

Seeking No Shelters Thanks for writing the story about AB 1634 [“Dog Busters,” July 6–12]. My personal experience at the very-high-kill shelter of South Los Angeles has made it clear to me that we live in extreme times where there is a responsibility to care for all living creatures, and......

No Peace Offering Here Though the California Nations Indian Gaming Association does not take positions on the internal matters of any tribal government, we found several objectionable passages in the article “Tribal Purge” [June 15–21]. Since Marc Cooper has had an extensive history dealing with various world cultures, it is......

The Boras Reaction Master manipulator Scott Boras [“The Boras Factor,” May 25–31] can claim all he wants is respect for his players, but Ned Colletti is right: When Boras always measures respect in terms of dollars and cents, he exposes himself as the shortsighted, greedy agent he really is. In......

Spare the Writer Regarding “Double-Cross at the WGA” [May 4–10]: The “mind-numbing” detail the WGA and its union bosses wanted to spare the common writer/members about blatantly shady dealing with the writers’ money is nothing compared to the greed of those at the top who are hoarding likely millions due......

To Rage or Not to RageThe smarmy, fawning tone of Linda Immediato’s Coachella coverage [“Where the Wave Broke,” May 4–10] makes me wince at being a Gen X’er. Immediato’s glistening plea for apathy and solipsism (“The machine is so broken now, it’s almost redundant to rage against it. What’s left......