Letters

Kreiman Forum

Changing waterfront could destroy beauty

Though I appreciate Don Kreiman’s input on making Edmonds a more beautiful place to live, I strongly oppose his views on waterfront access. Edmonds has always been a small, quiet town and I’d hope it would stay that way.

“There are many examples on both coasts of communities that successfully utilize their coastline to attract people to buy goods and services in the local area,” Kreiman said. “These are beautiful places that are easy to get to. People on rollerblades, bicycles, skateboards and walkers share a wide safe pathway with something to see nearly the entire length. Look at Alki Beach in West Seattle.”

The hustle and bustle of a paved walkway and Edmonds Crossing would only make our precious town worse. Alki Beach is crawling with people, none of whom know each other or much care about the beach itself. The pathway and surrounding areas are littered and ugly. By making Edmonds a spot on the vacation map, roads will become terribly littered, our waters will become dirty and the oceans delicate, irreplacable, ecosystem will be easily destroyed. Squirrels, gulls, crows, ducks, and other numbers of bird or small creatures will become unhealthy and their instincts thrown off from usual life, for people will feed them and their children try to catch or pet them. Trees will be carved, flowers picked, and grass will perish in favor of parking lots and walkways. The Edmonds coast will no longer be the lush and gorgeous coast it once was, but a place of concrete, sand and unclear waters.

I am left asking how will we prevent this? The trash, the pollution, the loss of wildlife? By making Edmonds a tourist destination we will lose the very beauty that caused people to come here in the first place and keeps us living here today.

MEGAN ELSLIP

Edmonds

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Sessions’ Thought

Thanks for pro words for U.S. troops

The Just A Thought column “Soldiers thrive on our support” was excellent! Thank you Shannon Sessions for speaking on values, honor, pride, respect, families, the job of a soldier, freedom and military veterans. Nobody really wants war- but there are these many things worth fighting for!

DIANNE E. BEST

Lake Forest Park

Iraq war

War is necessary to

counteract bad guys

When I first read the paid advertisement, “Letter to my grandchildren” in the March 28 Mountlake Terrace Enterprise, I was shocked. Many of us have friends and family overseas, defending the very freedoms the unnamed author of this advertisement used to abash the country and people who procured and secure those freedoms. That’s deplorable.

Some of us paid attention in history class and understand that there will always be bad people who oppress others. And while death and destruction are bad things, allowing those bad people to do continue their oppressive ways unchecked is worse. Freedom comes at a price. For those who’ve forgotten or just didn’t pay attention, here’s a recap:

It was war that freed us from England.

It was war that freed the slaves.

It was war that freed Jews from Germany.

And, it was in war that most of the technologies we currently take for granted found their roots.

So, to those who think that life with Saddam would be better than this war, let them give up their cars, TVs, radios, GPSs, computers, and many of the other things in life we enjoy that have their roots in war, and go live with the regime they love, and let those who are unwilling to pay the price for freedom be excluded from its benefits.

As for me and my family, we will serve first God and America second.

This is what I teach my children. This is what I will tell my grandchildren.

God Bless America!

I support the troops who pay the price for our freedoms … unashamedly!

RICHARD N. BATCHELOR III

Edmonds

McKinnon feature

‘Amused’ by ‘Day in Life’ of Lynn. Mayor

In response to the article regarding the Mayor of Lynnwood, I am amused by the fact that Mr. McKinnon found “John Adams” by David McCullough to be acceptable reading material for a group of fifth and sixth graders. Upon closer examination of the accompanying photograph, it becomes rather clear that the minds of these students are elsewhere. I am also humored that Mr. McKinnon is interested in the life of John Adams, a man of significant contrast to Thomas Jefferson. Throughout his political life, Adams frequently expressed that “we must be a nation of laws, and not of men.” “Too much power in an individual, too much power in a majority is dangerous.” The leadership of Mr. McKinnon appears validate the view of Adams with respect to the string of “mistakes” being made while he is at the helm.

MAREK SOLOMON

Mountlake Terrace