Published Letters
I like to write letters to the editor of various pieces of our country's media apparatus. There are no specific topics that I favor or shun, though the theme tends to be criticism of the federal government and local transportation issues. Below is a collection of letters I have written that have been published and any responses that they have drawn.
July 10, 2006 - "Bus Stop Blues: Traveling Transit Police" (Seattle Times)
August 6, 2006 - "Why is Peace-Loving City Glorifying Horrors of War?" (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
August 8, 2006 (third-party response) - "Military Planes Secured our Right to Complain" (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
August 12, 2006 - "By Owner for Sale" (Seattle Times)
December 14, 2006 - "Senate Appointments: Letting Governor Choose Replacement Outdated" (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
December 17, 2006 - "Spaceless in Seattle: Easing up on Parking Will Lead to Positive Results" (Seattle Times)
December 20, 2006 (reprint) - "Senate Appointments: Letting Governor Choose Replacement Outdated" (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
December 28, 2006 (reprint) - "The Only Aim in Town: If There's no Parking, Can Passengers Alone be Left Behind?" (Seattle Times)
February 8, 2007 (web) - "Sculpture Park / Viaduct / Pedestrian Safety" (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
May 16, 2007 - "UW police did nothing to protect Rebecca Griego" (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
June 27, 2007 - "Chief should step down" (Seattle Times)
August 7, 2007 - "Move the flight pattern slightly to the east" (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
December 14, 2007 - "Eliminate all official policies of harrassment" (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
February 4, 2008 (web) - "Taking it one step further" (Seattle Times)
March 12, 2008 - "Meanwhile, federal money goes into even more roads" (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
June 20, 2008 - "Fractional Metro rule slows needed transit" (Seattle Times)
November 19, 2008 - "Consider idea of eliminating fares" (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)