Letters for October 16, 2014

Bow down to Midtown

Re “Dear poor Midtowners” by Lindsay Miller (SN&R Letter of the Week, October 9):

Lindsay, just don't forget to get down on your knees and bow down to me and all the other artists and hip business people who made downtown cool and a desirable place to live! Sure, you made a real point, and in such an arrogant manner, but us cool peeps can out-arrogant you, because not only were we here first, but we also set the stage for the “haves” and now I see the smug. Without our glorious selves, your take-over would have happened at Loehmann's.

Gale Hart

Sacramento

Beat it, Ayn Rand

Re “Dear poor Midtowners” by Lindsay Miller (SN&R Letter of the Week, October 9):

Dear Ayn Rand-like person who writes letters to the editors of SN&R: Your name probably isn’t Lindsay Miller. God knows what it is. There’s a better chance that the person who wrote your letter, as named, doesn’t exist. It may even have been crafted by an SN&R editor tasked with bumping up reader responses for the newspaper [Editor’s note: Sorry, the letter is legit]. Who knows? Your letter, headlined “Dear poor Midtowners,” should really do the trick to piss off other Sacramentans, then barrage the old SN&R mailbox and inbox with hoots and hollers about such non-erotic Ayn Randiness. No Midtown Sacramentan would write such antiquated crap that reminds everybody we do live in an oligarchy. Get a grip, “Lindsay”! Then pack it full of your silly ideas and move somewhere far away from California.

Gary Chew

Sacramento

Lindsay is insulting

Re “Dear poor Midtowners” by Lindsay Miller (SN&R Letter of the Week, October 9):

The old American Dream—that every one can be rich if they just work hard enough—is a dead horse. Times have changed and the new American dream is to have a job that pays enough to feed and educate our family. Lindsay Miller’s narcissistic and naive belief that she “deserves” to live how and where she wants, and to reap the rewards of her investment regardless of the impact on the community, is insulting.

Douglas Harding

Sacramento

Measure L giggles

Re “L speaks for itself” by Josh Wood (SN&R Letters, October 9):

What a giggle! When Josh Wood, chief promoter of giving public funds to developers, bemoans the alleged “bias” of Cosmo Garvin’s reporting on Measure L, he fails to mention his own. If Measure L is not successful, it will diminish his status as the primary cheerleader for it. What’s the matter, Josh? Isn’t the endlessly toothless reporting of the Bee-minus enough for you? Why should the voters of Sacramento give what’s left of the public treasury to the development interests propping up this con man puppet? You assume that the people of podunk aren’t that smart. What will you do if they are?

Christine Craft

Sacramento