[Editor's Note: Albany Patch would love your 300-word letters to the editor.]
Albany residents who love the statues at the Albany Bulb may be startled by this excerpt from a Feb. 10, 2011, letter to East Bay Regional Park District board member Whitney Dotson:
"Toward that end, we are pleased to report that the Waterfront Committee is in the process of tackling several issues of concern, i.e., dogs and pets, homeless encampments, driftwood sculptures and art, and exposed rebar dangers."
Ironically, Osha Neumann's "big lady" driftwood sculpture is on the City of Albany website. The nearby dragon-rider, thin man, artist, fisherman, samurai and dog are no less wonderful.
Letter to the Editor: First They Came for the Dogs, Then They Came for the Art?
One Albany Patch reader has strong views about a recent letter outlining plans for the waterfront.
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Preston Jordan May 18, 2013 at 08:24 am
The source cited in this announcement states up to 1,400 gallons of herbicide possibly including…Read More Roundup might be used rather than 14,000 gallons of Roundup will be used. Not that I am in favor of dosing the environment with petrochemicals, but I do like to make decisions based on facts. I also have to wonder about the accuracy of the source given that it is an opinion piece rather than an article.
Jack Osborne May 18, 2013 at 07:57 am
And now for the more balanced reporting:
"But U.C. Berkeley wants to remove most of its 22,000…Read More eucalyptus and acacia trees, then restore native species like they did in the Claremont Canyon."
From this article: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&id=9107025
concerned educator May 18, 2013 at 12:37 pm
I wish I were there I am teaching adults about professional problem solving skills. I would have…Read More invited the occupiers if I could!
Peter Goodman May 18, 2013 at 11:07 am
If you are upset about how the rightwing has been attacking President Obama with lies and hyperbole,…Read More you should be just as upset about how the Green Tea Baggers of OTF are attacking Albany. Their attempt to derail plans we citizens negotiated and agreed to will harm our schools and our quality of life if it succeeds.