Letters for March 24, 2016

High rises bad for Midtown

Re “A mountain in Midtown” by Graham Womack (SN&R News, March 17):

Of course developer Ryan Heater’s 15-story “mountain” would set a precedent—an extremely bad precedent. Heater claims to love Midtown, but his huge project could set off a trend that would love it to death, bringing in more people, more traffic and more high-rises instead of the Victorians that make Midtown a special place.

Steve Lawrence

Sacramento

Thanks for the Mozzy coverage

Re “The struggle is regular” by Blake Gillespie (SN&R Feature Story, March 17):

Thanks, Blake, for taking the time out and interviewing such a talented young man, and thank you, Mozzy, for allowing him the opportunity to get your story to the world. Good luck on your future projects and keep up the great work!

Theresa Hunter

Sacramento

Stay mad about corporate media

Re “Trump, Iraq, the media” by Nick Miller (SN&R Editor’s Note, March 17):

Thanks for this note, Nick. It is a good time to note that Ben Bagdikian passed away last week (January 30, 1920-March 11, 2016). He covered this turf. Bagdikian co-wrote one one of the best books on the corporate media monopoly in the United States in 1983, Media Monopoly. Later, he republished it and enhanced it as The New Media Monopoly. He was “mad as hell and he wasn’t going to take it anymore.” Bagdikian taught and was dean at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism for many years. He had a key role in the Pentagon Papers case.

Bill Easton

Fiddletown