Giving Thanks
To the Editor:
I’d like to thank Downtown Express for recently printing my letter to the editor about my nephew being killed in the Twin Towers on 9/11 and my son-in-law serving in Iraq now and Afghanistan at the end of the year. I mention my son-in-law for a reason. My brother and I were walking down Mulberry Street at Columbus Park the other day when a car parked and a Marine in full dress uniform got out and ran into a Chinese dumpling store. Along came a meter maid and looked at the car. I told him that it belonged to a Marine. He looked at me and what I said to him went in one ear and out the other. He gave the Marine a parking ticket. If you talk to his superiors they will tell you that he was only doing his job. That’s a load of bull. There is a right way of doing his job and a wrong way. He did his job the wrong way. Our men and women in the military are getting hurt and being killed to protect us from terrorists and as a New Yorker I’d like to apologize to the Marine for the way he was treated by the City of New York. If Downtown Express prints this letter I hope that the Marine is able to read it and may God keep him safe.
George Marmo
Commending Love
To the Editor:
I’m writing to commend Bill Love for his thoughtful op-ed piece in the October 6 issue, titled “Let’s Move Forward With Park51.” I, too, hope the project will proceed as planned, because this fast-growing residential community very much needs public facilities like these. I also hope the proposed location will not be moved. American civil rights might not have advanced to set an example for the world if Rosa Parks had moved only a few feet in 1955. I hope our society still has the same courage and resolve 55 years later.
Ro Sheffe
Letters policy
Downtown Express welcomes letters to The Editor. They must include the writer’s first and last name, a phone number for confirmation purposes only, and any affiliation that relates directly to the letter’s subject matter. Letters should be less than 300 words. Downtown Express reserves the right to edit letters for space, clarity, civility or libel reasons. Letters should be e-mailed to news@DowntownExpress.com or can be mailed to 145 Sixth Ave., N.Y., N.Y. 10013.
