READER FEEDBACK

STALLING THE TRAIN

“A big thumbs down to the owner of the 440 acres of land stalling the development of the high speed train between Houston and Dallas! My guess is they don’ t have to make the bumper-to-bumper drive between the cities because they have access to aprivate plane flying in and out of smaller airports (like Sugar Land which is getting a multi-million-dollar face lift) courtesy of the average taxpayer with absolutely no use for such airports. The average Joe is stuck standing in long TSA lines, paying exorbitant airline prices, subject to random delays, cancellation sand pitiful service. But hey poor landowner. — Sally Miller, Houston

CLEANUP SOUTH LOOP

“It would be nice if the trashy state of the South Loop and the service roads would be cleaned up and trimmed. That area is deplorable!”—Commenton Erin Mulvaney’s story about cleaning up the area around NRG Stadium for the Super Bowl

PERKS FOR BIGWIGS

“America tried are patriation day years ago.All the companies did was use the cash for salaries, bonuses, perks for bigwigs, increasing dividends and making more stock-buy-backs. Almost none of the billions brought back were used for investment .”— Comment on Chris Tom lin son piece on a plan to allow companies to bring offshore dollars home without facing steep taxation.

INEFFECTIVE ADS?

“Shanks is a victim of misguided ineffective advertising. They are about to conduct a clearance sale that will generate a ton of traffic in the store. Had they applied that same strategy 2 years ago, they would not be liquidating.” —Comment on story about high-end furniture retailer Louis Shanks leaving Houston.

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