San Francisco Chronicle - (Sunday)
SFO signs’ focus must be guiding fliers
Regarding “SFO’s tribute to Milk falls short, Ronen says” (City Insider, Feb. 6): I am in total disagreement with Supervisor Hillary Ronen’s stand on the signage for San Francisco International Airport’s Terminal 1. Airports can be very confusing places for travelers who are unfamiliar with them. Clear signage is essential for helping find one’s way around, especially if one has to transfer from one terminal to another. The terminal number designations should be in the larger size, with terminal names or other honorifics a bit smaller. As a member of the LGBT community, I mean this as no disrespect to Harvey Milk ... but if I’m at an airport with which I am totally unfamiliar, I want a very clear idea of where I am and where I’m going and not have to rely on identifying the name of someone of whom I’ve probably never heard.
Ed Rose, San Francisco
Safe injection liability
If a person injects drugs in a safe government-sponsored site and then, while under the influence of that drug, commits a crime such as a fatal street assault or a fatal hit-and-run, can California be sued for aiding and abetting that crime? Please avoid the liability and have California fully fund treatment, not drug abuse.
Don Mariacher, San Francisco
Play on the road
The Raiders’ home game venue dilemma has an obvious solution: Because they are so fond of moving the team from city to city, and as the concept of home field seems to mean nothing to them, they should simply play all of next season’s games on the road.
William Raffetto, Moraga
Meaningful reductions
Regarding “Fires help make 2018 a costly disaster year” (Bay Area, Feb. 7): Kurtis Alexander highlights the sobering U.S. costs of global warming being driven by greenhouse gas pollution in National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s and NASA’s annual damage reports: hundreds of billions of dollars and escalating.
Despite President Trump’s praise for the U.S. becoming the world’s largest producer of oil, a major source of greenhouse gases, there is an appetite on both sides of the aisle of Congress to address global warming.
Their motivation is not only the escalating costs, but their constituents alarmed by a worsening climate crisis. With our new Congress, now is the time to let your representatives know you want solutions that will provide meaningful reductions in greenhouse gases.
Kim Ries, San Francisco
It’s time to carpool
The smartest, cheapest bottoms-up solution for relieving gridlock lies with the people themselves: carpooling. If just half of the commuters decided to share their ride a few days a week, they would save money and ease the gridlock frustration for all.
As recent studies have shown, people still drive and will continue to do so, no matter what transit options are available to them.
Our legislators at all levels should actively work to get employers to help their employees get matched with others in the same work zone. Employers can provide incentives, and government agencies such as the Metropolitan Transportation Commission could much more actively promote their carpooling apps.
Regional transportation expenditures should be more carefully targeted and spread equally among all modes, including promoting carpooling.
Anja Miller, Brisbane
Unrealistic options
Regarding “Nonlethal force” (Letters, Feb. 6): This author has been watching too many Batman movies! These ooey gooey things to snare people and take them into custody is ridiculous.
I was a cop for 30 years, and this stuff is unrealistic. In real time, you do not have the luxury of going back to your vehicle and getting this stuff! If you don’t want to have force used on you by the police, don’t commit crimes!
Thomas Haymond, San Francisco
Decorate the restaurant
Regarding the “Make America Great Again” hats: Rather than refusing to serve people wearing MAGA hats, J. Kenji López-Alt could decorate his walls with photos of people such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, former President Barack Obama, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., etc.
He could include their photos as well as names in signature dishes on the menu. Anyone supporting President Trump and MAGA would probably not want to eat at Wursthall so he wouldn’t have to discriminate; he could let them do the discriminating.
AnneKarin Glass, San Francisco