Letters to the Editor

Viva Vallejo!

Dear Editor:

I just wanted to take a moment to say how great the recent articles on Vallejo are. Thanks so much.

Tony Intintoli

Mayor of Vallejo

A Two Thanks Salute!

Dear Editor:
First of all, thank you so much for giving the North Bay Water Commuters honorable mention in the Checkin’ Out Vallejo issue. Seeing the credits in print made all our hard work feel worthwhile again. In the future of Bay Area ferries, we hope that other communities will learn from Vallejo’s bumpy start, and thereby shorten the learning curve for themselves.
Secondly, I would like to thank Bobby Winston for having the inspiration, determination, and passion to create Bay Crossings. Each issue gets better and better, with writers and advertisers responding in kind. Who’da believed it started? Keep up the good work!
Cindy Detwiler
Vallejo

Great article about Vallejo. Very positive. Thanks.

Rod Boschee

Vallejo

Where’s the Bus?

Dear Editor:
I first came across Bay Crossings maybe a month ago. I volunteer at the Information Booth/Visitor Center (near Barnes & Noble in Oakland, at Jack London Square) and was walking around and saw a Bay Crossings newsstand near the Oakland Ferry Terminal.
I had never seen the magazine before and wasn’t sure what to expect. The obvious focus is on the ferries of the Bay Area, but there is much more than that - Bay Crossings also focuses on the community and other means of public transit.
I was especially pleased to see Bus Rider’s Journal by Steve Geller. As a longtime resident of the Bay Area (and I have never had a car), it was great to read about the trials and tribulations - and the positive aspects - of public transit. His humanist observations such as the fact that you can spot a tourist/non-local on the bus really hit home.
Public transit is much more than getting from point A to point B. People meet new friends, make new connections, make new observations and even have humorous events happen to them while riding public transit. And of course, there is the negative side, such as seeing people fight, the frustration when schedules aren’t running on time and obnoxious passengers. Mr.Geller’s sociological study is right on the mark. I hope to see more writing from him in Bay Crossings.
Both newstands at the Oakland Ferry Terminal (the one right at the terminal and the one across the street, near Yoshi’s) are completely out of Bay Crossings!!!
Thanks for listening. Once again, I am glad I discovered Bay Crossings!
Lauren Ugi
Oakland

I live on Bay Farm Island in Alameda & enjoy reading your paper. I would be remiss if I didn’t question a statement in Bill Coolidge’s Journal re: the flautist in the Taj Mahal saying that ‘when he played a note it took 28 seconds for the notes echo to return from the ceiling of the Taj Hal’
I can’t believe I’m the first one to question that inasmuch as when you do the numbers (the speed of sound near sea level being about 650 mph., & a quick calculation of how far the sound of a flute would travel in 28 seconds ) the result is 5.05 miles ! I really don’t think the ceiling of the Taj is half that high (2.525 mi.) for the round trip to take the 28 seconds quoted. I know, I know, another nit-picker, but perhaps there’s another factor involved in the statement & I’m just overlooking it.

In any case, you’ve got a really first rate publication and I look forward to reading each issue.