Letters to the Editor, May 31

Keep pushing for public transportation
To the editor:

Charlotte O’Connell’s letter to the editor (The Packet, May 27), which dreamed about creating a good public transportation system in Princeton, was compelling in its vision many people around town are talking about different versions of a jitney service but her final suggestions about contributions to a nonprofit are a bit premature.
   The borough’s Traffic and Transportation Committee has been working with the borough administrator to investigate ways to start a jitney service in town, and we’ve talked about establishing a nonprofit or working through an existing nonprofit to manage that service, but we have no formal arrangement with the Greater Mercer TMA and I don’t think we’re far enough along to start soliciting funds.
   That said, any readers of The Packet with an interest in helping make the jitney service a reality potential supporters of all stripes should contact Charlotte at [email protected]. We might set up a special residents’ working committee to try to make this thing happen. The trouble with making an initiative like this go is that each decision depends upon the other vehicles needed, administrative system needed, operating funds needed and all of these issues need to be coordinated.
   We need more Charlotte O’Connells to keep pushing all of us along.
Sandy Solomon
Chair
Princeton Borough Traffic and Transportation Committee
Bayard Lane
Princeton
Guide could direct issues-based shopper
To the editor:

I would like to express my appreciation to the recent letter writer who informed the community that the owner of Curves is a supporter of the anti-abortion movement, and therefore encourages all who share her views not to patronize that business (The Packet, May 27).
   Unlike the previous letter writer, however, I am not a single-issue shopper, and would appreciate more information about the views of merchants in the community on a host of social and political issues.
   Perhaps the League of Women Voters could start a shopping division and survey all the businesses in town regarding their views on the Kyoto treaty, the Bolton nomination, internet taxation, the movie-rating system, the infallibility of the Pope and, of course, whether Pete Rose belongs in the Hall of Fame.
   I look forward to the day when all our economic decisions can be guided by political, social and, God willing, religious prejudice.
Larry Goldberger
Grist Mill Drive
Montgomery
Athletic director has done good job
To the editor:

Princeton High School Athletic Director Eric Amkraut has done a wonderful job as athletic director.
   He is an honorable person, has excellent judgment, weighs all the evidence before making a decision, supports equality and has served our students well.
James F. Mahon Jr.
Herrontown Road
Princeton