Your article concerning the DUI checkpoints and the participation of MADD really could not have been more appropriate. I had just returned home from Philadelphia, where I attended the sentencing hearing for the drunk driver who killed my 13-year-old granddaughter in July of 2008. Words cannot adequately express the pain and suffering and the devastation that the drunk driver inflicted upon the entire Robb family. The death of a child is a lifetime sentence of grief. No one should have a problem with DUI checkpoints.
Jean Robb
Deerfield Beach
Tri-Rail & bus costs confusion
DearEditor:
In Letters to the Editor of 4/9/09, Mr. Richard Cooke wrote:
1) “Tri-Rail claims rising costs are forcing it to cut 20 trains on weekdays and to eliminate all weekend service.”
2) “The county recently discounted all free bus transportation for them, claiming it had run out of money. Good luck all you seniors!”
3) However, mysteriously, there is enough money in the municipal piggy bank to pay for a $515 million ... for the Marlins
Re (1): In fact, Tri-Rail claims that the three counties’ cuts in their FY2010 shares of operating expenses may cause the draconian service cuts, assuming no further dedicated revenue source enacted by the legislature.
Re (2): His use of the word “discounted” makes no sense therefore it is not possible to understand his concern for all seniors.
3) For non-sports fans, it might have been useful to note that the Marlins’ stadium is a crucially important matter to Miami and Miami-Dade taxpayers, not Broward taxpayers.
