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My letters
Submitted letters to the editor and other parties. Only a few of these were published.
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
To the editor:
Erik Engquist should not be surprised that Latino members of the City Council did not introduce the sort of candy ban now proposed by Lew Fidler (“Brooklyn Politics,” Flatbush Life, Oct. 11). This proposed prohibition on the sale of certain candies that Latinos prefer is an attack on Latino parents, Latino culture, and Latino bodegas and delis. Latino parents should be outraged that Lew Fidler would dare to tell them that he knows better than they how to take care of their children.
Lew considers these candies too dangerous for children to eat. I suggest that the City Council ban the sale of gefilte fish as too salty to be eaten safely.
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Thursday, October 07, 2004
To the editor:
It’s bad enough on philosophical grounds alone that Assemblyman McEneny plans to help a tiny coterie of fanatics restrict what we can eat (“Is Luxury Cruel? The Foie Gras Divide,” Oct. 6). On economic grounds, the stupidity of it is breathtaking. By forbidding the manufacture or use of foie gras in New York State, the assemblyman would wipe out the state’s entire foie gras industry and half the national foie gras industry, drive some of New York City’s finest chefs to distraction and possibly to New Jersey, and strike another blow against the high-end restaurant industry, which plays so large a role in New York City’s tourist economy. Let the customers decide: restaurants can, if they like, advertise, “No foie gras used in any of our recipes.” If the assemblyman succeeds, in a few years we will hear politicians calling upon Americans to reduce their dependency on foreign foie gras.
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Sunday, October 03, 2004
To the editor:
The controversy over privately owned commuter vans has harrowing parallels with the war on drugs (“Illegal Dollar Vans Remain Defiant; City to Alter Mall Bus Stop,” and “Anger, Frustration Over Illegal Private Commuter Vans,” Flatbush Life, Oct. 4). In both cases, the situation is caused by demand, and trying to deal with it by attacking the supply is futile. Where there is demand, there will always be supply. Trying to repeal the laws of economics is like trying to repeal the law of gravity.
Meanwhile, to eliminate speeding, install speed bumps.
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