Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor,

“Wrestling with Moses,” Anthony Flint’s book, does not discuss the Israelites crossing the desert from Egypt.

“Wrestling with Moses” tells the gripping story of how Jane Jacobs took on New York’s Robert Moses and changed the American city forever. It is more the story of David fighting Goliath, the humble and lowly neighbors locked in combat against their own arrogant politicians and city planners. Jacobs got her start by leading the fight against the Lower Manhattan Expressway expansion into her neighborhood, Washington Square and Greenwich Village.

Dear Editor,

I enjoyed reading the article on last week’s Lincoln Club luncheon in the most recent Colorado Statesman. It’s always interesting to read a journalist’s perspective on events that one has witnessed in person — sometimes there is even a significant degree of overlap between published accounts and personal recollections.

Dear Editor,

In the 1967 movie “The Graduate,” Benjamin Braddock, played by Dustin Hoffman, is told that his future after his graduation from college could be found in one word — “plastics.”

Dear Friends,

As you have no doubt heard, I made the difficult choice to leave the race for governor — a race that me, my family, my team and so many supporters poured our hearts and souls into for nearly six months. Politics being what it is, some yahoo got word of my decision and decided to tell the Washington Post before I could tell many of my closest friends — or even my employer at Home Loan and Investment, Company. Needless to say, I’ll be on the phone all day for a couple days saying, with all the sincerity of a grateful heart, thank you to those who stood with us.