Mailbag

By what “moral authority” do you have the right to criticize people for wanting to protect their properties and neighborhoods? How dare you to suggest that because Glendale is no longer the “old ethno-homogeneous little town that it once was” that we do not have the right to fight to protect those neighborhoods from outrageously pretentious monstrosities.

If you have a problem with our right to halt such abominations, then I suggest that you find a different town to live in, perhaps Palmdale or Lancaster, preferably as far as away as possible.

MARILYN KNAPP

Glendale

Military personnel ought to be thanked

It’s a shame that Jullianne Spillman lives in a dream world as to our military and peace in the world (“Military shouldn’t be the only answer,” Mailbag, Nov. 10).

She apparently doesn’t remember Pearl Harbor or even Sept. 11, 2001. It’s quite apparent that the enemy was more interested in killing us (Americans) than having peace talks.

Spillman should get on her knees and thank God for our military or she’d be speaking German or Japanese today. As a disabled American veteran, it’s very disheartening to have to listen to, or read statements that are full of hot air with no facts or common sense.

As I lost an uncle in World War II, a brother in the Korean War and a son in Vietnam, I sure hope they haven’t died in vain. God bless America, and God bless our president and leaders.

CLARENCE W. HONKALA

Glendale

Bravo to Glendale for approving banners

Thank you Glendale for following paragon cities and going forward with a plan for the placement of banners to honor Glendale’s service people (“‘Hero’ banners are likely to fly in city,” Nov. 13).

This daily awareness within our city will remind us of not only what our contemporary service people are doing for us, but also what has been done for us throughout American history, lest we forget: Saratoga, Fort McHenry, San Juan Hill, Argonne Forest, Midway, Normandy, Inchon, Khe Dan and Iraq, to name a few. By seeing these banners, perhaps we can be lifted to a new awareness and make the traditional days of May 30 and Nov. 11 a 365-days-a-year appreciation.

DENNIS T. MCNERNY

La Crescenta