A Little Sensitivity, Please

In Robert A. Jones’ article, “Yes, There’s Life After Prop. 13” (Feb. 26), he referred to people who owned their homes prior to 1975 as the “geezer crowd.” I am included in that crowd since I bought my home in 1963, and I strongly resent the implications of that term. My Funk & Wagnalls defines geezer as “a queer old person,” so I’m astonished that a newspaper that is usually so politically correct would allow the use of such a discriminatory and disparaging term by one of its writers. Perhaps Mr. Jones could use a little sensitivity training.

EDWARD J. DALTON

Westminster