Stink About Garbage a Sensitive Issue

* I am referring to your article of Dec. 15, “Mounting Garbage Causing a Stink,” regarding the comments made by Sandi Sterling.

Does Ms. Sterling think that we who live in the--ugh--flats of the Valley liked the smell any better than she who lives in the lofty hills of Encino?

At least we flatlanders have the grace, sensitivity, understanding and empathy for the reasons of the delay; and we did not complain.

LORI DINKIN

Valley Village

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* Re: Sandi Sterling’s complaint about the delays in trash pickup, and her comment that trash has no place in her neighborhood: “This is the Beverly Hills of the Valley,” she said.

Well gee whiz, Pinky--let’s dump the trash on the little people, but not on us! What an outlook! And as for the pile of rain-soaked boxes and newspapers in her backyard: Why not flatten the boxes and collect them, along with the newspapers, in her garage?

LES FRANCK

West Hills