Expo Line safety questioned
Re “Panel takes up rail safety,” Nov. 28
Regarding the question of the proposed Expo Line endangering students at Dorsey High and the Foshay Learning Center, I am open to arguments. Apparently, Councilman Bernard C. Parks is not.
Parks’ comment in The Times’ story -- “They’re saying we’re going to build something that kills kids. ... It’s not something in the realm of possibility” -- is pretty mind-boggling. The Blue Line has killed 65 pedestrians since it was built in 1990, yet Parks says that anyone being killed on the Expo Line is “not in the realm of possibility”?
Unfortunately, Parks seems to believe that his opinions are the word of God and that anyone who disagrees is a fool. Someone should explain the meaning of democracy to him. It includes listening to those who disagree with you and dealing in facts, not invective.
Michael Mahern
Los Angeles
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