Braves park needs pedestrian bridge
I am disappointed the pedestrian bridge plan over I-285 is not a top priority (“Safer crossing urged for stadium,” News, June 11). The benefits provided by an existing bridge over Cobb Parkway/U.S. 41, between Cumberland Mall and the Galleria, with a new bridge to the Braves complex, would be enormous.
I hope the Braves look at the benefits provided by the bridge to the Titans Stadium over the Cumberland River in Nashville. Fans walk from the entertainment district to a game safely and conveniently. A bridge over I-285 would go a long way toward making the Braves complex the convenient and safe destination that was promised. Without it, the existing pedestrian traffic problems of Turner Field will just get a new address in Cobb County.
SCOTT BUTLER, ATLANTA
What Yankees did: They shot the dog
Regarding “Was Sherman a war criminal?” (Opinion, June 13), Sherman’s cavalry came through my ancestors’ farm in 1865 and did the usual burning and pillaging, according to family records, leaving the occupants including small children without a roof over their heads or a thing to eat. But what really got their goats was one of the blue-clad invaders had the inhumanity to shoot the sweet family dog. If that’s not the definition of a war crime, I don’t know what is.
JIM CONNAH, SANDY SPRINGS
Incomprehensible to bully a bicyclist
Unlike 50 years ago, we live in an era where we are bombarded with the importance of physical activity. Tens of thousands of bicyclists in the Atlanta area do just that. It is simply incomprehensible a human being would feel the need to intimidate a bicyclist with his or her vehicle, and, if that were not enough, stop and attempt to render a beating. As reported in “A bullied bicyclist gets the last punch” (Metro, June 15), a lucky bicyclist was able to fend off such a motorist recently. But the question must be asked: “How can anyone harbor so much anger to prompt him or her to harm anyone safely riding a bike on the edge of a road?”
JIM GRATTAN, GRAYSON
Think twice before going back to Iraq
When we went into Iraq, it was because our leaders had bad information. When we were “winning,” it was because we paid those who were attacking us to work for us. The Iraq Warwas one in which we spent American lives, got many Iraqis killed, damaged American bodies and minds, and gave away American equipment and money to “help” a people who didn’t want us in their country, we did not understand and we usually could not speak to. Now we need to go back to “help” its government? Is that a good idea? I don’t think so.
CHRIS ROESEL, COVINGTON
