›› LETTERS Nevermind the Bullock—here’s George Hamilton!
Ironically, George Hamilton would have made ‘Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous’ a lot more interesting than Sandra Bullock did.
Pacific Sun letter writer Craig Whatley may be right about Danny Kaye and Barbara Pinto looking alike, but he missed an even bigger story: When you look closely at their faces— tanned or not—Sandra Bullock and George Hamilton are exactly the same person! Rex Allen, San Rafael
Enlightened at the end of the tunnel Those who have made the epiphanic journey through the new Cal Park pedestrian and bicycle-only tunnel from San Rafael to Larkspur Landing know that it is a breakthrough of more than one kind. Camino Alto neighbors, especially, should really try it. In his letter to the Pacific Sun, Scott Valley Homeowner Association spokesman John Palmer [“Through A Tunnel, Darkly,” Dec. 31] makes ominous threats about “major battles” the county would face from seven homeowners in the neighborhoods close to the entrances to a tunnel most Marin folk would support reopening between Mill Valley and Corte Madera.
Nowhere in his litigiously flavored letter, however, does he mention the grounds on which opponents would oppose the Camino Alto tunnel. The truth is, while property rights are clearly an issue here, the bottom line is that walking and biking bring quiet passers-through and human-scale quality interactions. Not loud pollution or crime. Mr. Palmer’s inability to point out even one actual argument against the tunnel shows that this is just another case of the same old NIMBYism. I hope those seven homeowners can come together and agree that their own lives, as well as the county’s zero-emissions travelers, will improve from opening this tunnel. Please go experience the new one and see for yourself. Jasper S. Thelin, Woodacre
We manipulate backs—not the facts... It is interesting that the Pacific Sun editors choose to publish a letter by reader Karl Hittelman [“Then Do Chiropractors Study Innate-Intelligence Design?” Dec. 24] that opined medicine is all science-based and chiropractic is dogma and faith-based. There is inaccuracy in both statements. Most medical interventions are in fact not yet based on results from “rigorously controlled conditions” otherwise known as double-blind randomized clinical trials. That is why there is variability in aspects of medical practice from region to region, and from provider to provider. Regarding chiropractic, the presumptively correct Chronic Pain Medical Treatment Guidelines as adopted by the California Workers’ Compensation system, and consistent with the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine guidelines for acute musculoskeletal injuries, are some of the most researched, peer-reviewed, and widely adopted guide-
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