GEORGE L. GLEASON JR.
Burbank
Council's vision shortsighted
The opening of Porto's Bakery has been something I have been waiting for, but not because of the bakery itself ("Expanding to meet demand," Jan. 25). I was waiting for the aftermath: traffic and parking issues.
The City Council refused to allow Dunn-Edwards paint to open a store at the Magnolia Boulevard and Hollywood Way location. Their reasoning was that the store would cause traffic congestion and lack of parking. I was just wondering if anyone from the Burbank City Council had ever visited the Glendale Porto's. It is extremely busy from the time they open the doors in the morning to the time they close. Parking is almost impossible at times because of the popularity of the bakery. Did the City Council think that Porto's, which is so popular, would just serve a few local citizens from the surrounding area? Once again the City Council seems to have been misinformed.
BRIAN COOPER
Burbank
King practiced what she preached
Last week, thousands of mourners waited for hours in freezing rain at Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church and the state capitol rotunda to pay their respects to the First Lady of the civil rights movement, Coretta Scott King, who died on Jan. 30. President Bush and former President Clinton led the list of dignitaries at memorial services.
Coretta Scott King was much more than a devoted wife and partner of the celebrated civil rights leader. She traveled throughout the globe on behalf of peace and nonviolence, racial and economic justice, minority rights, religious freedom, the poor and homeless, educational opportunities, nuclear disarmament and ecological sanity. She helped found organizations advocating social justice, received honorary doctorates from more than 60 colleges and universities and wrote three books and a nationally syndicated column.
