Apparently the person in charge of the show this year (“Fireworks show fills the sky,” July 8) is also in charge of Burbank street maintenance.
RONALD N. HANKE
Burbank
Councilmen are doing a superb job
How is Gary Bric doing as mayor and Dave Gordon doing as councilman? Bric adds a touch of down-home naturalism to the job, and he’s learning more every day. Rome, or even Burbank, was not built in one day. By the time he finishes his term as mayor, he’ll be a model for others to follow.
As a councilman, Gordon looks at city issues from a different vantage point than others. We should have a minority point of view just to keep the majority in line. Gordon may differ quite a bit from the established point of view at times, but this makes people think. The last thing we want is unanimity; it may not bring out the truth.
So let’s hear it for our two distinctive politicians, after all they were voted in office by the people, and who knows best? The people, of course.
WESLEY GREENE
Burbank
Lancers deserves a bit more credit
My husband and I patronized Lancers in Burbank and Foxy’s in Glendale, and we like both restaurants. The article in the July 4 Leader by Donna H. Evans, “Diners put up their dukes,” did not do justice to Lancers with her one-time experience there.
We appreciate that the owners of Lancers Family Restaurant keep the price reasonable for good food, and make profit by volume. The customers vote by their feet, some eating there almost on a daily basis. It’s a good feeling to start a day at a friendly place, where everyone knows your name.
NANCY H. DOBBS
Burbank
Military, sacrifice are U.S. traditions
What the Fourth of July means to me: It is a day to remember the patriotism of people in 1776, who gave up their land, cash and even families to fight in the Revolutionary War. Such patriotism is exemplified by those who signed the Declaration of Independence, whereby the British hunted down their assets and took them because of their stand for the colonists.
The people who fought in the war gave up their lives so that a new nation could be born out of the tyranny of Britain. A patriot named Nathan Hale exemplifies what a Revolutionary soldier is all about. He was from the Rhode Island Mountaineers and was caught by Cornwallis’ troops near Yorktown and hanged in a public square.
