Steve, you’ve written a fine piece on a terrible change in the Hearst tours (“Less isn’t better,” July 14). However, I believe the blame rests with every one of us taxpayers who cast votes to refuse to pay the taxes necessary to provide decent, civil services such as these, including educating our children, updating critical infrastructure, and providing critical health-care services.
Let’s put the blame where it belongs and start educating voters that we need to make choices to serve the greater good. For me, our parks are right up there at the top of my list.
This article appears in Jul 21-28, 2011.