Letters.

Liberal Propaganda

Editor Mark Lacter's comments misrepresent the facts ("Peddling Bad News," March 3).

Lacter is parroting the opinions of the liberal left. They always cry out about the "cost" of the military. President Bush is still upgrading our military, which was left in a sorry state by the Clinton administration.

Mr. Lacter is blind to the threat that Saddam Hussein presents in the region and the world. He laughs at the duct tape and plastic screening. They are not laughing in Israel. Thank God we have a President who is concerned for the safety of the people of the U.S.

Lacter is right in one aspect. Americans are nobody's fools. When the bill comes we will gladly pay it. Don't you think that will be much better than burying another 3,000 American civilians?

J.D. Powers

Los Angeles 

About Those Billboards

I've just renewed my subscription to the Business Journal and received the issue including your story about KLAX-FM billboards ("Double Take," Feb. 17). For your information: This promotion was first done here in Los Angeles in 1976. Radio station KMET-FM (94.7) had the upside-down billboards displayed across 420 of 850 total billboards throughout Los Angeles for more than a year.

This promotion was done under the regime of David "The Hound" Morehead, the station manager. KMET-FM was owned by Metromedia Inc., which also owned the billboard company of Foster/Kleiser. The campaign was a tremendous success and has been duplicated since then by other radio stations, and some beverage companies, in markets all across the country. Of course, I do have an advantage in knowing this. I was the morning newsgoon on KMET-FM at the time.

Research by pure memory... middle age is a blast!

Brent Seltzer

Studio City

Trash Talk 

Thank your for your article bringing to light the bizarre regulatory actions of the Air Quality Management District (L.A. Stories, "Royal Flush," Jan. 20). Don't get me wrong, I am as "green" as they come and would normally support most things designed to clean up our air.

I was more than a little disappointed at the disinformation published in the article. "Now, we all know compost piles are stinky." What a load of rubbish! A properly run compost pile smells rich and earthy and even non-gardeners recognize the healthy fragrance.

I also take issue with AQMD "estimates (that) the piles emit nearly as much smog forming gases as all of the region's oil refineries" Under this specious logic, we should cut down every living thing in Southern California and pave over every yard and park to prevent the natural decomposition that occurs around us every day.

In fact, if you want to create a truly "stinky pile" cover it as the AQMD wants to do and prohibit airflow. That will completely stop the natural decomposition process and turn it into a moldering, stinking mound.

In a state where agriculture is one of the largest industries, doesn't it sound slightly bizarre to say that their normal growing process is polluting the air?

Lynn Marie Hoopingarner

West Hollywood

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