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Regarding the Dec. 18 op-ed headlined "Environmentalists Trying to Hijack Funds Meant for Freeways" by Michael Michael, archangel
Michael (mī`kəl) [Heb.,=who is like God?], archangel prominent in Christian, Jewish, and Muslim traditions. In the Bible and early Jewish literature, Michael is one of the angels of God's presence.
 Pattinson:

God forbid for·bid  
tr.v. for·bade or for·bad , for·bid·den or for·bid, for·bid·ding, for·bids
1. To command (someone) not to do something: I forbid you to go.

2.
 that any of the taxpayers' money should be spent for "transit and congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load.

congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity.
 relief rather than new road construction." Such a thing might lessen less·en  
v. less·ened, less·en·ing, less·ens

v.tr.
1. To make less; reduce.

2. Archaic To make little of; belittle.

v.intr.
To become less; decrease.
 Mr. Pattinson's and his developer friends' ability to extend their wonderful version of urban sprawl beyond their present radius of Temecula, Victorville and beyond.

Worse yet, the "cuckoos" might even think of spending some small portion of this money to protect the quality of life in our communities from the air pollution, congestion, noise and destruction of open space which Mr. Pattinson's vision will bring. Horrors!

Noel Park

San Pedro
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Title Annotation:LETTERS
Author:Park, Noel
Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
Article Type:Letter to the editor
Date:Jan 15, 2007
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