Letter to the editor in the Capital Gazette- Can't take anymore change!
As a Marylander, I enjoy reading the Capital Gazette, an Annapolis daily newspaper. Although the Gazette is proud of its history as being among the oldest continuously published newspapers in America, the news was horrible on June 28, 2018, when a mass shooting occurred at the newspaper's Annapolis offices. The gunman shot and killed five employees with a shotgun. Two others were injured while trying to escape.
I find your editorial paper to be less than sympathetic to those of us living with the traffic issues of the existing (Chesapeake) Bay Bridges on a daily basis (The Capital, Feb. 15).
I was born and still live on Kent Island, experiencing first hand the explosive population growth and problems that have come with that. I commuted to Annapolis to work for 32 years, watching the construction of the westbound span as I went.
Even then, we islanders had to plan our weekend errands and travel because navigating the island was at times, very difficult due to the increased traffic.
Fast forward to the present, and we are all but gridlocked from Wednesday, Thursday, through Sunday evenings during the vacation months, and any other day of the week that an accident occurs on the bridge.
Service roads and side streets become parking lots because travelers cut through the few side streets we have. This island cannot take more traffic congestion.
We are an island. One main route north and south of Route 50, we're only about four miles wide. When there is a traffic issue, we cannot move. Emergency vehicles cannot get through.
If another bridge is ever built, putting it here would be the final nail in the coffin for what was once a peaceful, beautiful and serene place to live. I understand the other areas' reluctance to have one in their back yards, but if placed in an area that has more space and land mass to have alternate roadways so residents aren't trapped is a much better way to approach this debacle.
Kent Island cannot take anymore!
PATTY BAKER Kent Island (MaineWriter postscript: I'm not sure if the Gazette readers want to applaud or cry....)
Nevertheless, the Gazette never missed a deadline, even when faced with this unbelievable horror.
Periodically, while cruising through my volume of daily reading, I find writing gems where its least expected. A letter to the editor, published in the Gazette, reached into the dissonance we often feel when confronted with changing times. We are powerless to stop change, but we can surely be unhappy about having to live with the outcome.
This letter describes one Marylander's anguish about seeing her life on Kent Island, on the Chesapeake Bay, becoming urbanized. It's a heartfelt piece of writing and I am happy to share with the Let's Write blog readers. Thank you Patty Baker for this convincing point of view. We often yearn for the ability to turn back time.
This letter is a nice piece of writing because we can feel the author's emotions through her words.
This letter is a nice piece of writing because we can feel the author's emotions through her words.
I find your editorial paper to be less than sympathetic to those of us living with the traffic issues of the existing (Chesapeake) Bay Bridges on a daily basis (The Capital, Feb. 15).
I was born and still live on Kent Island, experiencing first hand the explosive population growth and problems that have come with that. I commuted to Annapolis to work for 32 years, watching the construction of the westbound span as I went.
Even then, we islanders had to plan our weekend errands and travel because navigating the island was at times, very difficult due to the increased traffic.
Fast forward to the present, and we are all but gridlocked from Wednesday, Thursday, through Sunday evenings during the vacation months, and any other day of the week that an accident occurs on the bridge.
Service roads and side streets become parking lots because travelers cut through the few side streets we have. This island cannot take more traffic congestion.
We are an island. One main route north and south of Route 50, we're only about four miles wide. When there is a traffic issue, we cannot move. Emergency vehicles cannot get through.
If another bridge is ever built, putting it here would be the final nail in the coffin for what was once a peaceful, beautiful and serene place to live. I understand the other areas' reluctance to have one in their back yards, but if placed in an area that has more space and land mass to have alternate roadways so residents aren't trapped is a much better way to approach this debacle.
Kent Island cannot take anymore!
PATTY BAKER Kent Island (MaineWriter postscript: I'm not sure if the Gazette readers want to applaud or cry....)
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