Letters to the Editor

Cover, Oct. 14: “Sustainable Fable”

Others Have Done This

We could easily get to a carbon neutral city environment as far as electric power is concerned with a municipal power system. Other cities have gotten to carbon neutral.

Shane Woolbright

via Facebook

Made in Kansas

China has built complete green cities, and Kansas [rebuilt] after the tornado. So yes, they are out there, but as long as humans and animals and fire are here, well, there will be some carbon hoofprints.

Craig Carlton

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Yes We Can

I believe Santa Fe can do it. The people here have the will to do the work and the resources to pay for it. Santa Fe people have made a great place to live out [of] nothing for 400 years.

Robert Garrett

Cover, Oct. 7: “Right to Bare Bums”

Curb the Exhibitionism

My wife and I frequently use the Grand Bath. Perhaps I can shed some light where the Ten Thousand Waves PR person, Mary Johnson, miserably failed to do so.

The new policy shakes out like this: Men wear bottoms and most women wear their bathing suits, be it a one-piece or bikini. We've rarely seen women wear bottoms only, but sometimes there are topless females. The "vulnerability scales...tipped in the dudes' favor" Katz refers to doesn't exist. It is remedied by a woman choosing to wear a top. However, when Mom and Pop from the Bible Belt come to town for a soak, they will not be comfortable in public tubs.

The clothing-optional policy was a goldmine for the over-sexed and lecherous. The public tub was often largely populated by gay men and gay/straight exhibitionists. I witnessed firsthand inappropriate behavior on display. If covering genitalia helps curb this, I'm all for it.

So much whining. If it means so much to you to be naked, pony up the money and get a private tub. And see a dermatologist, for God's sake, for the acne on your ass.

Smith M Roberts

Santa Fe Reporter