Simmons Should Be Fired? Completely Disagrees
      Dear Editor, I do agree with you when you stated that Don Imus should not have been fired for the comment he made; however, I strongly believe he should have been reprimanded for his remarks. In reading your article, "If Imus had to go, so should Russell Simmons" (Editor's D...
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TLC Had It Wrong
      Dear Editor, This letter is in response to the article in last weeks Wave, regarding the license suspension of Beach Car Service. I must address some critical points the TLC [Taxi and Limousine Commission] made in their statement. First of all we did notify the TLC that we ...
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Disappointed In Our Agency Reps
      Dear Editor, After the Transportation meeting in Broad Channel with the members from the DOT, MTA, and our representatives, it was very disappointing. The MTAwill not consider the opening of the LIRR Rockaway Line and will not increase service because of the amount of train...
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Give Parents A Break
      Dear Editor, My children attend St Francis de Sales and on the morning of May 9, there seemed to have been a ticket blitz. Parents and children were scrambling, it was extremely dangerous and very chaotic. Parents were running for their cars to avoid getting tickets while ch...
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Dunes Are Necessary For Coastline Conservation
      Dear Editor, The Nor'easter of April 15, 2007 proved, yet again, that the Belle Harbor Dunes are fully functional and imperative to the stemming of sand erosion for the coastline of the barrier island we know of as Rockaway.
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Paste This To Their Computers
      Dear Editor, This letter is for all parents, who should immediately cut this out and tape it to their teen's computer monitor. To EVERY teenager in Rockaway: This isn't your father's beach. It's YOUR beach. This isn't your mother's beach. It's YOUR beach. Please treat it l...
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Congratulations To Barbara Hillary
      Dear Editor, My congratulations and well wishes to Barbara Hillary of Arverne, for being the first black woman, at age 75, to visit the North Pole. I sincerely hope that the frostbite incurred heals totally, as I know how painful and disabling that affliction can be!
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What Will Hillary Do Next?
      Dear Editor, It's been a while since I had occasion to write to you. However, like most of your Rockaway expatriate readers, my "subscription" to THE WAVE is a lifetime one. The impetus for my letter is to publicly recognize and congratulate one of Rockaway's best, Arverne's...
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