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Coyotes are on the prowl in our hillsides
I am becoming very concerned for the safety of the people who live in the Glendale and Burbank hillsides.
Over the past year, I have seen an increase in the number of coyotes on our streets.
Not only that, I have seen them during parts of the day that one would least expect them, such as the middle of the day.
Recently, I was riding my bike about 9 a.m. down Angeleno Avenue below Kenneth Road in Burbank, and I saw a coyote eating another animal.
I think both cities need to start finding and euthanizing coyotes for the safety of all.
If things like this continue, I am afraid that a child may get killed by a coyote.
This has happened in Glendale before. Let us not let it happen again.
JIM RIGGIO
Glendale
Lack of stamp machines slows line
Letter writer Glen Grant complains about the lines at the Burbank Post Office on Olive Avenue (“Post office leaves a lot to be desired,” Mailbag, July 16). He is right, too.
But do people know that the United States Postal Service decided to remove all the stamp machines from every post office in the country?
This means that if you are old, or disabled, or just want to mail one letter, you’re out of luck.
You get to stand in line and wait for the EBay guy with his 30 packages to finish before you can get near the window.
It may be easier for people to buy stamps at the counters at markets and drug stores, but those places force you to buy a whole book of stamps at once, not just what you need.
So if you’re poor, or you have a tendency to lose things, you’re clearly out of luck.
JIM CARLILE
Burbank
City must address bandit curb painters
Thumbs up for Jeff Daniels’ letter about the bandit curb painters (“Fed up with bandit curb painters,” Mailbag, July 19).
About two months ago, our curb numbers were looking pretty bad, so I made a stencil at work, which took about 10 minutes, and repainted the white background and the black numbers, which took about three minutes.
The stencil hangs in my garage for future use when I determine it is necessary.
The bandit curb painters painted over my numbers. They then had the gall to come to my door and ask for $10.
I said, “You painted over my new numbers.”
A painter responded, “But we painted the numbers on top of the curb too, and it looks real good.”
I told her not to paint my curb without my permission and closed the door.
The new numbers are sloppy and uneven.
These people leave a card, and if you don’t want your curb painted, you put the card on your curb. It should be the other way around.
Elderly people or someone new to the neighborhood may think they are required to pay since they already did the job. You are not required to pay anything unless you give them a verbal or written OK to repaint the numbers.
This is a rip-off, and the city should regulate it.
TIM ELLIOTT
Burbank
Burbank needs to have a new library
Marion Hunter asked in a letter why there is a need to spend money on a new library (“Council members need to look in mirror,” Mailbag, June 21).
Our council members have made the building of a new Central library the No. 4 priority for the city next year, because they see the needs of all the people in Burbank, not just a few.
What the council sees is a need for a new Central library.
What Hunter might not see is that the Central Library on Olive Avenue and Glenoaks Boulevard is the heart of the library system.
Currently, the Central Library houses the administration offices that run the library, the tech room through which all materials coming into the library are processed and a large literacy department that teaches so many adults to read.
It also provides space for the Friends of the Library to sort and process items for the book store and sales. All this plus the areas that the public does see and use.
The Central Library was built decades ago and is feeling its age.
Like any older heart, the arteries are clogging up, and it is having a hard time pumping.
For example, the parking has always been inadequate, the wiring is at maximum load, and every inch of space being used.
Perhaps Hunter does not use the libraries, but thousands of people every day cross through the doors of the Burbank libraries. More than 100,000 items are circulated every month.
The reference librarians have had a great increase in questions from people who have computers. This is because the library has access to so many more databases and information than the average person has.
Consider just the children of Burbank. Our libraries back up the schools, as their libraries are not sufficient for the task alone.
The summer reading program registers thousands of children, from preschool to middle school.
The young, the elderly and all in between need a new Central library to continue to serve their needs for information, learning and even entertainment.
This heart needs a transplant, and most of our city officers are willing to make it happen.
We should all support a new Central library for the needs of all Burbank residents.
GLORIA O’DONOHOE
Burbank
I am becoming very concerned for the safety of the people who live in the Glendale and Burbank hillsides.
Over the past year, I have seen an increase in the number of coyotes on our streets.
Not only that, I have seen them during parts of the day that one would least expect them, such as the middle of the day.
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I think both cities need to start finding and euthanizing coyotes for the safety of all.
If things like this continue, I am afraid that a child may get killed by a coyote.
This has happened in Glendale before. Let us not let it happen again.
JIM RIGGIO
Glendale
Lack of stamp machines slows line
Letter writer Glen Grant complains about the lines at the Burbank Post Office on Olive Avenue (“Post office leaves a lot to be desired,” Mailbag, July 16). He is right, too.
But do people know that the United States Postal Service decided to remove all the stamp machines from every post office in the country?
This means that if you are old, or disabled, or just want to mail one letter, you’re out of luck.
You get to stand in line and wait for the EBay guy with his 30 packages to finish before you can get near the window.
It may be easier for people to buy stamps at the counters at markets and drug stores, but those places force you to buy a whole book of stamps at once, not just what you need.
So if you’re poor, or you have a tendency to lose things, you’re clearly out of luck.
JIM CARLILE
Burbank
City must address bandit curb painters
Thumbs up for Jeff Daniels’ letter about the bandit curb painters (“Fed up with bandit curb painters,” Mailbag, July 19).
About two months ago, our curb numbers were looking pretty bad, so I made a stencil at work, which took about 10 minutes, and repainted the white background and the black numbers, which took about three minutes.
The stencil hangs in my garage for future use when I determine it is necessary.
The bandit curb painters painted over my numbers. They then had the gall to come to my door and ask for $10.
I said, “You painted over my new numbers.”
A painter responded, “But we painted the numbers on top of the curb too, and it looks real good.”
I told her not to paint my curb without my permission and closed the door.
The new numbers are sloppy and uneven.
These people leave a card, and if you don’t want your curb painted, you put the card on your curb. It should be the other way around.
Elderly people or someone new to the neighborhood may think they are required to pay since they already did the job. You are not required to pay anything unless you give them a verbal or written OK to repaint the numbers.
This is a rip-off, and the city should regulate it.
TIM ELLIOTT
Burbank
Burbank needs to have a new library
Marion Hunter asked in a letter why there is a need to spend money on a new library (“Council members need to look in mirror,” Mailbag, June 21).
Our council members have made the building of a new Central library the No. 4 priority for the city next year, because they see the needs of all the people in Burbank, not just a few.
What the council sees is a need for a new Central library.
What Hunter might not see is that the Central Library on Olive Avenue and Glenoaks Boulevard is the heart of the library system.
Currently, the Central Library houses the administration offices that run the library, the tech room through which all materials coming into the library are processed and a large literacy department that teaches so many adults to read.
It also provides space for the Friends of the Library to sort and process items for the book store and sales. All this plus the areas that the public does see and use.
The Central Library was built decades ago and is feeling its age.
Like any older heart, the arteries are clogging up, and it is having a hard time pumping.
For example, the parking has always been inadequate, the wiring is at maximum load, and every inch of space being used.
Perhaps Hunter does not use the libraries, but thousands of people every day cross through the doors of the Burbank libraries. More than 100,000 items are circulated every month.
The reference librarians have had a great increase in questions from people who have computers. This is because the library has access to so many more databases and information than the average person has.
Consider just the children of Burbank. Our libraries back up the schools, as their libraries are not sufficient for the task alone.
The summer reading program registers thousands of children, from preschool to middle school.
The young, the elderly and all in between need a new Central library to continue to serve their needs for information, learning and even entertainment.
This heart needs a transplant, and most of our city officers are willing to make it happen.
We should all support a new Central library for the needs of all Burbank residents.
GLORIA O’DONOHOE
Burbank
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