Big rigs make roads too dangerous In...

Big rigs make roads too dangerous

In regard to “The trucks stop here,” Sept. 1: After three

accidents involving big rigs on Newport Coast Drive, local law

enforcement officials have gotten serious about improving truck

safety.

What is it going to take for Congress to wake up to the fact that

dangerous cargoes and tractortrailers should not be on our freeways?

They should be using the railroads. One company has removed its

trucks and is using the railroads.

MARY J. McLAUGHLIN

Newport Beach

Mayne makes one reader’s superstar benchmark

Doug Bennett says Brent Mayne “wasn’t a superstar, but he was an

everyday player.” (“OCC names three to alumni hall of fame,” Aug. 24)

Needless to say, someone who played some 12 seasons in the major

leagues of baseball -- while he may not have established credentials

for Cooperstown -- should be accorded “superstar status” by Bennett’s

Orange Coast College Foundation.

LEFTERIS LAVRAKAS

Costa Mesa

Crystal Cove needs to be public, not private

Crystal Cove and the other state parks belong to the public and

complete public access should be the goal -- not cheap housing for

some on public property. Speaking as a frequent state park and

Crystal Cove visitor, the state park lifeguards and rangers are some

of the hardest working, most underpaid, most professional people I

have met. I trust these professionals can and will make the right

decisions on how to best preserve and manage this and other resources

we have in California.

MATT DINGWALL

Newport Beach