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Lawsuit
As president of the North Broadway Street Association, I respond to your article about Clintonville in the January issue concerning our lawsuit against the city of Columbus’s plan to widen North Broadway at High Street. You said the proposal to widen the road has divided the community, but did not explain why our suit was filed.
The city’s plan to widen North Broadway would take certain land conveyed to residents along North Broadway by the Franklin County Commissioners in 1952. We therefore sued the city of Columbus to stop it from seizing large parts of our front yards now without due process.
Carole Tomko
Columbus
Anti-train
In “A train wreck” in the January issue, Molly Willow makes a stupendously inane analysis of John Kasich’s decision to ditch the proposed 3C rail line. She makes no mention of its projected average speed of 39 miles per hour. No discussion of whether a slow-speed train could actually attract customers, much less pay for itself. No projections as to how the state will fund its yearly maintenance. No disclosure of Kasich’s request to use the $400 million for legitimate state obligations or that at least the feds apply the funds to reducing the deficit. Willow indicates Kasich’s decision was wrong because he had “overlooked one central point: Trains are cool.” Shall we surmise that she never got that Christmas train set she’d always wanted?
Bernie Iven
Columbus
Top docs
I am humbled by the inclusion in “Best Doctors” in the December issue. It is a privilege to be named by my peers as one of the top three thoracic surgeons in our region. However, the true recognition should go to the staff for their excellence in caring for patients in the pre, intra and postoperative period.
Daniel R. Watson, M.D.
Columbus
Heart attack
I take offense at Jeff Long’s comments in his “Life after a heart attack” essay in the November issue. I find nothing amusing about former Vice President Dick Cheney’s heart trouble (or anybody’s health problems).
And he could stop slamming the Bush-Cheney years, too. It’s been a while, or is this going on forever? Maybe just until the next terrorist attack during our current inept leader’s tenure.
David Warner
Westerville
World-class cuisine
Although I was pleased to see that Columbus restaurants and food purveyors have been lauded by local and national
critics [“World-class cuisine”—October], your choices of nine should have been expanded to 10. One key player in the game of world-class cuisine was completely overlooked: CaJohns. Recognized annually at international and national events and receiving numerous awards for exceptional sauces, salsas, purëes and rubs, CaJohns is well known globally for its contributions to the spicy food world. It seems negligent to overlook a company that has brought so much attention to Columbus through its endeavors—features on the History Channel and Food Network. A healthy following by chili-heads should be proof enough of a Central Ohio company worthy of inclusion in your list of world-class contributors.
Wendy S. Smiseck
Galloway
Correction
The hours for The Top Steak House were listed incorrectly in Menu Guide. It is open Monday through Thursday 5 to 10 pm, Friday and Saturday 5 to 11 pm and Sunday 5 to 9 pm. The bar opens daily at 4 pm.
