KINK Considers Listeners' Comments

In our KINK Considers asking TriMet to give more weight to frequent bus service than more light rail lines, we noted that buses are reprogrammable. But listener Rick Clements writes that that's also a problem with buses. A member of his family bought a house on a bus line so he could take the bus to the transit center in Milwaukie. Before he moved in, the line was canceled.

Listener Greg Long writes that electric and hybrid-alternative-fuel buses and light rail are the way to go but route light rail via underpasses or overpasses. It now creates problems when it blocks traffic. Try to cross the line at 185th at rush hour, but be sure to bring some of your favorite music.

On our endorsement of the public option, listener John Perkins thinks tort reform is a better idea. He advocates capping punitive damages and creating punitive measures other than financial. He writes that we want our system to weed out bad doctors but not destroy good doctors who perhaps made an uncharacteristic mistake. About our calling health care a right, Anne Moore and several other listeners wrote, where is it written that health care is a right? I've never seen it in black and white before. I'd really be interested in seeing it.

About the state forestry board's decision to up the cut in state forests, listener Pat Costa writes, even if the state allows more logging, who is going to cut the wood? The home building bust could turn around overnight, but I remain highly skeptical because of the excess inventory of unsold and foreclosed homes. Costa says let everyone use the public forests, not just those who would cut them down.