Posted on Sun, Aug. 31, 2008

As a regular bus rider who waits at stops with nice Kansas City people from all walks of life and enjoys their conversation and friendliness, I think ATA mascot Seymour the Frog is perfect as is, warts and all. That is reality. Seymour is cute and makes you happy. He doesn’t need to feed the image of bloggers, sitting at screens with unkind, uninformed opinions (8/28, A1, “Seymour the frog hops right into a KC controversy”), who label people at bus stops “lazy, homeless and drugged,” among other things.

Rita Bourke

Kansas City

John McCain may not be sure about how many houses he owns, but he does know that there are 50 states in this country, not 57.

James Karnes

Overland Park

Dave Leonard (8/22, Letters, “Smoking ban hurts tax base”) should check out California’s nonsmoking ordinances in their bars and restaurants. He would find that their business has not been hurt at all. Perhaps people in Kansas City are just being a bit more careful about how they spend their money in these days of rising prices.

Mary Shelden

Kansas City