Ban sterile Seattle
I have lived in the city of Seattle for more than 10 years and I have always felt that there was a direct correlation between the decline of the local music scene and the banning of posters and flyers on the telephone poles (4th & James, "Poster Ban Under Fire," 2/18).
When the law was passed, it seemed like a "big brother" plot to sterilize the city and render it lifeless, scouring all independent art and creative endeavors from the public view. The City Council's claim that it was attempting to beautify Seattle by cleaning the layers of tattered paper from the poles falls flat when city dwellers look around them every day to piles of garbage and filth left on the streets by our "tidy" authority figures.
If the people of Seattle were to take back their right to advertise, proclaim, and express their creative selves through concerts, theater, garage sales, and even the finding of lost pets, this city might once again have all the vibrancy and excitement of its former self.
Katie Morse
Seattle
'Post it' note
Thanks to James Bush for the update on the poster ban issue (4th & James, "Poster Ban Under Fire," 2/18). The Seattle City Council's resolution to ban postering put an end to a long-honored tradition of free speech and expression in Seattle. Ending the ban is the best way to restore the freedom that once belonged to Seattle citizens and provide an environment where the art and music we Seattleites cherish can once again flourish.
Robert Lunday
Seattle