Dear Editor,

I have two corrections to the article "Robbed of Sleep" in the Sunday Observer of February 26.

On page 10, I am quoted as saying, "If you look at the situation now, it seems that over the next 10 years that the area will be nothing but commercial areas," while the time frame that I said over the phone was "over the next few decades" - 10 years seems too short for that situation to occur.

More important, on page 7 the article says, "The NKCA turned to the press, Newman told the Sunday Observer, Friday, after failing to get a response to correspondence to the town clerk at the KSAC, begging for action to curtail night noises and oversight of the legitimacy of businesses in the area."

This statement is erroneous and gives the wrong impression. The letter that was sent to the town clerk at the KSAC, was sent, as I said Friday, "several years ago". I have since checked that the date on the letter is from 1996, and was clearly sent to a different KSAC administration from the current one. That letter had nothing to do with our decision to turn to the press, which was twofold: to highlight the problems and to lend our voices of support to the mayor's actions to "clean up" New Kingston.

Sean Newman
New Kingston Citizens' Association
Kingston 5

Executive Class

Gardens with Gravel

Death to the Mullet!