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Let us speak for ourselves
To the Editor:
Your article about the Height Initiative overlooked one group that opposes the initiative: environmental activists.
Environmentalists back “smart growth” — denser development near transit lines. Martha Nicoloff has said explicitly that she is against smart growth, against a key policy backed by environmentalists nationally. I think this is one of the most interesting stories around the Height Initiative. Berkeley Ecological and Safe Transportation (BEST) Coalition recently had a letter in the Daily Planet stating the environmentalist case against the Height Initiative.
For some future story about the initiative, you should interview someone from BEST to get a full range of opinions about the initiative.
Charles Siegel
Berkeley
