Letters to the Editor

What would be a great help in this mess would be a review of all the city pools' utilizations and then to have schedules set accordingly.

Christopher Hall
Co-President
San Francisco Tsunami Swim Team
San Francisco

Absentee voting:Matt Smith reminds me of the outnumbered citizen at a recent Board of Supervisors meeting who pleaded, "Please, listen to all the people who aren't here tonight."

Smith remains the champion of apathy and the Silent (invisible) Majority. If he thinks it's so easy to "pack" meetings with "rabid micro-interest groups," let him try it.

It requires Herculean efforts, not rabies, to make a dent in the Recreation Department or the Board of Supervisors. When parents don't advocate for their children, they have themselves to blame.

Steve Cockrell
Coordinator
San Francisco Parks Coalition
San Francisco

For our favorite pretty boy:Gavin Newsom's hair isn't "swept back," it's "larded back" ["Picketing a Heartthrob," Dog Bites, July 9]. How much lard does he use to do that? You really think that's sexy? Lard on hair? Ewwwwwww.

Mark Barnes
Nob Hill