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people who live here in Corte Madera and we the
people in Marin who will pay the price in more
ways than one. For starters, we pay with parking
issues and increased traffic, ugly colors, cheap
design, outlandish scale for the area, deviation
from the renderings on MacFarlane’s website,
overcrowded schools, increased water usage in a
drought, and an overall decreased quality of life
for all of us living here. GLORIA GALLO, VIA EMAIL
So you are at it again, Jim, defending the
WinCup monstrosity. Of what relevance is all
that information about the developer that is
in your latest column? What is relevant is the
incredible density, ugliness and inappropriateness of this monstrosity. If you like it so much
then I’d like for you to move in there and deal
with the unbelievable traffic that is inevitable
on Tamal Vista Boulevard. You are in a small
minority supporting this development. Who
cares about the history of MacFarlane? Is he
going to live in that mess? No, he lives in penthouses and hangs around with Willie Brown
while the rest of us have to look at his crap
every day. JACK LIEBERMAN, SAN ANSELMO, VIA EMAIL
Thanks for the update on the Tam Ridge
Residences. Like you, I believe it has the possibility to “enhance the livability” of Marin for
the same reasons you cite: its density and location near transportation, schools and shopping.
So why all the furor? Massiveness? Colors?
Drought? Traffic? We must get creatively bold
with real long-range visions to upgrade our
transportation system for the 21st century —
and that will take money. Or we can piddle away
our transportation dollars on a little thing here,
another there, with our eyes firmly fixed on the
mid–20th century. DWAYNE PRICE, LARKSPUR, VIA EMAIL
Jim Wood, that was the worst thing I’ve seen
printed on WinCup. That project should
never have happened and I have no sympathy
for MacFarlane, who took advantage of the
city. MARJIE SHANK, VIA EMAIL
