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I have just received my sample ballot in the mail for the November 4 election on Measure O and I am disappointed that the City Council decided to enact a new ordinance this year that permits them to publish only a summary of Measure O in the sample ballot, instead of the complete text of Measure O. I am convinced that Palo Alto voters will vote against Measure O after they have read the complete text of the measure. I urge all Palo Alto voters to take advantage of their right to receive the complete text of Measure O in the mail by requesting a copy of the measure by calling the Palo Alto City Clerk's office at 329-2571. Herb Borock Byron Street, Palo Alto

Misinformation about M

I have been working for Yes on M, No on O. I was told by someone who had just attended a coffee given by Stanford Land Management Company that they were told that Measure M allows but may or may not mandate extending Sand Hill Road to El Camino. To be sure that this was not a misunderstanding on the part of the coffee participant, I called Stanford Land Management Company myself to ask the question, "What is M's position on extending Sand Hill Road?" The response was the same as above, "It allows, but may or may not mandate the Sand Hill extension." This is not true. Measure M requires that Sand Hill be extended to El Camino. This is a major piece of misinformation. I hope Measure O backers will correct this in the future. Joann Lundgren Creekside Drive, Palo Alto

One man's convenience

Please, please, please, can you spare us any further letters from Reginald Rice concerning Sand Hill Road. We have been bombarded with his opinions week in and week out for over four years. I, for one, would like to know what other citizens think about this issue. I understand that Reg wants a straight shot from Sharon Heights to 101 with no inconvenience to himself; but, hey, there are some 100,000 others of us here in Palo Alto and Menlo Park who might have an opinion about this matter as well. Does Mr. Rice's convenience matter more than that of the rest of us? I think not. Brad Starr Gilbert Avenue, Menlo Park

The band sinks

Hypothetically, were Brandeis University to play Stanford, would the Stanford band make fun of the Jewish Holocaust as they just mocked the Irish Famine at the Notre Dame game? Is there no depth to which this group will not sink? And would they receive the same slap on the wrist from the University? Walter Eich(three-quarters Irish ancestry) San Antonio Road, Palo Alto

A real solution

Mary Kenney is a facile writer who responded to my letter to the editor with one her own, in which she attempts to shape my arguments in favor of Stanford's Sand Hill plan (Measure O) into support for the alternative plan (Measure M), using as her basis the theory that the alternative will bring about a complex supporting transportation infrastructure which she supposes will spring up and be paid for by the goodness of the local taxpayers, a very fine dream indeed. But behold! These are to be her "mandatory alternative transportation plans." So she looks to a Mussolini to make the trains run on schedule and cause these "mandatory alternatives" to come about. We endure and survive within slow moving democratic society and that is why Mary's hope for a totalitarian solution, perhaps ideal, is not acceptable. Measure O is a real solution, one arrived at through a very long and painful, yes excruciating process of review and democratic approval. It is the only real solution within the glorious rules we live by. Ryland Kelley West Floresta Way, Portola Valley

Hospital access is critical

When I arrived at Stanford Hospital as an intern in 1989, I was surprised that such a busy university hospital had no direct access to El Camino (or any other major road). I worked intermittently in the emergency room for several years (including the year East Palo Alto had so many murders) and always worried that the indirect access to the E.R. would slow down the ambulances carrying critically ill and dying patients. Long before measures "O" or "M" arose I wished there was a way to permit more direct access to the hospital. I would urge a vote for the proposal most likely to allow the extension of Sand Hill Road to El Camino. I am not sure if access to the hospital has been a major emphasis of the many discussions surrounding this issue, but it may be of critical importance to patients arriving by ambulance. William Ridgway, M.D. Curtner Street, Palo Alto

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