I get to have my say every day. Today it’s your turn. Please be kind.

Writes Glen (forwarding a letter he sent to our beloved city of Davis): “I called the city and requested that the city’s moraine ash residing on our property — and seriously infested with mistletoe — be attended to while its crew is in the vicinity. I was advised that the city’s system for non-emergency tree maintenance is on a strict first-come, first-served basis, and it could easily be up to a year before crews get to the request (complaint) I registered.

“I’ll bet my last dollar that if a City Council member, our city manager, or any other high-ranking city official called about their city trees, they would not be waiting an inordinate amount of time like the rest of us. As things now stand, by the time the city arrives, the tree in our yard will be well beyond help, necessitating its removal altogether.

“Let’s just be grateful that the city of Davis isn’t running our health care system, otherwise we’d all be doomed.”

Glen – Don’t give them any ideas, my friend. 

Writes Larry at sbcglobal.net: “Bob — From what I read on The Enterprise blogs, there’s quite a hot controversy over the Yudin family’s soccer coaching. I think you’re going to have a lot of fodder for your column once the new TV reality series ‘The Real Soccer-Mom Housewives of Davis’ begins airing this fall.”

Larry — There’s so much five-alarm heat generated by this coaching controversy that I think I’ll keep the kids home and make them play the Wii until the dust settles. Sports for kids are supposed to be “fun” and “games,” but I didn’t see either of those words pop up very often in the nasty, mostly anonymous, debate. And that attitude, unfortunately, encompasses far more sports than just soccer in this town.

Writes Al (in a letter to the editor): “So Bob Dunning worries that not enough ‘interesting and entertaining’ Davis City Council members will be in office after the next election. Here’s the solution: Get three or four of the jokers running for the Republican presidential nomination to move to Davis and file for council seats. Even if they lose, there will still be enough fodder for multiple columns.”

Al — Agreed. I mean, who on earth names their kid “Newt”? Or even “Mitt” for that matter? But if we could coax Herman Cain back into the race, Davis does need another pizza parlor.

Writes Bob on the Telescope Street: “Bob — After having been gone for a month on vacation to Hawaii (subsidized by no water usage, which translates into much lower sewer rates), I decided to access The Enterprise online and catch up on Davis happenings. I find that plastic bags are the problem.

“I would assume if you emptied the trash containers daily in the public schools in Davis that you would find more Ziplock plastic bags (one-time use) than all the plastic bags used for a week in Davis hauling groceries home.

“Same as burning a few logs in winter. One forest fire in the Sierra will more than equal a century of Davis residents using their fireplaces. Only word that comes to mind is stupid.”

Bob — Please don’t use the “S-word” when referring to the Second Most Educated City in America. We’re having enough trouble as it is trying to keep up with Chapel Hill.

Writes John on the Eastside: “Bob — I don’t recall you picking the Niners to win the Super Bowl.”

John — I still don’t pick the Niners to win the Super Bowl.

Writes Tim in dotcom.land: “Please run for President of the United States of America, Bob.”

Tim — I realize you are simply trying to enter my long-running 11-word essay contest, but for heaven’s sake, if I ran for president (and won), I’d have to give up my seven-figure salary with the floating decimal point.

I think what you really want is for me to move to Washington, D.C., so you can ban fireplaces, ban plastic bags, ban leaf blowers, triple our water rates and force everyone to drive a Zipcar. That’s the real plan, now isn’t it, Tim?

— Reach Bob Dunning at [email protected]

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