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PostmarksLetters to the editor must be signed withfull name and include daytime phone number,full address, or email address. Letters shouldbe no longer than 300 words.We reserve the right to edit all submissions.Letters may not be edited, added to, orchanged by sender once we receive them.General email address: mail@austinchronicle.comPostmarks forum:austinchronicle.com/forums/postmarksMailing address: The Austin Chronicle, PO Box49066, Austin, TX 78765Not Just Football to blame,but Cars, tooDear Editor,Your article on Waller Creek [“Going With theFlow,” News, Jan. 11] correctly identifies one Texasobsession – football – as a cause of the 1969Waller Creek “riot.” However, the article failed toindict the other Texas obsession which is equallyto blame – the automobile. The UT stadium couldhave been expanded without jeopardizing the century-oldcypresses along the creek. Unfortunately,the university felt that it also needed a four-laneroad (San Jacinto Boulevard) running through campus.Since there wasn’t room enough for trees,four lanes, and the stadium expansion (the effortsof us “rioters” notwithstanding), the trees were cutdown. Ironically, within a couple of years, universityadministrators realized that it was colossallystupid to have four lanes running through campus,so they reduced San Jacinto to two lanes withrestricted access. Needless to say, that delayedinsight came too late to save the cypresses.Philip RussellIs ammo a CoNstItutIoNal rIght?“PAGE TWO” is taking a break.Dear Editor,I have been holding my breath for more thana year, and no one has said it. Ammo! I am aVietnam era vet – one of the very first women toqualify with the M60 machine gun with a wet benchchemistry background. Do you know the nonexistentregulation on ammunition in Texas? Yeah,that cold dead hand is unfortunately true – butammo, is that a constitutional right? I freely cannotpurchase pseudoephed, but a handful of hollowpoints? No problem. A decade or so ago, a RoundRock middle school student via the Web successfullycreated a PVC firearm complete with ammo.The thing is, he misaimed and hit himself. If onlythese fools had to make their own, we might havea 50-50 chance they would blow themselves up.Sincerely.Betsy McCutcheonWhat about ‘the sImpsoNs’?Dear Editor,In regards to your game app reviews: Howcould you leave out The Simpsons: Tapped Out?I know many of us are building Springfield upevery day. Please check it out and tell us whatyou think. Thanks for your time.Lucy GunterYou are Not south austINDear Editor,Kevin Martin, people like you are the realproblem South Lamar faces [“Postmarks,”Jan. 11]. A resident for less than a decadeand you think you know what is best for thearea’s soul? That McDonald’s you complainabout is there for a reason. It, along with severalother fast-food eateries on Lamar – andrecently lost longtime businesses, such asRay Hennig’s Heart of Texas Music and SouthAustin Machine Shop – have served the communitywell with services and employment fora long time, much more than Barley Swinewill. It’s a shame longtime residents and businessesare being displaced by the likes ofyou, trying so hard to be the real Austin andtotally missing the mark. Hell, not even seeingthe mark.You are not South Austin, only a continuationof the plague spreading from Downtown.South Austin is a way of life and an attitudethe likes of you will never understand. Thatarea of Lamar is south of the river, but nolonger South Austin. Just like SoCo, the soulwas removed when the longtime residentsand businesses were displaced to make wayfor the likes of you. Now go grab a shake andsome fries at McD’s and watch the mini golfersnext door and enjoy what you have before it isall gone.Donnie HunterstepheN moser’s Come a loNg WaYDear Mr. Moser,When I first moved to Austin in 1997 andstarted reading the Chronicle, I was confused anddisappointed by your “After a Fashion” column.It just seemed to be a society page with a lot ofname-dropping that had absolutely nothing to dowith fashion.I hope this is not too strange.Since your diagnosis, after the dramatic copingmechanisms, your columns fascinate me.They have improved dramatically. Not only haveyou actually written about fashion, but you havereturned to design, yourself.You are showing a strength of spirit in the faceof a terrible illness within your words. And, in myopinion, all that you have dealt with has madeyou more eloquent.Just to let you know where I’m coming from – Iwrite, myself. Never professionally, but I do lovewriting. I’m the son of an English teacher.I have dabbled in fashion design (a long timeago), have sold men’s clothing, was a hairdresserfor 10 years, and am currently on my way tobegin designing some very strange jewelry. Thepoint of all that is – to someone like me, you arean inspiration. I’m even thinking about learningto sew now. (The stuff I did before was alteringexisting garments.) Anyway, just wanted to showsome luvs. Keep your fur-lined fighting gloves on,and beat the shit outta this cancer.You’ve come a long way, baby.And consider this for your own inspiration:Most people with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease)die within seven years of diagnosis. StephenHawking has had it for decades – he is thelongest-living known ALS patient, and one of thesharpest minds the scientific world has known.So keep on rockin’.From a former nonfan who is now an avid one,have a great new year,James Richard WeedmanPostmarks online uPdated daily austinchronicle.com/postmarks8 T H E A U S T I N C H R O N I C L E JANUARY 18, 2013 a u s t i n c h r o n i c l e . c o mTHE HARDY LAW OFFICEOur PracticeAreas Include:• DIVORCE • CHILD SUPPORT • CUSTODY• ORDER ENFORCEMENT OR MODIFICATION• WILLS • PROBATE • POWERS OF ATTORNEY512-348-7320CALL FOR YOUR APPOINTMENT TODAY!FREEINITIAL CONSULTATION• GUARDIANSHIP • ADOPTIONS• CIVIL LITIGATION • CREDIT CARD DEFENSE• CPS DEFENSE • PERSONAL INJURYHAROLD@THEHARDYLAWOFFICE.COMTheHardyLawOffice.com