Letters to the Editor

Second, in reference to our Fleetwood apartment community in Houston, Mr. Holthouse states: "The residents succeeded in pressuring the development group to sell the land to the city for its original purchase price and simply walk away... The lot is now a playground with two tennis courts."

I am not sure where Mr. Holthouse garnered this misinformation. Our Fleetwood property was a four-acre site not too dissimilar in condition from the Colorado Boulevard property. It was weed-infested and contained only abandoned concrete slabs and asphalt paving. In 1993, after many meetings with the residents of the neighborhood and with the assistance of the planning commission and county commissioners, we developed a 104-unit luxury apartment community on the site. This property, after completion, was very successful and won admiration from the neighborhood as well as the politicians on how well it blended with the area. It also won a Golden Nugget award as one of the most aesthetically pleasing multi-family properties to be developed in the nation that year.

We are confident that the citizens who live in Congress Park will feel the same way about our proposed development near their neighborhood.

Ronnie Morgan, principal
The Morgan Group, Inc.

Noodling around: I was extremely irritated by Kyle Wagner's July 26 "Super Bowl" review and her follow-up comments/defense in the August 16 Bite regarding Tokyo San. The initial review was full of questionable claims, egregious inaccuracies and glaring omissions. A thirty-minute wait for her food? I never have waited more than ten minutes in over 300 visits. But Kyle's most ridiculous claim was that "the order takers also cook the food...leaving the next folks in line out of luck for a while." How could she write such nonsense? It would have closed four years ago if her contention was valid.

As for Kyle's comments in The Bite: Of course Tokyo San fans like myself would be surprised that she and her kids "dropped by Tokyo San fairly often" before they moved. How could she fault us for being confused? If the service was horrible, the tofu was grilled, the udon noodles were "obviously cooked ahead and reheated" and "food was always overpriced and bland," among other complaints, why in the world did she continue to eat there (no matter how much her children love noodles)? Clearly, Kyle was entitled to her opinions on both Tokyo Joe's and Tokyo San. But next time, an accurate and complete review of both restaurants (with reasonable follow-up comments) would be appreciated.

Brian Nieder
Denver