Jacqueline Dauphinais

I am writing in respectful response to Dale Joy's plea for a “safe and secure” Transportation Center [“Transportation Center should be safe, secure,” Letters, Jan. 16].

I do agree with Joy's call for extending the open hours of the Transportation Center to match the hours of bus operation so that people will have a refuge from the cold and inclement weather and a place to sit if needed.

There were, however, a few of her following points that I found concerning.

I was disappointed to read that in a reference to “safety” issues she wrote, “drunks have been hanging out there and people with terribly foul mouths and smokers.” I am wondering if she has ever engaged in conversation with the people she is referring to. She might find some of the most amicable, warm, and generous folk in town if she had.