Editor,

Being against the funicular doesn’t mean anything except that the person thinks a funicular is a bad idea, for all the reasons that have been brought up by so many people for so long. It doesn’t mean that the person is opposed to change, or wanting to go back to the horse and buggy era, or uninterested in the welfare of local businesses. It just means that we think there are more effective and less expensive and destructive ways to help local businesses.

For example, the mayor and the planner are working on getting bus service from the ferry to Langley on weekends. That’s awesome. Properly promoted and marketed, a car-free way to visit Whidbey, avoiding ferry lines, could be a great help in increasing traffic and would fit with Langley’s values far better than a funicular.

I have other thoughts on how to help businesses, and I’m sure many other people do as well. The city has only to ask in the right way to get a whole lot more ideas to work with. Let’s work together to create a better, stronger Langley.

SHARON EMERSON

Langley