LETTERS

CHAVIS: CROSSING THE LINE

I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT ALL CITIZENS MUST obey the law and, if they violate the standards society sets, suffer the consequences. Obviously, Joseph Chavis ( “The Lawyer Who Robbed a Bank,” May) crossed several lines and should be made to suffer the consequences. However, I support Chavis for all the accomplishments of which he has been a part to date.

I hope that, after this period of his life is over and he is released from jail, Chavis will have the perspective to realize that he has not lost everything. Rather, he should accept that he has gained more experience that will make him a more productive and useful person in society. He obviously has many talents that will continue to serve him well.

WENDELL J.O. MULLINS

DENTON

KUDOS TO D

Congratulations on winning the Gold Medal William Allen White award! It’s not surprising that D Magazine was named the best in the business, but it must be gratifying to get back on top in only a year!

Kevin McCarthy

KLIF-AM 570



SUSPICIOUS MINDS ON “BEST DOCTORS” I WAS SINCERELY DISAPPOINTED IN YOUR RE-cent article “The Best Doctors in Dallas” [May]. I was sure it was an oversight on your part, but I did not see the advertisement label above the pages listed. Since this was obviously an article slanted toward Baylor physicians, I assume that they paid for those numbers of pages in your magazine. If you are in fact running this as a legitimate representation of Dallas’ best doctors, I think you need to look more into the sources of your information. Taking the names at face value from a research company really makes me wonder where the research company obtained their data. If you polled a good cross section of the doctors in Dallas, I would imagine that 75 percent of the names would not be Baylor physicians.

PETER D. BEITSCH, M.D.

DALLAS

EDITOR’S NOTE: Approximately 31 percent of the 283 doctors listed are affiliated with Baylor.

WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF US?

Although I was happy to see that “Dating After 35” [May] was upbeat, hopeful, and even somewhat helpful, I was also deeply disappointed with the section entitled “Try God’s Meet Market.”

In a city of approximately 1 million people, 35,000 of which are Jewish, did it not occur to the writer or editor that possibly not all single people in Dallas are Christian and therefore would not attend a church? For your information, there are many synagogues in Dallas, most of which offer active singles programs. Additionally, there are political and social organizations such as the Jewish Federation, the American Jewish Committee, and the American Jewish Congress, to name a few, that are terrific meeting grounds for Jewish singles. I am sure there are similar organizations and places of worship for the many other single, non-Christian citizens of Dallas.

Certainly I know that you could not have listed every possible avenue through which single people may meet one another, nor could you have covered every ethnic or religious background. However, many people look to your magazine to discover Dallas and find out what it has to offer. I only hope that you try to remember that Dallas is a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, multi-religious city.

AMY DARROW

DALLAS