Letters to the Editor: Rep. Liz Cheney made the right call
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In this Dec. 17, 2019 file photo, Republican Conference chair Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., speaks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington. Sen. Anthony Bouchard, of Cheyenne, on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 accused Cheney of being “out of touch” with Wyoming for her vote to impeach President Donald Trump in announcing he will run against her.(Associated Press/J. Scott Applewhite)
Regarding “Cheney refuses to step down after Wyoming censure” (Feb. 8): It’s disheartening that Wyoming Republicans voted to censure Rep. Liz Cheney for backing the impeachment of former President Donald Trump. She was simply voting for what she felt was right.
When nostalgia is our enemy: Is it time for a Cliff House reinvention?
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The Cliff House sign is taken down on the last day of 2020.Santiago Mejia / The Chronicle 2020
When thinking about the Cliff House right now, as it permanently closes and landlords contemplate the next move, it evokes a previous crisis on the western shores of San Francisco.
There was once a roller coaster, a wooden sister to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk’s Giant Dipper, down the hill from Lands End on Ocean Beach. This was at Playland-at-the-Beach, a legit amusement park within San Francisco city limits, which popularized the It’s-It, hosted some of the best dancing in the city’s history, and housed Laughing Sal, the best nightmare-in-a-good-way attraction maybe in the entire world.