Thursday August 20, 2009 DOWNTOWN PLAN Editors, Daily Planet: The debate over Berkeley’s downtown plan might become more grounded in fact if the city were to follow the lead of cities like Havana, which has a three-dimensional scale model of the city, showing any proposed changes to citizens before any changes are made.  Such an…

August 14, 2009 Letter Time for Leadership To the Editor: Re “Senator Goes Face to Face With Dissent” (front page, Aug. 12): If there ever was a time for leadership, now is the time for President Obama to make his case to the American people in clear and uncertain terms about what changes he believes…