Green Line debate unbalanced

I enjoyed Eric Moskowitz's article on the Green Line extension possibly terminating at Route 16 ("Whither goes the Green Line?" Globe NorthWest, Sept. 21) but wish the debate had been examined more closely. On one side: Thousands from affected areas signed the petition for the extension of the Green line to Route 16, which is also supported by our state and federal representatives. On the other side: A handful of abutters and the city officials who pander to them.

If you want to shine some light on this issue, I suggest that the Globe investigate the GLAM anti-Green Line group, whose writings bring up talk of culture wars and crazy schemes to avoid the Green Line in Medford at all costs. Even residents on the fence about this issue find it curious that while GLAM dismisses the validity of the 2,000-plus signatures on the pro-Green Line petition, the two dozen signatures they collected compelled the state Executive Office of Transportation to spend six months investigating an implausible red herring of a transportation scheme which rerouted the Green Line from Ball Square underground to Alewife.

Moskowitz is correct in identifying the conflict as one between old and new Medford. What is not acknowledged is that long after all of us are dead and gone, what legacy will be left for the even newer residents of Medford?

Margaret Weigel
Medford