The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, July 9, 1996                 TAG: 9607090002
SECTION: FRONT                   PAGE: A14  EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                            LENGTH:   22 lines

PRESCRIPTIVE EDITORIAL

I am grateful for the excellent editorial ``Rx for a better city'' (June 29). Congratulations are in order to whoever wrote it.

Editorials such as this one are just what this area's citizens need. It explains the problem (crime) and proposes step-by-step solutions for combatting it.

I hope that you will have someone at the newspaper fax a copy of the editorial to every city official in every city throughout Southeastern Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina and, also, to every school.

More editorials presenting the problem (whatever it may be) and step-by-step solutions involving public participation in cleaning up our cities will be most appreciated.

BRUCE H. BANKS

Norfolk, June 29, 1996 by CNB