Today's letters: Sparks Street, and Hurricane Irma

Maybe we should forget about improving Sparks Street, says one Citizen reader. Others react to our Saturday letters package on Hurricane Irma. You can write to us too, at letters@ottawacitizen.com And you can find our guidelines here. 
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Sparks Street’s glory days are over
Re: Mayor vows to play ‘hand-on’ role in efforts to revitalize Sparks Street, Sept. 16.
Sparks Street has definitely lost its spark from its early days, when it was the definitive meeting place: th