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The article by Andrew Ujifusa ["Town, state to discuss ways to quiet Purple Line," Aug. 26] states that "... the town hasn't conceded ... in its fight to keep light rail off the Capital Crescent Trail, which runs along the town's northern border...." In fact, according to the [Town of Chevy Chase's] online map, the town's northern border is East-West Highway, Route 410, and the trail intersects the town's northern border only at its western end, near Wisconsin Avenue.

By the odometer on my car, the trail is nearly 3/4 mile north of the town's northern border on its eastern end, at Connecticut Avenue. The houses north of East-West highway and west of the Columbia Country Club golf course, which goes most of the way to Wisconsin Avenue, are not in the town. And, if the town claims to be worried about the potential 10 to 20 decibels of noise from the light rail cars, why do they not complain about the typical 50 to 60 decibels of traffic noise from Connecticut Avenue, along their entire eastern border?

Nor did I hear of the town fighting against the B&O rail line when its rights-of-way were along the current path of the trail not too many years ago. There must be some hidden motive in the town's fight against the light rail Purple Line, which seeks to foist a high-speed bus route onto Jones Bridge Road, where it would threaten an elementary school and the children who use it and destroy part of a community, North Chevy Chase Village.

Perhaps one of your investigative reporters can find out whether someone is reimbursing the town for its legal fees in this fight, and in the process uncover the real motive behind a fight that is not supported by the purported facts the town itself puts forward.

Seymour Deitchman, Chevy Chase