April 16, 2009 RSS feed / Letters

Doesn't want new zoning for the old Kmart location

Although it's reassuring that the Thousand Oaks City Council voted 4-1 not to allow Home Depot to rebuild at the former Kmart at Hampshire and Foothill, More...

Free enterprise was the biggest loser in city hall

I was watching the government channel tonight and caught a rerun of the debate over the proposed Home Depot and the Thousand Oaks City Council. More...

The city should repay Home Depot for all its trouble

Since our "esteemed" City Council in all its infinite wisdomvoted against Home Depot being built in our fair city, after initially voting for accepting the planning commission's Environmental Impact Report that would allow Home Depot More...

Public has a right to know about all school consultants

This is in response to a letter from Paul Kessler in the April 2 Thousand Oaks Acorn . He wrote, "You'd also add transparency to district contracting. Will this ever happen?" No , not at Conejo Valley Unified School District. More...

State and federal politicians are spending too much

Tina Aschenbrenner Sandoval fails to recognize her own role in the budget cuts with her tiresome, predictable and bitter April 9 letter ("Teachers must be paid if we want firstrate education"). How dare anyone oppose her views! More...

One supermarket wasn't prepared for Passover

On April 7, I went into the Ralphs store on Moorpark Road in Thousand Oaks to purchase items for Passover. More...

Thanks to kids, the future is bright in our local schools

Our children our fabulous! Here's why: In these trying times, it's easy to tune out the cries for help. More...

Competition lives because of the council's decision

The argument against another Home Depot in Thousand Oaks isn't just about its competition with Do-it Center. Neither is it only about the Environmental Impact Report or the traffic. More...

Do it Center wins again, unlike the consumers of T.O.

After several years of intense work by the city staff and Home Depot people, a plan was completed at great expense for everyone. The residents of Thousand Oaks voted the project in on a special election costing the city over $70,000. More...

Ventura County is making a mistake on library fees

I read with interest "County wants to stop paying nonresident library fees" in the April 9 Thou sand Oaks Acorn . More...

Who else was victimized by the 'charming couple'?

Chances are, several T.O. Acorn readers will recognize the names Terry and Cheri Tucker, especially after last week's story ("'Charming couple' leaves a path of financial destruction"). More...

A dark side exists on many aspects of humanity

In response to the April 2 letter, "Drug users cause murders they don't know about," I have to say that if guilt were truly useful as a tool for motivation, the world would be a different place. The headline is semi-true. More...

The White House has a new Irish American president

Democrats have finally elected two Irish Americans to the presidency: John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama. A top of the mornin' t'you and a happy St. Patrick's Day past. Samuel M. Rosen Newbury Park More...