June 25, 2009 RSS feed / Letters

Some parents have lost track of accountability

Accountability. The word should be etched in the forehead of every parent who questioned the alcohol/ drug testing suspensions at the Newbury Park prom. The parents missed a golden "teachable moment. More...

Coyotes have a role to play in the balance of nature

This is in response to Dorothy Campagna's June 18 letter ("If coyotes put human beings in peril, shoot them.") Mrs. More...

TEA Party II is coming July Fourth

Thank you for your editorial of June 11 asking readers "Who wants to be a 'water cop?'" and to Brit-El Gibson's letter of June 18, who agrees that this country isn't about reporting our neighbors. More...

Home Depot: Stop playing with words

Home Depot is trying their version of "new rules" by calling their new proposal a "neighborhood hardware store" at the old Kmart facility. Zoning which allows a small neighborhood grocery store doesn't mean a Wal-Mart superstore. More...

To help The Lakes make money, his fee is only $50,000

Hey, I see that The Lakes shopping center sales are down and, also, there are too many RVs parking on city streets. Maybe the empty Lakes parking spots could be rented to RV owners for storage. More...

One letter with two questions

Regarding Dorthy Campagna's "shoot the coyotes" letter, doesn't our history tell us that our forefathers did the same thing to buffalo and native Americans? More...

In praise of coyotes

Regarding her June 18 letter, Dorothy Campagna's attitude toward wildlife, coyotes in particular, is to shoot them if they come around human beings. Native American culture teaches us that all life is sacred. More...

City officials have no monopoly on the truth

City of Thousand Oaks traffic commissioner Rick Lemmo's letter in the June 11 edition of the Thousand Oaks Acorn spoke of truth, but the only thing I found in his letter was opinion. Mr. More...

We need another Home Depot like a hole in the head

The Thousand Oaks City Council should be praised, not blamed, for not allowing a new Home Depot on Hampshire Road. Traffic is already congested at the 101 Freeway on- and offramps. More...

Reporting 'water hogs' is bad idea

We read with amazement the June 11 article about reporting our neighbors for misusing water ("Residents are encouraged to report water hogs.") It's amazing to us, and more than a little scary, that we are asked to tattle on those around u More...

Amateur radio enthusiasts will be 'on the air'

On the weekend of June 27 and 28, several Ventura County amateur radio clubs and groups will be polishing their communications skills for use during any natural or manmade disaster or communications outage. More...