July 23, 2009 RSS feed / Letters

On pension plans, elected officials are totally spineless

Regarding the statement by Jere Robings in a letter last week, "It's been a contest between public employee unions and taxpayers, and sadly for taxpayers, the unions have won." I couldn't agree more, Jere, and I've also been a fan More...

Lang Ranch Park deserved to go down in flames

My hat's off to the so called NIMBYs (Not In My Back Yard) who banded together to successfully win against the old Lang Ranch Community Park. I was proud to work with them. More...

Motorcyclists are just trying to get somewhere

The answer to the question about "lane splitting" in the Acorn's "Ask the DMV" July 9 column is correct. More...

Unhappy with budget decisions in Thousand Oaks

After reading about the budget and city salaries, I'm a bit confused by the following items: 1. The city staff is getting a 3 percent cost of living adjustment (COLA) in January. More...

Conejo park district gets praise

I'm writing to express my opinion about how wonderful the staff of Conejo Recreation and Park District is. Jim Friedl, Tom Hare, George Land are great, and citizens should be grateful for people who care. More...

Needs to hear from accident witnesses

On Fri., July 10, at around 10 p.m. at the bottom of the Lindero Canyon offramp, the driver of a white Toyota Landcruiser with large chrome aftermarket wheels lost control of the vehicle and hit my car. More...