August 13, 2009 RSS feed / Letters

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‘Live and let live’ with coyotes? Not now, not ever

I moved to Newbury Park in January 2008 and had a cat. The neighbors warned me to keep the cat indoors because of coyotes. Unfortunately, one day my cat never came home. More...

The health of a nation is at stake; why let lobbyists contol the debate?

I can’t help wonder where Mr. Holm gets his information, most likely Fox News or Rush Limbaugh. More...

Eventually, only rich people will afford healthcare

If universal healthcare is socialized medicine, then please describe the VA hospital system. If universal healthcare is socialism, please describe Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security Supplemental Security Income (SSI). More...

Generating power from the wind may exceed the cost

After reading a couple of articles about Continental Wind Power opening a new plant in our area, I visited their website. I went to the “contact us” section and submitted a couple of questions. More...

Taxpayers bilked on pensions, healthcare is next

In the July 30 issue of the Acorn , Samuel Rosen wrote in his letter, “It must be noted that most of the state retirement funds are derived from CalPERS (California Public Employees Retirement System) investments with little bu More...

Protestors of health plan are ordinary citizens

How dare Obama and the White House say the protests against his healthcare reform are “staged” or “phony.” More...

Details no concern to healthcare critic

In the first line of his July 30 letter to the editor (“Doesn’t want a healthcare plan”), Ray Holm confesses that he doesn’t know what’s being proposed in the president’s healthcare plan. More...

Marijuana is a stepping stone to stronger drugs

Recently our community received information from news agencies relative to the medical use of cannabis sativa (marijuana) as an enhancement for pain relief for a variety of illnesses. More...

Baseball athletes of Thousand Oaks are outstanding

I could talk about the impressive 15 wins and two losses that the team had in postseason play, or the fact that they outscored their opponents 120 to 50 runs in the 17 games that the Thousand Oaks Big League team played, but I won’t. More...