September 10, 2009 RSS feed / Letters

Defends the importance of traffic officers

I must respond to Bob Meisterling’s diatribe against local law enforcement activities (Sept. 3 T.O. Acorn , “Cops should have higher priorities than writing tickets”). More...

Saving water is everyone’s job

I was shocked to read in a recent edition that water is going to cost more! But anyway, we do have a water shortage. However, I still am pretty surprised. Let me tell you what I think of this. More...

Residents are being deceived about T.O. Boulevard

Recent articles and editorials regarding the failure of the Paraiso retail center in Dos Vientos are missing the real story. More...

Woman’s dog problem wasn’t the shelter’s fault

I read with interest the Sept. 3 letter to the Acorn from Jeanne Armstrong (“The animal shelter goes too far in saving a dog’s life”). More...

Owners seem to be blind when it comes to dog feces

There are people in Thousand Oaks who have superpowers. Let me explain. There are some who have the ability to not see their own dog’s poop when they’re out for walks. More...

If national defense is important, so is America’s health

Just as this nation cannot endure half slave and half free, it cannot endure half medically covered and half without coverage. This makes America vulnerable to an epidemic or a pandemic. Swine flu is waiting in the wings. More...

Let’s unite and fight the proposed water rate hikes

Several weeks ago, T.O. property owners received a “Notice of Proposed Water Rate Increases” scheduled for November 2009 and again July 2010. More...

Planners are to blame for projects that guzzle water

With so much being written about many years of low rainfall, drought conditions and water-use restrictions, I have to wonder where the planners were when all the developments were approved with strict open space and landscape requirem More...

Everybody lost in retirement plans

Kathryn Levesque has made if very clear in her letters to the Acorn and the Daily News that she’s very displeased that public employees receive pensions while she and many others have lost money in their 401(k)s. More...

Pet owner could have found help

I was appalled to read that Jeanne Armstrong took her “well-loved pet” of 13 years to the animal shelter for euthanasia. More...

We need help to clean up our freeways

The first time I came to this state in 1973, I could only describe it as a paradise. Everything sparkled, traffic moved, drivers signaled, the weather was perfect and the state completely lived up to the mystique that was California. More...

Some neighbors are the best ever

Neighbors can sometimes be silent, loud, abrasive, obnoxious, rude, nice, courteous, and sometimes they can be heroic. Let me tell you about what happened to me. More...