March 11, 2010 RSS feed / Letters

The city is still wasting our money

Regarding the “New city logo being considered” story, the staff of the city of Thousand Oaks must stay up nights trying to figure out ways to waste taxpayer money. More...

Open classroom works well, too, at Conejo Elementary

After the meeting of the Conejo Valley Unified school board on Tuesday evening, I spoke to Mr. Witt, president of the board of the new Bridges Charter School. More...

Bridges will go into University if the district is wise

As a concerned citizen, I’m confounded by Conejo Valley Unified School District’s recent action regarding the University Elementary site. More...

Voters would be better off without Parks or Strickland

First, this letter isn’t in defense of Audra Strickland because she is an indefensible political opportunist in search of a pension. Paul Nicholson (Feb. More...

Prosecuting pot laws are a waste of tax dollars

A Feb. 25 Acorn article, “Medical marijuana operation in Santa Barbara ends in arrest of T.O. More...

Stimulus money supports unions, not much more

The Feb. 25 Acorn printed an article which started by explaining that Community Action of Ventura County (CAVC) would receive about $1 million in stimulus money to weatherize homes of low-income families. More...

Reasonable people can agree on climate change

In response to the letter “Climate change is propaganda by left-wing liberals” by Ron Roark, we’ve all heard the expression “ignorance is bliss.” Perhaps a more poignant expression would be “ignorance is dangerous More...

Elections are ugly enough without big business bucks

My commendations to Supreme Court Justices John Paul Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer and Sonia Sotomayer for their dissenting opinion on the issue of corporate funding of political candidates and issues. More...

Maps are more valuable than expensive logos

I read with amazment that the city of Thousand Oaks, which is trying to cut budgets and save money, tossed away $25,000 on a logo that looks like a dead tree. More...

School district leaders have their heads in the sand

Conejo Valley Unified School District needs to recognize that much of the current situation with two new charter schools is because of the district’s own actions and attitudes. More...

Logic will save money for public education

It seems that everywhere I turn I see recently closed businesses that have been replaced by dollar stores. These discount stores appear to be the only businesses still flourishing. More...

Wants Audra to vote for Linda

As a fellow Republican, I urge Audra Strickland to join me in support of Linda Parks. Parks has served our interests in East Ventura County well for many years. Let’s avoid an expensive, divisive and potentially negative campaign. More...

Our country needs to be rid of career politicians

There appears to be a growing consensus in America that our government is broken and unresponsive to the needs of the people. CNN ran a weeklong series on broken government, and many letters to this publication carry the same theme. More...

Fox News is vitally important to conservatives

Tom Graves stated that Fox News is a front for the Republicans. That leads me to believe that he has never actually watched Fox himself and is relying on those who wish to keep people from watching Fox’s interesting and educational shows. More...

Do yourself a favor and see or rent ‘The Cove’

Do you love dolphins? Please help them. Enjoy them in the wild. More...

Still excited about the Olympics

Scott Hamilton called figure skater Yu-Na Kim, after her long program, “a queen” and he said, “This was her coronation! Her program was perfect!” How do our children learn the triple lutz and triple toe loop? More...