Measure B didn't play by the rules; it will hurt the city
      Recently, I wrote the comprehensive analysis floating around of Measure B, the Do-it Center backed referendum formally called the "Right to vote on traffic congestion initiative.
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Another group sees the dark side of Measure B
      One aspect of Measure B that hasn't received attention is the effect that such a law would have on the development of new affordable housing, especially housing for low-income seniors. Measure B contains no affordable housing exception.
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Measure B is bad medicine for T.O.
      Measure B misleads the citizens of Conejo Valley by claiming to be about traffic concerns. In reality it's an attempt to limit retail competition in the area. Measure B denies us the opportunity to purchase the best products at competetive prices.
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Symphony lovers should be spared the parking fee
      I look at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza as a wonderful addition to the city and not a boondoggle as some might think. I have one complaint though. We are season subscribers to the New West Symphony and as such must pay $8 to park in the Plaza parking structure for each performance.
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New mall should kill the lights
      I am relatively new to the neighborhood of Dos Vientos. Since I moved in last summer I have anxiously awaited the opening of a what appeared to be a beautiful new Paraiso shopping center located right behind my house.
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Any kind of travel beats the internal combustion engine
      In all my years living in Newbury Park I thought I saw everything there is to see until today, Sunday morning, April 20. While chatting with some neighbors, a chariot came by being pulled by two Alaskan huskies. Of course one of our neighbors was riding the chariot.
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8 years old, and already worried
      I am writing this because I am seeing lots of waste in the world. At a campout for Girl Scouts I went to the lake nearby, and I saw a dead crawdad, dead fish, soda cans in the river, people catching fish, dead fish on a rope, bottle caps, trash in the river and polluted banks. I fe...
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Killers of mother duck deserve to be prosecuted
      On April 25, about eight teenagers were seen abducting 13 mallard duck babies and left the mother duck dead from a pellet gun shot to the neck in the Conejo Creek South area. There are a lot of sad and sickened children and adults in the surrounding neighborhood who really enjoye...
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Drug and alcohol abusers have three choices
      If you're habitually drinking and using drugs you have three choices: 1. Sober 2 Jail 3. Dead Let's look at all three: 1. Sober . Often you need to get tired of jail or come too close to No. 3, (dead) for the decision to embrace sobriety to kick in. You may need to lose your job, car, home...
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Not every juvenile should be tried as a minor
      Currently there's an open criminal case with the Ventura County District Attorney's Office. This case concerns a youth killing another child based upon sexual orientation. There are also civil rights' groups seeking to have the perpetrator tried as a juvenile.
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Nasty tactics a bad habit in politics
      As a person who is very tired of the political animosity that's been in play for a long time and the vitriol that's been spewed by both sides of the political spectrum, I was excited to read Tina Aschenbrenner's letter to the editor on April 10 that she "was writing her letter completely fre...
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Here's another project for a future Eagle Scout
      Hats off to Eagle Scout Mitch Engelking for his ingenious idea to post an official sign and distance markers for the Peppertree Park track. I've been an almost daily user of this track for eight years and have always wanted to know the exact distance around.
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