Choose the City Manager wisely
     One of the most important decisions facing the Thousand Oaks City Council is the hiring of the next City Manager who will face the new challenges that will confront our city.
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I love the dog park
     I read so many letters to the editor that talk about what’s wrong in our town. I want to spotlight something that’s really right and working in Thousand Oaks; and that’s the dog park.
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Use the language very carefully
     I was recently in Penney’s at the Oak Mall and I noticed a table of nicely embroidered shirts for mothers and grandmothers. Both shirts were Disney products: one shirt had Winnie the Pooh and another had Mickey Mouse on it.
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Save the school
     As you know, preserving or finding a new use for Conejo High School has become an issue in Thousand Oaks. I hope the city council will decide to let the Ventura County Cultural Heritage Board investigate the options, rather than allowing the building to be razed without review.
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Should have picked up the phone
     The fifth anniversary of the Thousand Oaks Acorn this year is a wonderful accomplishment. As a journalist, I have read with interest some of your articles and editorials in the past few years.
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Be good keepers of the land
     Through-traffic to Dos Vientos could have gone through Borchard Road, but Borchard was "too steep," so it was redirected. It could have gone through Kimber Road, but I guess it was "too noisy," so Kimber was cut off altogether.
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Be good neighbors
     In today’s world there are many "interests" that need to be satisfied before buildings, roads, parks, etc. can be built. Usually, after every conceivable committee, commission, elected official, and many times the voters themselves have given notice, the cost becomes so prohibitive, the pr...
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Likes McCarthy
     It’s sheer hypocrisy when liberals like Ellen Geer, whose family established Topanga’s Theatricum Botanicum, lament the boycotting of anti-war celebrities and tie it to McCarthyism.
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What’s happening?
     Regarding a recent editorial, I am confused as to why "The Acorn" editor is feeding the fire of political divisiveness when this city is trying to heal.
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