Speeding drivers the biggest local traffic problem
     Regarding the April 7 article "Something new: Spring break license/safety checkpoints" by staff writer Sylvie Belmond: first, I don’t see anything wrong with checkpoints for such issues as checking for valid driver’s licenses, insurance, drunk driving and crosswalk checks as long as they a...
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Ventura County supervisor has it wrong on water
     The information given by Ventura County Supervisor Linda Parks to the Acorn and published in your April 7 edition is erroneous and misleading. The rate increase by Triunfo Sanitation District (TSD) is a result of an increase in the price of wholesale water by our purveyor, Calleguas Municipal Water ...
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McClintock has it wrong on education
     Regarding state Sen. McClin-tock’s guest opinion in the April 7 Thousand Oaks Acorn, as a teacher with over 25 years of teaching experience in California public schools, I remember the school system of a generation ago that Sen.
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Pit bulls
defended
     I was delighted to see the March 31 Pet of the Week in the Acorn featuring a litter of pit bull puppies. Pit bulls are regularly put to death at shelters for no reason other than being the target of negative media propaganda.
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No slack
for the president
     In response to Maurice Kane-shiro’s letter March 31 defending President Bush, I would refer him to a news story in Nation magazine revealing the defection of Saddam Hussein’s son-in-law to the United States.
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