Taxpayers should only subsidize housing for people with low income
     Who shall the city ot Thousand Oaks assist: a homeless single mother of three living out of her car or an intact family of four earning ($ fill in the blank) per year? It really does come down to that choice.
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We need more traffic cops, not fewer
     Regarding the letter in last week’s Thousand Oaks Acorn
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Letter writer must be a lousy driver
     Regarding the letter about too much law enforcement, it appears Ms. King should be more concerned with her driving habits than the number of police officers and deputies trying to make the streets of Los Angeles and Ventura counties safe.
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Company’s policy is only lip service
     Rockwell Scientific Company continues its efforts to develop a large portion of its research site in Thousand Oaks, property which we were told would remain open space as a buffer between the environmentally sensitive Arroyo Conejo and surrounding homes. When Rockwell expanded in the 1980
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Development takes more trees
     I live in Newbury Park, off Old Conejo Road. I’m sure other commuters driving down Old Conejo Road have seen all the pepper trees being cut down to make way for the new medical and office facility.
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With DDT, the cure is worse than the disease
     The Feb. 9 Thousand Oaks Acorn contained a letter from Diego Cruz titled “Bring back DDT.” Wow—I’m stunned. Upon reading his letter, I think of Saturday Night Live’s Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtain doing newscasters. Me as Dan, Mr. Cruz as Jane—or better, the
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Pump prices are misleading
     Last year the Mobil station on the corner of Michael and Borchard became an independent gas station and is now Valero. It has gone through many changes and this weekend I was appalled at the latest change.
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