Outrage over traffic won't go away
      The people of Thousand Oaks have spoken. Intelligent residents are tired of the city taking a turn for the worse under the leadership of the current council majority. No one can argue that the past few years have brought us increased crime, smog, traffic congestion and excessive building heights.
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Democracy alive and well in T.O.
      I want to congratulate Thousand Oaks residents Nino DeFranco and Mojtaba Sedihgi on their efforts in collecting enough signatures for the traffic ballot initiative. I'm glad to see that democracy is alive and well in our fair city.
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Compromise on Rancho Potrero should have included restrooms
      I'd like to show my kids the newly "saved" Rancho Potrero, but they'll eventually need to go to the potty, and it looks as though they will be out of luck. It appears that some people want to prevent the construction of a public toilet at Rancho Potrero by denying the installation of utilities to the property.
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Has had it with political correctness over Christmas
      Are we letting the Grinch steal our Christmas again? The other day I got an e-mail from our middle school regarding the winter feast preparation. In it, this instruction was given: "Please make sure napkins and plates do not have things like candy canes, etc., or look Christmasy, as the teachers want to be sensitive to everyone's beliefs.
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Infuriated over the mortgage bailout
      Apparently the only place we read about the negligence and unquenched greed of the bankers is in the letters to the editor section. The bankers and their mortgage broker accomplices have committed fraud upon the American people.
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Our public schools are no ivory tower
      My heart goes out to the Goldberg family for having to suffer through what must be a very difficult and frustrating time as it relates to the penknife problem ("Citizens need to stand up for common sense," Dec.
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