May 1, 2008 RSS feed / Letters

Home Depot is funding the drive against Measure B

Two mailers from the same group opposing Measure B were received by residents in April. This group, Citizens for a Strong and Healthy Thousand Oaks, has a major funder, which is corporate giant Home Depot. More...

Resident doesn't want Home Depot close to her home

I'm a resident of Westlake Village. I live right down the street from the proposed Home Depot location, and I'm very much against them opening another store here. More...

Teachers union is again after Dunn

As most people know, it's been 30 months since Mike Dunn committed what, in the teachers union's eyes, was the crime of the century: He asked for feedback for when vacation should start. More...

Civic Arts Plaza is a boondoggle

As this paper may be aware, I ran for City Council in Thousand Oaks twice just to get the Civic Arts Plaza on the ballot. In fact, the city wouldn't even tell us what they were planning to build on the Jungleland site. More...

The letters are full of negativism

It's exciting to see the Thou sand Oaks Acorn become a better and better paper- what was once an advertising throwaway is now becoming a good source of community news. More...

Obama candidacy makes him worry about racism

Most residents of Thousand Oaks, Newbury Park and Westlake Village are very proud of their communities. They routinely boast about our beautiful environment, good schools, low crime rate and high quality of life. More...

Measure B is in the best interests of T.O. residents

Measure B isn't the "Do-it Center Initiative." This title is designed to mislead the public into thinking that Measure B is only a battle between Doit Center and Home Depot, which is trying to take over the old Kmart location. More...

Two trustees have served the district for too long

Conejo Valley Unified School District Superintendent Mario Contini and our school board president, Dorothy Beaubien, recently decided to cut costs by closing two of our elementary schools. More...

Union official feathers the rest of his comrades

Please allow an unaligned taxpayer an opportunity to reference Arleigh Kidd's comments published on April 17 regarding Tony Strickland's guest opinion from April 3. Apparently, Mr. More...

On animal shelter, critics should keep their mouths shut

For the last couple of weeks I've been reading the articles, editorials and comments about Newbury Park Feed's owner, who rescues dogs from Kern County shelters. More...

Disappointed the Health Fair has been postponed

Many of us senior residents in the local area were just notified that the excellent, effective Los Robles annual Health Fair has been canceled. This top quality medical program has been part of the local community for the past 10 years. More...

Award to Gallegly was totally hollow

The Acorn's April 24 announcement of Elton Gallegly's receipt of the Spirit of Enterprise Award from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce failed to note that this 2007 award was also given to 243 other members of Congress. More...