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Democracy is alive and well in Thousand Oaks. Why? Because our friends, De Anna and Dan Goldberg, corrected a perceived injustice to their son by using the political system to make their displeasure known and to bring about a big change in the composition of the school board. More ... I'm writing in response to Robert Nguyen's Sept. 11 letter, "Self-storage is a waste of space." His points are riddled with ignorance. The first point he makes is that, with shrinking unemployment, the development will only employ two people. More ... I live in Westlake Hills, which is across the street from the location of the proposed self-storage facility mentioned in last week's letters. More ... I'm writing to voice my opinion about the election for our City Council and asking for people running to please deal with the following issues of importance: 1. public transportation 2. affordable housing 3. boards and commissions, letting citizens be a part of our government—participation is important—and 4. More ... A clear message from the Republican National Convention is that Republican voters respect character. In California's 19th state Senate District contest there's only one candidate who offers integrity and honesty. Many others see this; Hannah-Beth Jackson has four pages of endorsements on her website. More ... In Sherry Jensen's recent exposé of John McCain ("McCain no example of family values," Sept. 4 T.O. Acorn ), has she revealed verifiable information, or is it a Michael Moore-type of truth, like his mock umentaries? More ... After eight years of a "cow- boy" in the White House, do we really want a "maverick" for four more years? Steve Watson Thousand Oaks More ... It's a shame the first woman nominated by the RNC is so hard to support. I can't accept Sarah Palin's denial that global warming results from human activities, when overwhelming scientific evidence shows this to be true. Her close connections to Big Oil raise concerns for the health of our planet, and her husband is employed by British Petroleum. More ... In my opinion, GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin shouldn't have publicized her 17-year-old's pregnancy. If asked, she should have said, "It's none of your business." To say she and her husband are "looking forward to being grandparents" sends a strange message and is confusing to other teenagers. More ... I recently completed my Eagle project at Redwood Middle School in Thousand Oaks. I would like to thank some vendors who generously gave donations for my project so that it could be completed. More ... Letters RSS feed |
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