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I'm responding to the Sept. 18 Acorn editorial that said the school board's 3-2 decision to close Meadows and University elementary schools, while mishandled, was necessary. The opinion suggests that I, as one of the candidates running for the school board to reverse this decision, am just trying to impress the voters who don't know any better. More ... I'm opposed to increasing class sizes since we already have the largest class sizes in the nation. Our high schools have 38 to 42 students per teacher. If we are to continue doing a great job of educating our children, we must close two schools. More ... Tina Aschenbrenner Sandoval proved Mike Dunn was right. He was right about the CTA agenda. Their first priority is to "protect and promote the wellbeing of its members" as quoted from their website, not a misquote like Tina did to Dunn. They also advise people how to vote. More ... Regarding Samuel Rosen's Sept. 11 letter ("Voting for change on Election Day"): the average West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil price per barrel in 1987 was $17.75, in 1998 it was $11.91, and in 2003 it was $27.69. Did you know that Exxon Mobil made record profits in 1998, 1999, 2000 and not again until 2003? More ... The Thousand Oaks Acorn welcomes Letters to the Editor and other comments and suggestions. Letters should not exceed 350 words and please, no more than one letter per month. Letters must be received by 11 a.m. Friday for publication the following Thursday. Holidays advance the deadline by 24 hours. Handwritten letters are acceptable if they are legible. More ... In last week's letters, a writer implied that an earlier contributor, Sherry Jensen, wasn't being truthful about John McCain's divorce and the circumstances that led to him being a prisoner during the Vietnam War. Jensen provided a list of information that she said verifies the accuracy of her letter. More ... Letters RSS feed |
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