Lowe's store made sense because of tax revenue
      Regarding Ms. Barker's letter to the editor of Feb. 28 ("Hospital is using scare tactics against the traffic initiative"), I'm pleased to clarify any misconceptions that any one of the proponents or opponents of the Traffic Congestion Initiative may have about my support of the Westlake Villa...
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Home Depot is an advantage for local residents
      I've been living in the Westlake Hills neighborhood for the past 32 years. I support the addition of a Home Depot to the old Kmart property. Many of us aren't buying new homes and are undertaking projects to improve the homes we're in.
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Parents tell why University school should stay open
      We're the parents of a firstgrader, and we have a preschooler who will be attending University Elementary School in two years.
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Zender's is moving to improve service and selection
      Anyone who has grown up, worked and served this community, such as I have, would be civic minded enough to want what's best for Thousand Oaks and all of the Conejo Valley area.
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Voters should give Gallegly's seat to Mary Pallant
      Thank you, reporter Sophia Fischer, for reminding voters about Mary Pallant's race for Congress in the Acorn newspapers of Feb. 28 and 29. There's an alternative for change and that real change in Washington begins with real change at home.
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U.S. immigration policy needs to be completely redesigned
      Ill-conceived, NAFTA has spiked immigration since the mid1990s; thus, our congressman aims to secure the border from laborers "bent on destroying our way of life." Oddly, Gallegly voted against NAFTA in favor of U.S.
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Organs should go first to those who were willing to donate theirs
      Regarding "Age shouldn't preclude patients from organ transplants" in the Feb. 28 Thousand Oaks Acorn , Lois Tumanello was very lucky to get a lung transplant. Over half of the 98,000 Americans on the national waiting list will die before they get a transplant.
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For the record
      Although the headline was accurate for Ron Siegel's letter last week ("Too much of Lang Ranch is for T.O. Little League"), the second of the following two sentences was somehow deleted: Our objection is not about children playing in "our backyard" because we absolutely welcome it...
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