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Do-it Center again exercises muscle to fight Home Depot
      It's important to respond to the letter published on Feb. 26. Fortyone people attended the hearing, not including the Home Depot representatives, to register support for the project. Second, the speaker from the Agoura Chamber happens to be the president, and on his executive board is Jess Ruf, the owner of Doit Center. Mr.
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If quality of life matters, send Home Depot away
      One of your letter writers said she attended the planning commission meeting with 40 of her neighbors supporting the proposed Home Depot in Westlake Village. She must have been including all the Home Depot lawyers and their other employees in attendance.
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Home Depot uses unfair tactics to sway public opinion
      Home Depot's consultants will say anything to get approval for their Westlake Village store. For example, they exaggerate how far it is to Newbury Park from Westlake Village: "26 miles to Home Depot and back from Westlake Village," says the video on the Home Depot for Thousand Oaks website.
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Criticism of Home Depot was somehow purged
      After the Jan. 26 Thousand Oaks Planning Commission meeting, I learned that a record of proceedings isn't always a record. As a concerned member of the community, I spent seven hours at the meeting until, around midnight, I finally got my chance to speak and give my reasons for opposing the addition of a second Home Depot in Thousand Oaks.
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The movie and TV industries are good for Conejo Valley
      In response to Mr. Forrest Frields letter in the March 5 T.O. Acorn , let me explain. For almost 20 years other states and Canada have been offering large tax incentives to Los Angeles film companies to get them to leave L.A. and shoot elsewhere, and it's worked.
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Movie makers help the economy
      Our entire family is "sharing our wealth" earned in the movie business with our fellow Americans here in California, when we are fortunate to be working. We have watched production run away to New Mexico, New York, South Carolina and Canada at an alarming rate.
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Encourages police: Write more tickets
      Mr. Erik Nordquist recently wrote he felt police in Thousand Oaks are writing tickets as a source of revenue. I'm glad they're writing tickets; tickets are a control, not a fundraiser.
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Disappointed with speed humps in North Ranch
      I am disturbed by the recent addition of speed humps on Upper Ranch Road. I had read about this upcoming event in the Acorn , and I remember it wasn't a popular event, especially in the eyes of emergency personnel (e.g. fire department).
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It makes his day to see Boy Scouts fighting hunger
      On Thurs., Feb. 26 we came home to find a paper bag hanging on our door knob from the Boy Scouts of America with a list of groceries needed for people in distress. On Friday, we took Patti to her hair bender and then went shopping and took the bag with us. As we selected items we marked them off the list.
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Let's control the pet population
      Thank you for the informative article on helping homeless cats through trap-neuter-return ("Helping homeless cats requires spaying, neutering," Feb. 26 T.O. Acorn .
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