May 7, 2009 RSS feed / Letters

Timing delayed the explanation of fire fees to T.O.

Regarding the Acorn 's April 23 story ("Inquiry over fire protection fees shouldn't take five months, Gillette says"), questions have risen as to why the fire district's report back to the city of Thousand Oaks will take until August to be More...

Swine flu has been hyped to the max

It's a fact that more than 30,000 people die each year in the U.S. from some form of influenza. That equates to about 82 deaths per day or about 575 every seven days in the U.S. alone. More...

Terrorists deserve to be treated just like 9/11 victims

In his recent letter to the Acorn , Michael Preddy expressed his opinion about how the enhanced interrogation techniques, used on terrorists by the Bush administration, were at the expense of losing our nation's values and our natio More...

Miss California defined marriage correctly in pageant

Apparently Miss USA contestants aren't allowed to share their opinion on a topic even when directly asked by a "judge." Our own Miss California was asked whether other states should follow Vermont's precedent in legislating samesex marriage. More...

Thieves have no idea the amount of grief they cause

In a single moment, my son's life changed in ways a thief might never imagine. After all, why would a thief care about the devastating ripple effect of something stolen from another? More...

Westlake writer sounded arrogant

Regarding the letter from Jeffrey Wissot in the April 30 Thousand Oaks Acorn lamenting the fact that he may be inadvertently connected, however mildly, to the (yikes) city of Thousand Oaks, I want to reassure him that no one would e More...

Tea Party on Tax Day was a nonpartisan event

I wish to respond to two letters in the April 23 Acorn . Richard Browne, let me set the record straight: the Thousand Oaks TEA party was non partisan and funded by no one . We made our own signs and had no other expenses. More...

Didn't like tax and spend under Bush, doesn't like it now

One of your April 23 letter writers requested to hear from an attendee of the TEA Party on Tax Day to answer his questions and address his allegations. Well, here I am. His question: Where were we during the Bush years? More...

Trying to stop the National Day of Prayer is wrong

Thurs., May 7 is the National Day of Prayer. This has been a tradition since 1952, so why is a group called Freedom from Religions trying to ban it? We Christians don't force them to pray, so why are they trying to stop us from praying? More...