February 18, 2010 RSS feed / Letters

Put Bridges on the University campus

Conejo Valley Unified School District is facing a budget deficit ranging from $7 million to $11.6 million in 2010-11 and is again forced to consider budget cuts, including school closures, staff layoffs, class size increases, financial concess More...

The Horizon Hills parents program is worth saving

I’m writing this letter in support of the exceptional parenting program at Horizon Hills (HH) and in support of the vital Conejo Valley Adult School (CVAS). More...

Excellent Conejo schools should use marketing ideas

These days everyone is trying to balance budgets, make cuts and find new ways to raise funds. It occurred to me that Conejo Valley needs to take advantage of a valuable asset––the Conejo Valley Unified School District. More...

Strickland is manipulating the political system

Recent stories in the Acorn and elsewhere about Audra Strickland’s intentions for political office–any political office?– caught my eye as a very strange manipulation of the American political system. More...

Fiscal conservative acts with extravagance

Is anyone else outraged that self-designated “fiscal conservative” Audra Strickland now has two homes just minutes from each other—an apartment in Thousand Oaks that she and her two young children are staying in to run a More...

Anesthesiologists could charge for boutique services

Regarding Joan Blum’s Feb. 11 letter (“Healthcare rip-offs are already taking taxpayers for a ride”), Joan is right, this is real discrimination. I want to be treated like anyone else. Discrimination is against the law. More...

Despite the snow, climate change isn’t going away

With record snowfall in D.C. and cold snaps in Beijing and Britain, conservative pundits and politicians alike are trying to use this to prove that global warming–more correctly called climate change––is a hoax. More...

Bridges would be an asset to parents and children

I support Bridges Charter School, which seeks approval by the Ventura County Office of Education. Why another school when districts are closing schools and increasing classroom sizes? More...

Routine pay raises are killing our public schools

Attention, Conejo Valley Unified School District: Here’s a specific way to save the parenting program at Horizon Hills. CVUSD and the unions could postpone step and column pay increases That saves the district $1.5 million. More...

On Strickland vs. Parks, just vote your priorities

There are lots of comments that can be made for both Linda Parks and Audra Strickland in the upcoming election for county supervisor. Please let me bring attention to two issues that each candidate stands strongly for: 1. More...

Unimpressed with Audra Strickland as an officeholder

I have an issue with Audra Strickland. About three years ago, my son found himself caught up in the “zero tolerance” policies in our local school district. More...

Water woes a product of political mismanagement

When I served on the Thousand Oaks Planning Commission from 1990-98, we experienced rampant residential and commercial development locally. The availability of water was and is always a consideration for approval. More...

Dissenting council member praised in Thousand Oaks

On Feb. 9, the decision was made by four of five members of the Thousand Oaks City Council not to appeal Superior Court Judge Glen Reiser’s decision to close Conejo Mobile Home Park. More...