March 18, 2010 RSS feed / Letters

Why not student competition on the design of city logo?

Recently there was a picture of the proposed new logo for the city of Thousand Oaks. This logo cost the city $25,000, which is appalling, especially for such a trite piece of work. More...

Vote for Parks and live in the future, not in the past

It’s unfortunate during a political season that negative attacks are hurled from a long time ago and from a galaxy far, far away. In a March 11 letter (“Voters would be better off without Parks or Strickland”), Mr. More...

The county budget is in good hands with Linda Parks

Jobs are on everyone’s mind these days, and Supervisor Linda Parks’ foresight has saved us jobs, helped keep the economy afloat and enabled Ventura County to throw a lifeline to everything from law enforcement to libraries. More...

Conejo district should stay out of preschool services

The staff at Conejo Valley Unified School District showed its true agenda during a recent board meeting. More...

Washington, D.C., has forgotten its only true function

Regarding global warming or global climate change––whatever you want to call it–– just follow the money. More...

Business board needs members

The city of Thousand Oaks is seeking residents to fill five openings on the Business Roundtable. The filing deadline has been extended to March 24. The Business Roundtable advises the City Council on business issues within the community. More...

Students should have participated

I was delighted to see a new logo and that the city shopped locally and used Mustang Marketing. But I was really disap pointed neither Andrew Powers or Mary Lech thought to throw this out to the local schools. More...

Responsible voters will ignore dirty campaign tactics

Wouldn’t it be tragic if the citizens of our community and the county allowed themselves to be bamboozled by a heavily financed attack campaign on Supervisor Linda Parks, who’s up for reelection in June? More...

If you believe in property rights, vote for Strickland

I was an attendee at the March 2 Ventura County Supervisors meeting. The meeting room was fairly full. Those who chose to speak filled out forms with their names, addresses and whether they were pro or con on the issue at hand. More...

Let the people decide healthcare in a public vote

For over a year we’ve been bombarded with the message that we must enact healthcare reform. More...

Always consider the source before accepting it as fact

Lie with conviction; convince your cronies to repeat the lie; pay people to repeat the lie; soon the lie becomes “public knowledge.” This strategy has worked so well for the fossil fuel industry that conservatives adopted it as thei More...

Children of illegals shouldn’t get public education

I have three children attending school in Conejo Valley Unified School District, and like all other California schools, we, too, are enduring major budget cuts from the state, with seemingly no end in sight. More...

Teen sentenced for murder

Luis Lima, 15, of Newbury Park was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for the killing of Juan Nabte, 21. In the late evening hours of Nov. 4, 2007, Nabte was shot while he stood outside of his home in Newbury Park. More...