August 5, 2010 RSS feed / Letters

Writer asks about congressman’s photo

As a liberal Democrat, I disagree with almost every viewpoint and policy position of my congressman, Elton Gallegly. His guest column last week on the subject of immigration is no exception. More...

We must demand crackdowns on high pay, pensions

The Acorn is correct when it states a local newspaper might have prevented the city of Bell from the embarrassing situation they’re now in. Oversight of all public agencies is essential if we are to keep public officials honest. More...

Hopes to see changes on T.O.’s City Council

It seems very naive, the comments made by the Acorn in your Opinion section of July 29 to call citizens apathetic. More...

Liberals and conservatives see things differently

This is how a progressive liberal–– Sherry Jensen––deals with people who have different worldly views than her own (Acorn July 15 letters, “The regressive conservative writer went too far”). More...

Why isn’t Gallegly offering solutions to immigration?

Regarding Elton Gallegly’s July 29 guest opinion, “American jobs must be reserved for Americans,” the congressman suggests that if we deported 11 million illegal immigrants we would generate 11 million jobs for American citizens. More...

California spends too little on public education

I just returned from a meeting with state Sen. Tony Strickland’s education aide where a group of us were discussing the need to fund public education better next year and in the future. I have to say I’m appalled. More...

Sees the tea party movement gaining momentum

What a pleasure to read three excellent letters in last week’s Acorn! I loved seeing Abraham Lincoln’s principles of freedom listed by Gloria Holtz. They remind of what Benjamin Franklin said when speaking of help for the poor: More...

Oil companies are out of control with ocean drilling rigs

I’d like to thank the Acorn for publishing the article on the plight of the people along the Gulf Coast (July 15 T.O. Acorn, “Local man documents oil disaster on film to tell story of deadly event”). More...