August 12, 2010 RSS feed / Letters

T.O. Acorn isn’t serving the public

My congratulations on your self-serving editorial of July 29 (“A community newspaper would have made a difference in Bell”). It’s sad that the citizens of Thousand Oaks don’t have a “good” local paper either. More...

If you don’t like it in T.O., move somewhere else

This letter is in response to the person who’s in constant criticism of the way the City Council has run the city of Thousand Oaks. I’ve lived here for 37 years and have seen many changes, some I liked and some I didn’t. More...

Defends our local congressman

Regarding “Writer asks about congressman’s photo” by Tim Smight in last week’s letters, Smight asked for a recent photo of Congressman Elton Gallegly. More...

Ignoring the poor isn’t a good plan for our country

After reading Gloria Holtz’s seven slogans in your July 29 letters (“Disagrees with liberal Democrat”), I wish to reply in kind. My great, great, great big collection includes: 1. You can’t destroy the rich. 2. More...

Happy to disagree with conservatives and the tea party

Letters about the tea party movement and “Liberals and conservatives see things differently” deserve a response. More...

Conservatives neatly ignore their own hypocrisy

Gloria Holtz’s list (July 29 letters, “Disagrees with liberal Democrat”) is from William J. Boetcker’s “Ten Cannots,” not Abraham Lincoln. More...

No sympathy for residents who clutter our streets

I’m very pleased to hear that the city is finally taking some action to clean up the blight caused by every inconsiderate boob who seems to think that the public right of way is their own private billboard (July 29 Acorn letters, “Gar More...

Salaries are too high in our city

A recent Acorn opinion tells us the city manager pay of $228,000 and city attorney pay of $203,000 “isn’t out of line for a city the size and scope of Thousand Oaks.” More...

Use of herbicide by the city of T.O. worries her

Trucks from the city of Thousand Oaks have been spraying the curbs with Roundup to kill weeds. When I called the city, they said this is the same Roundup you can buy at Home Depot and it doesn’t do any harm. More...

Stop blaming unemployment on illegal immigrants

Does U.S. Rep. Elton Gallegly really think that our engineers, computer programmers and other high-tech workers who have lost their jobs would help the economy if they took the jobs vacated by illegal immigrants? Rep. More...

It’s disaster when conservatives win elections

This letter is in response to Barry Gabrielson’s Aug. 5 letter (“Liberals and conservatives see things differently”). After 30 years of Reaganomics, our country has virtually been brought to its knees. More...