SchoolPower Welcomes Financial Transparency
Editor,
Last week, a letter to the editor (“SchoolPower’s Strategic Options,” May 11) raised questions about SchoolPower’s salaries and expenses. SchoolPower is committed to being...
Making Room for Dissent
Editor,
Count me among many who admire PTA and Schoolpower leader Tammy Skenderian. Her commentary “Allow Stress-Free Semester Break” (Letters, April 20) invites respectful dialogue on...
Where She Stands
Editor,
In a time when small district congressional elections are making news on the national scene, we here in the 48th district (which encompasses Laguna...
Spare Taxpayers the Cost of a Garden
Editor,
It’s interesting that South Laguna, Village Laguna and Ann Christoff would embark on a deal that was never legally consummated.
That they should have gone...
Finding our Way
Editor,
In 1964 a new home development known as Park Avenue Laguna was built by Leslie Homes on Top-of-the-World. The homes were single and two...
Summer Kicks Off at West Street Beach
Editor,
Lesbians, bisexuals, gays and trans people from around the world will converge on Laguna's friendly L.B.G.T. international beach, West Street, on May 25-28, if...
Poet Laureate’s Inaugural Efforts Win Praise
Editor,
(This letter was also addressed to the mayor.)
We would like to congratulate you on the success of the first poet laureate program in Laguna...
Schoolpower’s Strategic Options
Editor,
We all owe thanks to Robin Rounaghi for five years of upbeat boosterism in our schools ("Schoolpower Leader to Assist in Filling Her Own...
Bring the Bard to the Playhouse
Editor,
Since Laguna Beach is a hub of tourist activity in the summer, I feel the Laguna Playhouse is missing out on an opportunity to...
Chamberlain Memorial Set
Editor:
In the past year we've lost in succession, three longtime community members, Stu Staffer (May 20, 2017), John Abbott Gardiner (Oct. 24, 2017), and...
Silence Is Not Golden
Editor,
At the April 17 meeting, the City Council sat silent when discussion emerged. On “sanctuary” cities, Council members sat like mummies as Kelly Boyd...
Help Me Stay in the Town I Love
Editor,
The City Council is considering making it impossible for me and 2,592 other Laguna Beach homeowners to age in place.
I am a senior who wants...
Plan Obstructs Rather Than Encourages Granny Flats
Editor,
The City Council will be considering an ordinance regarding the restriction/regulation of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU’s) sometimes referred to as “granny units” on May...
Can You Hear Me Through All the Noise?
Editor,
As a Laguna Beach resident for nearly 20 years, I am hugely offended by the fact that Council member Toni Iseman has singled out...
They did it Again
Editor,
Laguna’s best kept secret is the Laguna Beach Chamber Singers that give free concerts twice a year. Sunday, April 29, they performed at the...