Another Round in the Visitors vs. Residents Culture Battle
Editor,
I am replying to Billy Fried's May 29th glowing endorsement of home sharing.
Billy, you open your "kibitz" portraying yourself as an open-minded world traveler who...
Ideas to Turn a Problem Into Revenue
Editor:
I suggest an ordinance to mitigate the short-term rental crisis in Laguna Beach. Such rentals are a right of the property owners, just as...
Plea to Save Trees
Editor,
Please come to the Laguna Beach School Board meeting June 9 at 6 p.m. to stand and speak up for the trees around Laguna...
Christoph’s Plantings Ignore Current Sentiment
Editor,
As a professional landscape architect, Ann Christoph, the designer of the slope
surrounding the high school baseball field, knew the eucalyptus and California
oaks were a...
Alternate Ideas Emerge to Lure Downtown Foot Traffic
Editor,
What ever happened to the project to fix up the alley behind Forest Avenue? Wouldn't that be a better location for parklets and dining,...
Let’s Stay Out of Backyards, Bathrooms
Editor,
When Gov. Brown announced mandatory water cut backs, he was asked “will the state favor one type of water use over another, should one...
Opposition Surfaces to Aliso Creek Skate Park
Editor:
Thank you for running Tom Osborne's column about the possible restoration of the Aliso Creek estuary. As one who grew up in Laguna Beach,...
Indy Columnist Gains a Fan
Editor,
Sometime back I came across an article under the heading "Wisdom Workout” in The LB Indy. It grabbed me and held me in a...
Short-Term Rentals Restrictions Trample on Property Rights
Editor,
letter was addressed to City Council members:
I’ve just read the news articles in the OC Register, Laguna Beach Independent and the Coastline Pilot regarding...
Where Transparency and Politics Collide
Editor,
The recent vote on the proposal to install streaming video in Laguna Beach school board meetings has tragically put one of our own in...
Tired of the Toll Road
Editor,
Am I the only one who is tired of being cheated and abused by the toll road? You know, the toll road that was...
Shopper Dissatisfied by Inventory
Editor,
I have to agree with Roderick Reed on the prices at Haggen's (“Haggen’s Price Pinch,” May 22 edition)!
I appreciated their wide, uncluttered aisles, but...
Laguna Does Not Survive on Tourists
Editor,
I read John Thomas’s commentary in May 22 edition of the Coastline Pilot, “Laguna Does not Survive on Tourists” (his response to David Hansen’s...
Bring Back the Lagoon
Editor,
The Aliso Estuary, a crucial and rare coastal wetland, is set to be restored through a $300,000 grant awarded to the Laguna Ocean Foundation...
Kudos for Embracing Open Access
Editor
Thank you and bravo to Laguna Beach school board members who voted to support a simple act of transparency: providing public video access to...