Madison’s Unproven Claims Disqualify Him
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All candidates for city council should be commended for undertaking the arduous process of a campaign, where they are relentlessly questioned about every detail...
Can’t Support an Uninformed Candidate
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I read with interest the results of the forum for candidates for City Council reported in the Independent. I was disappointed to read that...
GOP Criticizes Zur Schmiede’s Campaign Tactics
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Rob, Toni and Village Laguna are the big money ticket in 2014. If you could buy an election, they win! But VL spent 10...
Letters Fail to Illuminate
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I think it is time for the local newspapers to stop publishing candidate-related political letters during election campaigns, with a possible exception for letters...
Crackdown Leaves Kayaker Stranded Onshore
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I read Micheal Ray's column about Fisherman's Cove. (Musings on the Coast, The Madness at Fisherman's Cove, Oct. 16) It is a shame that...
Why a Fulltime Treasurer is Needed
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Citizens of Laguna Beach! It’s Paul Merritt, your candidate for Laguna Beach City Council, with a critical expose of gross negligence and fiscal mismanagement.
In...
Voter Questions Brown’s Judgment
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What’s not to like about Ketta? Unpretentious charisma, great soccer mom, school volunteer. Good character not in question, it’s her judgment that let us down.
Ketta Brown...
Is Zur Scmiede a Committed Volunteer?
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I find it an offensive stretch of the truth that candidate for City Council Rob Zur Schmiede considers himself a "committed Laguna Beach volunteer" yet he only graduated in June from the...
Merritt Defender Takes a Stand
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The campaign for the Laguna Beach City Council is in full swing and I have serious concerns. I’m concerned that citizen groups and candidates...
Grossman Criticizes Council’s Lack of Responsiveness
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“I am writing Mayor Pro Tem Bob Whalen to complain. I urge you to do the same,” Michael Ray wrote in an Oct. 17...
A Battle Over a Ballot Description
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I was not questioning whether or not Ms. Hall has ever done community service (“Hall Rebuts a Voter’s Assumption,” Letters, Oct. 17). I was...
Laguna Needs Community Oversight of Police
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Santa Rosa established a community and local law enforcement task force following a shooting by Deputy Erick Gelhaus, who believed the airsoft rifle the...
Iseman Earns Writer’s Gratitude
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I appreciate the learning I've received from the City Council candidates forums.
As a result, I am more aware of the intricacies of what it...
Hall Represents Fresh Ideas
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Michele Hall and I go way back, at least 20 years. She is a hard worker, does her homework and is not afraid to...
Hall Rebuts a Voter’s Assumption
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As a candidate for city council, I understand completely that residents who do not agree with or question some of my positions are going...