Incumbents Not Attuned to Residents Concerns
Editor,
Do you want a City Council person who is more responsive to Laguna residents or to visitors? If you answer residents, your choice for...
Canyon Traffic on Verna’s Agenda
Editor:
Currently the traffic light at LCAD is set to go off immediately when someone pushes the button to cross the street. The traffic lights...
Moorlach Overlooks the Economic Impact of Climate Change
Editor,
For years I have followed Senator John Moorlach as a member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors and now as state senator. I...
Let’s Stop Ocean Pollution
Editor,
This letter was also sent to the City Council.
In a recent survey, 87% of Laguna Beach respondents indicated "ocean health" as their Number 1...
Proposed Parking Ban Based on Faulty Measurements
Editor,
Re: “They are among the residents in 108 homes on 14 mostly dead-end streets that splay off of Alta Vista Way confronting a potential...
Art, a Death-Spiral Reality Show, Part 2
Editor,
The Laguna Playhouse candidate forum was all but about art. The Alliance for the Arts even refused to hand out its original questions to...
Connecting Laguna Without Automobiles
Editor,
Multi-use paths serve an alternative to the automobile roadway for connecting Laguna's outlying communities with downtown.
South Laguna, Canyon Acres, Sun Valley, and North Laguna...
Village Entrance Redux
Editor,
The Laguna Beach Keystone Kops - pardon, the City Council - are once more dashing about, raising much dust but covering little ground while...
A Voter Who Supports the Challengers
Editor,
I am voting for Verna Rollinger and Judie Mancuso for Laguna Beach City Council because we desperately need enlightened leaders.
Mayor Steve Dicterow's latest scheme...
Art, a Death-Spiral Reality Show
Editor,
The Laguna Alliance for the Arts’ candidate forum exposed what is wrong with the arts today in a city that relies on its past...
Tax Measure Remains Ill-Defined
Editor:
In last week's story concerning the proposed hike in the hotel bed tax, I was quoted as saying I do not think this measure...
Guest column
Opponents to Measure KK Speak Out
We are responding to Billy Fried's column on behalf of a group of concerned citizens called “Together Laguna Can...
School Candidates Deserve More Scrutiny
Editor:
Last week the Indy ran a story about School Board candidate Peggy Wolff that was more glowing and effusive than what her public relations...
Evaluating Treasurer Candidates by Investment Return
Editor,
The city treasurer is responsible for "managing" Laguna’s investment funds, but California Government Code Sections 53600 seq. and California local agency investment guidelines prescribe...