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Laguna Beach Independent Letters Section

Critique Finds Flaws in Survey

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Editor, I am appalled, but sadly not surprised. John Pietig and his merry band at City Hall want to raise our taxes and they have...

Fire Season is Upon Us

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Editor, This letter was also addressed to Fire Chief La Tendresse Thank you for your comprehensive response.  It certainly appears that you understand the daunting challenges...

Students Put on A Show

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Editor, Monday’s (June 6) premier performance of 170 fourth and fifth grade orchestra and band students joined with Laguna's Community Concert Band in presenting an inspirational...

Police Checkpoints Are A Waste

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Editor, Police say that checkpoints are an effective deterrence to drunk and drugged driving. Of course they do, especially when the embarrassing lack of evidence doesn't show...

Protecting Quality of Life Requires More Policing

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Editor, (The letter also was sent to elected city officials, the city manager and police chief.) Until we can figure out how to legislate good behavior,...

Regulation is Not Realistic

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Editor, This is my response to Mr. and Mrs. Bell’s June 3 letter of rebuttal to my May 27 letter to the editor (“Step Up...

Adamantly Opposes Short-Term Rentals

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Editor, There have been many arguments trying to rationalize the need for these rentals by saying that: They are less expensive alternatives to hotels. They...

Offering A Traffic Solution

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The current push by anti-car folks to close off part of Forest Ave. is a disaster in the making. Don’t some of you remember...

JFK, the Beatles and Ali

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Editor, Growing up in the 1950s, I remember hearing people say you don't discuss religion in public. Well, 1960 presidential candidate John F. Kennedy was...

Why Not a Resident Vote on Parklets?

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Editor, The parklet experiment being conducted on Forest Avenue between Coast Highway and Glenneyre Street by the Laguna Beach City Council is nothing more than...

Long-term Renters, Too, Can Lack Civility

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Editor, This is a rebuttal to Mr. Milton (“Step Up the Pressure to Ban Short-Term Rentals Permanently,” Letters, May 27 edition.) Can you please substantiate the...

Elitism in Laguna Beach

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Editor, I want to thank the representatives of Village Laguna for pointing me to the short-term rental advocacy guide. The fundamental principles in the guide...

Short-Term Lodging Drains a Town of Community

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Editor: Our sister city, St. Ives, in Cornwall, England, is a popular seaside town filled with artists and writers drawn to St. Ives by its...

Cars are No Silver Bullet

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Editor, See "No Silver Bullet for Congestion" by Rita Robinson (May 20 edition). Back in 1999 a steering committee drafted a vision plan for Laguna,...

Foundation’s Mission Should Include Wildfire Protection

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Editor, The letter was addressed to Hallie Jones, executive director of the Laguna Canyon Foundation. The Foundation’s stated mission is to repair trails, eradicate invasive plants...