Letters

Editor, I am thrilled to share that my wife, Chris, and I watched democracy work at the Laguna Beach City Council Workshop tonight.  All sides...

Editor, “Whatever civility might be, it has to do with courtesy, politeness, and good manners . . . Courtesy, politeness, and civility are all, in...

Editor, Please come to the Planning Commission meeting Nov. 13 at 6 p.m. and express your views about the planned 30-unit apartment style housing project...

Editor, While almost every Laguna resident supports the concept of artists’ work/live projects, very few support the massive and architecturally inappropriate project being considered for...

Editor, All good things must come to an end. Sundried Tomato is closed forever. And no one is more unhappy than me. They rinsed their...

Editor, Allan Simon’s letter in the Oct. 24 Indy suggested a grown-up idea regarding the village entrance (“The War Is (Could Be) Over”).  His proposal...

Editor, On Halloween, a friend asked me to help hand out candy to the trick-or-treaters on Oak Street, where 1,500 kids stopped by last year....

Editor, Almost 10 years ago I requested that the city staff place in my property file an 8 1/2 by 11 photocopy of my property, showing a...

Editor, Secured funding for further study of the village entrance monument/parking structure?  Really???  Get over it.  That “vision” has the appearance of an ego driven...

Editor, Translating flat design drawings into how a final development project will feel, inside and out, is often challenging for clients. As a design professional...

Editor, During robust civic debate after the City Council vote to move forward on a village entrance project, members of the Laguna Beach Taxpayer's Association...

Editor, I am writing again to remind your readers that before the village entrance debacle, there was the view preservation problem, which seems to have...

Council members: Just decide, "no funds will be authorized, appropriated, or expended before Jan. 1, 2015.” The Village Entrance War will be over for now! The...

Editor, The city of Irvine is in negotiations with home-builder Five Point Communities to invest millions of dollars in construction of the Great Park in...