A Sign of Big City Culture
Editor,
The things I love about Laguna Beach are simple. We are a small town with a small population and don't build huge things like...
Stay the Course on Entrance
Editor,
(This letter was also addressed to the City Council.)
I am sorry I cannot attend the meeting tonight but wanted to give you my thoughts...
Project’s Design Cues Degrade Canyon Aesthetic
Editor,
Laguna Canyon is the main entrance to our wonderful town and we need to try to maintain as much of its original beauty as...
Solving Congestion With Peripheral Parking
Editor,
This week, the last of the old coin-operated parking meters in Laguna Beach are being replaced with smart meters. Please take a look at...
Build on the Shuttle’s Success
Editor,
I have heard it said that "We have waited so long. We have to do something regarding traffic".
I agree and would like Laguna Beach...
Wrestling with a City Entrance, Undergrounding and Views
Editor,
As usual, our city is embroiled in difficult issues, some of which are very costly and all of them very emotional. The divisive issue...
Will Farmers Market Be Displaced?
Editor,
If council person Elizabeth Pearson gets to build her high-rise car-lot and if you use and treasure our farmers market please consider contacting our...
Ode to Cars
Editor,
In '64 few cars drove after five but then one could on asphalt be and survive.
Fifty years since whizzing cars took oak arbors stripping...
Thoughtless Dog Owners Spoil a Public Park
Editor,
Taking a walk on an otherwise neat and clean Main Beach and Heisler Park, one notices dog poo at every few steps left by...
Granny Flats Approved Without Public Hearings
Editor,
The Design Review Board is being undermined in a surreal manner. Worst case: new homes
go through and obtain Design Review Board approval
during...
Impose a Measure of Accountability on Street People
Editor,
It's nothing new to have a large congregation of homeless during the summer here in Laguna. But after witnessing one of the regulars smoking...
Critiquing Actions of Two Elected Officials
Editor,
It’s hard to believe that Laguna Beach City Council person Steve Dicterow said nothing at a recent meeting to discuss the village entrance project...
What Are They Thinking?
Editor,
The city just received a $50,000 parking study that concluded we could have the functional equivalent of 200-400 parking spaces in the downtown where...
Fee Hike Requires a Coastal Development Permit
Editor,
The three council members that voted in favor of the current village entrance project have promised to institute a $1 per hour parking meter...