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Laguna Beach Independent Letters Section

Rebutting Vail, Disputing Entrance Decision

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Editor: Former Planning Commissioner Greg Vail charged in his recent column (“In Support of Entrance Decision,” Aug. 2) that my interview with Elizabeth Pearson on...

Why Not a Vote?

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Editor, I’ve been reading the letters-to-the-editor some for and many against the village entrance project.  I’m wondering who the project will really benefit most? Surely...

Laguna is Beautiful Enough

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Editor, There is talk of taxing us $125 million to underground the utilities. We had a power outage yesterday, and it reminded me that 25% of...

Recapturing Essential Local History

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Editor, Dizz's As Is restaurant is great but it's not 80 years old.I knew Rick and Shannon, the two owners who opened Dizz's in the...

A Party to Remember

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Editor, Re: “An Accomplisment of  Century,” Aug. 2 edition. The article was beautiful and Aunt Esther was so touched. Her birthday party was something I'll never...

A Looming Financial Crisis

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Editor, Although the economic downturn hurt our city as it did all government agencies, Laguna's current financial situation has stabilized.  Per the latest budget, we...

Tree-economics 101: My lost trees = My lost dollars. Who pays?

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Editor, Hold on a minute. With all the subjective talk about trees and views, let’s talk about objective economics. Let’s understand that there is a definable...

Criminalizing Homelessness Worsens the Situation

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Editor, Criminalizing homelessness by harassing, arresting or jailing the poor because they have nowhere else to go but the street should sicken all of us. If...

Exemplary Table Manners

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Editor, I came across the mountains from Bermuda Dunes last Thursday, July 25, to see the “Pageant of the Masters.” My friend and I purchased food...

Praise for Article Describing the Push to Bury Utilities

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Editor, Thank you for your excellent article on undergrounding! (Crash Spurs Advocates of Below Ground Utilities,” July 26). As you may have found out from your own...

Houston, We Have a Problem

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Editor, Since the institution of the drain-the-lagoon program at Aliso Beach, the amounts of sand accumulating on neighboring beaches is startling, and makes one wonder...

Pushing for a Popular Vote

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Editor, The citizens of Laguna Beach deserve the opportunity to vote on the proposed $50 million village entrance garage. We have reached a point in the...

Predicting an Entrance Bailout

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Editor, In reference to the proposed village entrance parking structure: In the Los Angeles Times on July 5 there is a report, "The O.C. Tollway needs...

Citizen Voting for Entrance

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Editor, The refusal of our City Council majority to allow a citizen vote regarding the village entrance project seems to confirm that the Council acts...

Championing a Plebiscite on Entrance

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Editor: On June 11, in a packed City Hall meeting devoted to the proposed village entrance, three City Council members voted to strip $15 million...