Aural Ode of Protest
Editor,
It’s seven a.m. and here they come soaring/ the pilot in blue and their engines roaring/ where they are going it doesn’t matter/ because...
Article Helped Fill the House
Editor,
Just wanted to thank you for the wonderful coverage of "Presenting Mrs. Lincoln" and DAR in last week's Indy. Due in no small part...
Far Worse Consequences of an Oil-Based Economy
Editor:
Re: “Unintended Consequences.” Last week’s partially plagiarized “Letter to the Editor, Feb. 8,” linking reusable bags to higher foodborne illness can be found in...
Missing Use of a Community Asset
Editor,
It's been a couple of years since the high school all-weather track (which we all paid for) was closed to the public during the...
No Excuse for Inaccessible Information
Editor:
Our Laguna Beach School noard members and Superintendent Sherine Smith state that parents should attend school board meetings if they want to get up...
Calendar Change Made Without Consulting Parents
Editor:
I’m writing to you to communicate my frustration and displeasure with the school board’s sudden decision to change the district calendar.
My family doesn’t want...
Food Pantry’s Newest Friends
Editor,
We have great news for our Laguna Food Pantry visitors. Steve, the new manager of Crystal Cove's Trader Joe's, has invited us to pick up...
Waving the Village Entrance Banner
Editor:
In its recent annual 2013 retreat, the entire City Council voted to make a village entrance concept its number one priority in 2013.
As many...
Board Fails to Hear its Constituents
Editor:
The Laguna Beach school board has now decided for us parents, and our children, that the students of Laguna Beach would be better served...
Lack of Facts to Support Calendar Change
Dear Editor,
In a joint LBUSD School Board and LB City Council meeting held Jan. 29, Sherine Smith, superintendent, cited a 43% response rate to...
War-Plane Noise Survivor Dismisses the Fuss
Editor,
The complaints about the airlines flying over Laguna are incorrect in one area.
They are not at 7,000 feet altitude. They are at 14,000 feet...
Entrance or Money Pit?
Editor,
Village Entrance! How many studies does it take to satisfy the City Council? The Council ordered yet another study/plan for the beautification of our...
Unintended Consequences of Plastic Bag Bans
Editor,
I was talking to some of my Laguna "environmentally correct" friends yesterday about the new research from George Mason’s Josh Wright and Penn’s Jonathan Klick on...
Sounding Off Over Tree Obstruction
Editor:
Re: City Council Meeting of Jan. 15
Oh what a night
and it was a sight
to hear the plight
of our tree blight
that keeps an ocean view
to...
Motorists Fail to Heed Sign
Editor,
This is a highway traffic yield sign identical to that found at the corner of Forest Avenue and Broadway in Laguna Beach. From the...