Board Perk Abuses a Public Resource
Editor:
Thursday's Brian Bromberg concert at the Festival of Arts was a truly fine event.
It's a shame that I couldn't hear the music because I...
Improved Traffic Flow 101
Editor,
Every day at rush hour, I look out my store window and see gridlock at Cliff and Broadway when vehicles coming from Cliff block...
A Memorial Day Thank You
Editor,
Thank you for the fine coverage of the Memorial Day ceremony at Heisler Park on Monday, May 27. The photos were terrific, especially the...
Laguna Does Not Survive on Tourists
Editor,
I read John Thomas’s commentary in May 22 edition of the Coastline Pilot, “Laguna Does not Survive on Tourists” (his response to David Hansen’s...
Surely a Compromise Exists
I am writing to you regarding the proposed Longi live/work project in Laguna Canyon. I am appealing to you today as a Laguna Beach...
Amnesty for View Theft
Editor,
Laguna is a paradox of sorts. A landslide strikes Bluebird Canyon and the city unifies to help. People open their homes, they voluntarily inflict...
Letter: Vote for Ocean Health
Who will you vote for? I will vote for someone who understands the essential role the ocean's health is to Laguna's quality of life...
In Support of Mayor Boyd
Editor,
We strongly support Mayor Kelly Boyd’s desire for and leadership position in acquiring revisions to the city’s View Ordinance.
We find it unconscionable anyone would...
Thrilla at the Grilla
Editor,
I recently had a fowl and corny encounter at high noon with a policeman and lifeguard at a Main Beach park concrete chess table.
I...
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...
Kudos to Take-Charge Cops
Editor,
Last night while walking on Forest Avenue after dinner my wife and I (along with several others) witnessed a loud verbal shouting match involving...
Lawmaker Opposes Anti-Corruption Bill
Editor,
I rarely see coverage of our local legislators and their voting records in the Independent. However, because Southern California sends so many politicians to...
Entrance is City-Funded Welfare for Businesses
Editor,
I understand that the council will now be giving a period of public input on the village entrance project. Still, I believe that until...
Can We Still Think?
Editor,
Thinking seems to have died in the so-called digital age.
On Saturday I took a packed trolley at 10 a.m. to our county library downtown....