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Laguna Beach Independent Letters Section

Quashing a Food Critique Reflects on School Leadership

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Editor, In response to “Young Food Critic Invokes Backlash” June 29, readers should know this is just another issue where our school district’s leadership should be seriously questioned and challenged. Noah Rosen was spot on with his review of the food quality and nutrition in our schools.  The request to retract his statement violates his First Amendment rights. That alone should be alarming!  Ironically, after conducting a quantitative analysis, the same results were reached. Our district has accepted a $100,000 donation given towards the food nutrition program for...

Missing Use of a Community Asset

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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...

Ruling Clears Pearson to Vote on Village Entrance

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Editor, Yesterday, I learned that Laguna residents Verna Rollinger and Jean Raun had made official inquiries regarding my legal ability, as it relates to the California...

Candidates Defy Sign Regulations

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Editor, Driving around town during election season, it is amazing the size of some of the campaign signs ruining our city’s aesthetics. Many of these...

Values Check

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Editor,   Mr. Dave Connell suggests that perhaps my values need a major overhaul because I don’t agree with him that view preservation in Laguna is...

Where is the Model for Fire Safety?

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Editor, Thank you Ganka Brown for noting the photo of the recent brush fire in Bluebird Canyon, demonstrating the volume of fuel that could go...

New Taxes May Fund Pensions Rather than Services

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Editor, So the city wants an additional $2 million per year to, according to the city's informational flyer, "protect beaches from pollution; provide fire and...

View Laguna in a Time Machine

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Editor, I just learned about a website which collects photos of homes in Laguna that have suffered view loss due to overgrowth of unmanaged trees,...

Objections to an Offensive Ad

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Editor, I was looking at your paper, dated April 19, 2013. On page 34, I found an objectionable advertisement by Mr. Felders. I object to...

Track Lock-out Lacks Justification

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Editor,   I am writing to express my strong displeasure with the recent decision to lock the tax-paying neighbors out of the enclosed high school track during school...

Will the Real Cottage Killer Please Stand Up?

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Editor:   This letter responds to Richard Picheny’s personal attack on me in a recent newspaper article regarding the demolition of old structures.   Mr. Picheny indicated that...

Greening Up the Wildlands

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Editor, Michael Beanan's Speaker's Corner column (“A Natural Beauty,” July 12) suggesting that the hillsides of Laguna be watered with recycled water is a fabulous...

Canyon Traffic on Verna’s Agenda

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Editor: Currently the traffic light at LCAD is set to go off immediately when someone pushes the button to cross the street. The traffic lights...

Detouring Around Car-centric Candidates

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Editor, I'm not voting for Bob Whalen or Steve Dicterow because they wanted to build a $50 million three-story car park at our farmers market. They kept...

Honoring an Unsung Hero

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Editor: I want to thank you on behalf of the Laguna Beach Woman's Club and the Laguna Beach Branch of the American Association of University...