Letter: Be thankful for small interludes
With negativity and bad news seeming to be everywhere around us, I want to give thanks this Thanksgiving to someone whose positivity and kindness...
Letter: Gasparotti is misguided
JJ Gasparotti is misguided; his conclusions are based on false premises. After reading Billy Fried's imaginative but fact-free columns, he decided that Weiss was...
Letter: Personal interests have no place in leadership
The well-researched article in the Nov. 10 Independent by Clara Beard did a great job of reporting the facts:
1. Shohreh Dupuis claimed that council member George...
Letter: Response to Skip Hellewell’s column
If the white Christian patriarchy, as represented by Skip Hellewell in your paper, would like to see American women having more babies, may I...
Letter: Update on Nepal earthquake
Many donors, friends and supporters have contacted me to learn if the areas of R Star’s work were damaged or people killed. There were...
Letter: Sneaky little postcards
I was saddened but not shocked to learn that our city government isn’t making much progress on improvements to either the transparency or courtesy...
Letter: Bully for George
When Billy Fried’s column first outed George Weiss’s conduct towards our former city manager, Shohreh Dupuis, several months ago, I concluded that it was...
Letter: There’s Still Time to Vote
I agree, having all the poles down and wires underground seemed like a great idea, but when the Woods Cove Engineering was complete, neighbors...
Letter: The pickleball predicament
Fans of pickleball made some “noise” at the Oct. 24 City Council Meeting as about 25 players, young and old, arrived with paddles in...
Letter: Thank you for 1993 fire coverage
Thank you to Mayor Bob and the Indy for their timely reminders of the disaster the Oct. 27, 1993 Fire in Laguna Beach was.
It is...
Letter: Laguna shares Lewiston’s grief
You knew another mass shooting was bound to happen. The only unanswered questions were when, where and how many fatalities there would be. A...
Letter: Close Glenneyre for ‘Sunday Parkway’
On Sunday, Oct. 29, the LA Department of Transportation (DOT) closed the 110 Arroyo Freeway to all motor vehicles from Highland Park to Pasadena....
Letter: Residents encouraged to take city manager survey
The City just posted a survey for residents to give input on selecting a new city manager. I encourage every resident to take the...
Letter: ’93 Fire touched the lives of Lagunans
The terrible Laguna Beach wildfire was thirty years ago, taking place on October 27, 1993. This unsolved crime was quite an event, touching the...
Letter: City should use electric lawn care equipment
I’ve noticed that the City maintenance workers use gas-powered weed wackers (trimmers), mowers and other equipment that is readily available these days in battery-powered...