Artistic Touch Needed on Guards HQ
Editor, Like many of Laguna’s lucky residents, I walk by Main Beach on a daily basis. It’s with growing anticipation that I await the...
ASF Story Captures the Quandary
Editor,
And many, many thanks to you for the wonderful, pinpoint accurate story (“ASF’s Founders Sign Off,” News, Jan. 19). Wow, you really researched it...
Wisdom Workout: Outliving the Quilt’s Patches
About 20 years ago, a colleague of mine, one of my favorite men in the world, called to say he was in Laguna and...
Drivers and Skaters Can Co-exist
Editor,
I have only one thing to say to the members of SNAG (you know, the group of
folks feverishly working to make skateboarding illegal on...
Generosity Restocks Pantry
Editor,
This time of year seems to highlight one of the many qualities that make Laguna Beach such a magical place.
Generous residents left boxes of...
Pet Peeves
Dream Catchers
I was an old man walking on the beach lost in thought. I try to make myself have one big thought a day....
Letter: In Opposition of Restrictive Historic Regulations
On Sept. 29 our current City Council voted 5-0 to make listing a house on the Historic Inventory as “voluntary as possible.” Afterwards, I...
Pet Peeves
Signs, Signs, Everywhere a Sign
The school board race is heating up. The League of Women Voters hosted a recent candidate debate. The ground rules...
Letter: Against the Proposed Review Process for Development Projects
I am writing to express my opposition to the proposal, as submitted by City Manager John Pietig, that a City Council sub-committee of two...
Wisdom Workout
It’s About Timely
Time has developed the unsavory habit of speeding. In fact, I suspect it has been taking professional driving lessons and is...
Homeless Volunteer for Depot Clean Up
Editor,
If you’ve ever been by the bus station on Broadway in Laguna Beach, you’ve probably noticed how dirty it is. It is one of the filthiest places in...
Survey Reveals Areas of Customer Dissatisfaction
Editor,
A recent professional survey ordered by City Council, brought some good news and some not so great news.
Overall, the 405 folks that turned in...
View from the Woods
Show Me My Money
My first house was a tract house. The phase my home was in had been completed and the builder was in...
A Déjà vu Or Two
Editor,
A déjà vu or two.
A shiver I encountered with a déjà vu
of words similar evoked in ‘93 and ‘92
at the recent meeting on restoring views
about...
Write On About Riding
Editor,
Thank you for Chris Quilter's entertaining and informative column about transportation here in Laguna Beach (“Son of Susi Q,” Aug. 17 edition) .
I liked his...