Letters to the Editor
Letter: 9/11 and the Pandemic
Is there a pandemic or not? A little over 3,000 people died in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the whole country came...
Letter: Regarding ‘Our First Amendment Rights’
Due to the pandemic, local residents have foregone musical events, club meetings, etc. for months. Advocates of religious liberty, however, are citing the First...
Letter: Assistance League Winner
My old raffle ticket stub turned out to be a winner thanks to a Laguna Beach Assistance League volunteer. We had our workbench stacked...
Letter: What Goes Around Comes Around
Please Mr. and Mrs. Katz, litigate the City. Seriously.
This happens all too often, lax upper echelon administrators/analysts on city staff that constantly seem oblivious,...
Letter: A Message to the Mayor
In response to Bob Whalen, another feckless leader to go along with our superintendent of schools, Jason Viloria- both of you need to sack...
Letter: Response to “Tracing into the Sunset”
As a fellow Brit, nature lover and environmentalist, I hold that Malcolm Warner has been an astonishing leader of the Laguna Art Museum with...
Letter: Meterless Paid Parking Spaces
The Top of the World neighborhood is being inundated with visitors to enjoy the views and recreation opportunities at Alta Laguna Park and the...
Letter: Stay Healthy for 2021
2020 has been quite a year: devastating fires (e.g., Silverado Fire), violent protests and a record-breaking heat wave. What about the COVID-19 virus? A...
Letter: Why Are We Closing the Promenade?
Why are we closing the Promenade on Forest Avenue at the end of January 2021? This is the biggest question people are asking themselves...
Letter: A Message From the Mayor
Dear Laguna Beach Residents:
I know that it is discouraging to many to hear about another stay-at-home order—especially during the holiday season. I also realize...
Letter: Death Threat with a Laguna Connection
Back in the late 1970s, when I was directing the California Voter Group, a nonprofit organization working with high school students, a death threat...
Letter: Regarding Political Obsessions by Jean Ardell
I generally refrain from doing anything but laughing when I read Ms. Ardell’s Left of Center column. Perhaps the oddest thing about her column...
Letter: Regarding Defending Village Character
Dear Ann Christoph. Thank you so much for your astute observations about my lack of knowledge about the meaning of the term, "Village character.”
As...
Letter: Protect Our Laguna
Our city is losing its class and esteem. As an alumna of Laguna Beach High School, I grew up watching this quaint little artist...
Letter: Toll Road Opinions Are Not Toll Road Facts
My appreciation to the Laguna Beach Independent for the opportunity to correct disinformation published in a recent Letter to the Editor titled “Toll Road...