Letters to the Editor
Letter: Give People Choices
The irony of the Panic Demic is delicious. For decades, the climate change cultists have been demanding radical reductions in driving and they finally...
Letter: A Lack of “Common Sense: Bad Facts Make Bad Law”
It is discouraging that the Laguna Beach Independent has become a mouthpiece for right-wing lack of common sense in a time that we need...
Letter: School District Transparency At All-Time Low
At Thursday’s School Board meeting, District Administration sought approval for $100,00 in added funds for the law firm Rutan & Tucker LLP, exclusively retained...
Letter: Let’s Rethink Transportation
A rare “silver lining” of the COVID-19 crisis is a respite from the huge volume of day tripper tourists and traffic clogging our town....
Letter: Real Common Sense
Why do you have this obvious Trump supporter's opinion piece prominently displayed on page three of our local newspaper under the minsomer: Opinion: Common...
Letter: Forest Pedestrian Plaza
One silver lining of the pandemic – besides slowing our busy lives down for a reflective respite and a renewed focus on loved ones...
Letter: I Deleted My Nextdoor Account And This is Why
I joined the app Nextdoor sometime in 2019, but took a hiatus from the app until recently. I signed on to Nextdoor to inquire...
Letter: Rein In The Transportation Corridor Agency
I am writing to you today to ask for your support in reducing a significant tax on all Orange County residents that often times...
Letter: Part of Laguna’s Thin Blue Line
Clean Water Now (CWN) gives a big shout out and Marine Corps “Oorah!” to our Marine Safety brothers and sisters.
All of the attention by...
Letter: Traffic in the Time of Covid
Well, that peaceful pause for the planet was glorious while it lasted. But now that the contagion doubters, “freedom fighters,” the White House, and...
Letter: County’s Neglect Threats Lives
Inaction by the Orange County Board of Supervisors will result in infection, sickness and death from COVID-19 for many county residents including innocent children....
Letter: Laguna in the Time of COVID-19 – Reimagining Retail
I am positive visioning that Laguna will return to reduced but reasonable tourist levels this summer—mostly Southern Californians who will vacation close to home.
But...
Letter: Time to Rein Things In
The facts in Tyler Russell McCusker’s Opinion piece disappeared faster than JJ Gasparotti’s column. “Some people” want Laguna’s revenues to “take a nosedive?” Really?...
Letter: Paying for Closed Public Services
It is wrong and unjust to have to pay 2020 property taxes on April 10 when – due solely to the determination of the...
Letter: Supporting Local Journalism
I read my Friday edition of the Independent. Thank you for continuing to publish! I did wonder, how does a small, independent newspaper survive...