WM responds to settlement with Air Resources Board
      In response to the article that ran on Nov. 30 and a Dec. 14 Letter to the Editor, I wanted to clarify the situation between Waste Management and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) as it relates specifically to Ventura County and the city of Simi Valley.
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Time has come for Santa Su to get its new theater
      I know that there are schools that need improvement. I understand that. But the students at Santa Susana Magnet School have been waiting patiently for the new theater building and modernization that was promised to them years ago.
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Concerned about contamination from the field lab
      *Editor's Note: The following letters were submitted by seniors from Santa Susana High School as part of an assignment from their government teacher, Matt Long.
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Green building program is great
      I was pleased to read that the Simi Valley City Council wants to adopt a green building program. With the success of Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth," awareness for global warming is at an all-time high, and I am glad that the town I live in is trying to do something about it.
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Public needs to be reminded to check fire alarms
      As stated in a previous story, an older lady was killed in a house fire started in the kitchen ("Firefighters find woman dead after fire that started in her kitchen," Nov. 30). In the beginning of the article it seemed like an accident, but then I was startled by the statement that Capt.
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System should alert public of polluted beaches
      The pollution of California beaches has gotten out of control, and the government needs to establish an effective system that will help decrease the threat of safety for humans. The system that we have in place now takes too long to get results back, which doesn't enable us t...
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Water is a resource we must protect
      I was glad to read the article stating that the water treatment plant had been approved. Recently, much of the focus has been on fossil fuels running low. There have been investigations and experiments with ethanol as a source of energy for decades, not to mention the ridiculous amount...
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Ron Paul is the right choice
      An interesting thing has been happening in the 2008 presidential elections. While the democrats have a pretty clear candidate, the Republicans still don't have an obvious choice.
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