April 18, 2008 RSS feed / Letters

Zoning ordinancwere put there for a reason

Electronic message boards 25 feet high with continuous-motion graphics? How ugly and tacky can Simi get? I'm afraid our lovely city is going down the dump. More...

Wants police to take mail box crime seriously

Thank you for your informative article concerning theft of mail from mailboxes. Unfortunately, my neighborhood has been dealing with this issue for a few years. More...

Many illegal immigrants don't pay what they owe in taxes

Patsy Lowe wrote: "Most illegals do pay income and Social Security taxes." I've heard that point of view before and what is never mentioned is this. More...

Speak out against plans to build in the greenbelt

According to an article in the Acorn last week, "Simi could reach build-out by next year," and Kim Hawking, the senior planner for the county of Ventura said, "We don't have enough vacant land within the SOAR (Save Open Space and More...

Creating a drug problem where there isn't one

Question: Historically speaking, what is the biggest single cause of drug epidemics among U.S. children? More...

Salvia article is inaccurate, sensationalized

"Parents warned of new, legal hallucinogenic drug." This is poor sensationalized journalism at its very worst. It is obvious no fact checking was done whatsoever. More...