There is no pain like the pain of losing a child
      There are so many sons and daughters that have been lost in the Iraq conflict. They are praised and prayed for by many, including the parents. They have given their lives for a cause. They have earned the praise. There are many sons and daughters who have lost their lives while serving their country right here at home.
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Grateful police are being proactive about break-ins
      I have just read, "Police use decoy vehicle to catch suspected car burglar" ( Acorn , May 16). Recently, my brother's car got broken into right in front of our house, so I found this article very uplifting.
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No law against nofliers ordinance
      In his May 23 letter to the Acorn , Peter Carrube felt that his constitutional rights were being trod upon by the city's passing of the no-flier ordinance. However, he offered no constitutional support for this assertion. That might be because there is none.
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Letter's claims were far-fetched
      I remember reading the Letter to the Editor from Ms. Tapia regarding the missing Tenenbaum signs (May 16) and dismissed it immediately as absolute nonsense.
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The Arroyo Simi deserves better caretaking
      We've lived in the Simi Valley community for 25 years, and believe it or not there was a time when the city actually took care of the Arroyo. The worst part of this Arroyo I've seen is just east of Sycamore Drive and as far west of First Street. That green color in the Arroyo is where the water used to flow, and it was clear.
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Gallegly's op-ed did little more than point fingers
      After reading U.S. Rep. Elton Gallegly's op-ed ("Time to end our oil dependency," Acorn , May 23) I have only this to ask: Where has he been for the last seven years? Gallegly's op-ed reads like a desperate attempt to redirect blame for the energy crisis we are in.
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Family witnesses 'dognapping' on front lawn
      On Memorial Day my granddaughter's 2½-year-old Yorkie, a valuable dog, was taken outside a fence on Gibson Street, just past Strathearn. The dog got out, and my grandson went to get her. The house is on a corner, and as he rounded the corner he saw two Hispanic girls on bikes and a woman in a car.
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Happy that city passed no-fliers ordinance
      In full support of the proposed no-fliers ordinance; for most of us who go to our cars and see papers under our wipers, it's true that they usually end up on the ground outside our cars before we even start up our cars.
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