Justin Ruhge - Lompoc

I was reading through Erik Huber’s letter “The folly of nationalism” in the Nov. 15 edition of the Sun. I was wondering about the purpose of his historical review of the so-called issues of “nationalism” and wondering why he wrote the letter with all kinds of nasty comments on the past world history for 100 […]

Mayor Bob Lingl, who is the best mayor Lompoc has had in the past 10 years, is retiring. Mayor Lingl, who beat out ex-Mayor John Linn, has been a blessing to Lompoc for the past four years. His well-attended Thursday get-togethers, “Coffee With Bob,” has provided badly needed visibility on city issues. The city of […]

The Yellow Canary seemed to be  very concerned about housing for farmworkers in Santa Maria in its April 12 column (“Making it Worse“). Yes, we need the workers. Our experience in Lompoc is worth noting. In the past year we have had two visits from Mexican workers who work in our fields. They come in […]

Thanks for publishing my letter entitled “Not the NRA” (March 29). But right under it you stick in the clueless “Speak Out” (March 29) Yellow Canary column. In my letter, I objected to the tyranny of the mob attacking the NRA for school disasters when the NRA has nothing to do with any of them. […]

The recent March for Our Lives rallies around the country focused their ire on guns and the National Rifle Association (NRA). The violence in schools and other public places is the result of deranged people who have some hidden or public agenda and think killing is a way to express that agenda. These break down […]

I had to wonder why you went to such trouble to compose your article “Time of Tumult” (March 15). It has been told many times. It was revisionism at its worst. Apparently you were using the Chumash Indians as your shill to promote your anti-oil agenda. The mission system did not harm the Indians, politics […]

Thanks for publishing my oil letter (“Support offshore oil in California,” Feb. 15). But you insist on showing the anti-Trump jibber-jabber rantings of  McCalip (“Attack on U.S. farming interests,” Feb. 15). Isn’t some balance needed in evaluating the work this great man—President Trump—is doing for us? Trump has done everything right for this country. Washington […]

We strongly support the continued oil development along the California coast. This must be considered a No. 1 priority for this state. There should be no limit to offshore drilling. President Trump is right. We oppose the efforts of the radical Democrat, 24th District Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara), or 19th District State Sen. Hannah-Beth […]

The editors of the Jan. 18 issue of the Sun allowed my small conservative rebuttal letter (“Trump’s bluster gets things done”) to be published in response to the liberal McCalip’s big op-ed (“Trump’s bluster makes U.S. unsafe,” Jan. 11). So thanks for that. But then, in the next column over, the Yellow Canary assailed me […]

Last Canary was right (“Sand in their eyes” Nov. 16), those three stupid councilmen Mosby, Starbuck, and Vega forced Wiemiller to quit. We are all losers for their actions. Santa Maria picked him up right away because they knew how stupid those three are. They cannot stand anyone smarter than them and that is a […]

Just think about these numbers. Our federal government outlays for 2017 are $3.980 trillion, while the tax income revenues for 2017 is $3.315 trillion. That is a deficit of $665 billion for this year alone. The total federal debt is $20 trillion after eight years of President Barack Obama. Each year we have had a […]