Letters To The Editor

Mr. Jones wonders why Mr. Smith refers to himself in the third person (“Does speaking your opinion constitute attack?” July 19). All kidding aside, I sort of agree with him regarding the Canary/Shredder guy/guys/committee/whatever it is. Are the readers to assume that it is one guy who snivels about all kinds of stuff? Why is […]

Thank you for printing the Gale McNeeley’s opinion in the July 12 Sun (“Put Andy in the hot seat”). How clear and insightful, well researched, and well written it was. It is important that the public understands what true local activism for the community good is, as apposed to lobbyists doing a job motivated by […]

In regards to Gale McNeeley’s “Put Andy in the hot seat: Lobbying—against global warming, for instance—isn’t activism” (July 12), I want to make sure I get what he said right: “Andy Caldwell is not one of them. He is an ‘opinionator’ with a ‘bully’ pulpit, and I mean that literally because, as a host, he […]

Being “fair and balanced” with animal torturers and their “respectable” clients is disgusting (“The last hurrah of foie gras,” 6/28). It is like giving Hitler’s rationale for killing human millions “balanced” coverage. It shows the amorality of American “objective” journalism. Some indecencies are repugnant, and must be treated as such by any decent person. A […]

Freeway off ramps have breakdown lanes on the right separated by a white line. A disabled vehicle can safely pull into these lanes. During the car show the weekend of June 16, these lanes were used for parking; the alternative being a spot halfway to Nipomo. After a happy, festive day of wandering through the […]

“Farming’s dark side?” (June 7) by Kathy Johnston was rather shocking in the fact that farmers are blamed for the Central Coast drinking water pollution. Even with regulations, monitoring tier upon tier of all approved and regulated pesticides, herbicides, and nutrients, even with rules in place from numerous regulatory agencies—Regional Water Quality Control Board, State […]

Thank you, Ryan! What a wonderful tribute to the joy of going into a public library (“On the books,” June 7). And you know what? Four-hundred, seventy-five members of the Morro Bay Friends of the Library agree with you! These fine folks actually do pay a little bit every year to support our public library […]

Ed note: On April 19, Executive Editor Ryan Miller wrote a commentary about libraries, which garnered no response. A modified version of the commentary appeared in the Sun’s sister paper, New Times, on June 7. It generated response: Thanks so much for your wonderful commentary discussing the joy of discovering the public libraries (“On the […]

I found out that Ron Paul wants to abolish the federal income tax and replace it with a federal sales tax. It would have to be about 20 percent. The 99 percent pay more in payroll and sales taxes than income tax. For the 1 percent, it is the opposite. The less your income, the […]

Regarding the June 14 cover story, “The height of flight,” while the Santa Maria airbase was originally built to train B-25 pilots, that plan was scrubbed after construction when the runways proved not strong enough to hold the weight of the twin-engine bomber. Instead, P-38 and P-51 pilots were trained there. Late in the war, […]

Gary, I don’t think the issue is with actual people who are sick getting marijuana (“Why get mad about marijuana, and not alcohol?” 6/7), it’s the extreme number of 18- to 30-year-olds with bad backs, migraines, glauoma, etc., etc. It’s the people gaming the system to get their weed that seems to be bothering people. […]

In River Lockhart’s letter titled “To close Diablo, or not to close Diablo” (6/7), the writer asks the question: Should we shut down Diablo or not?  I say no, and here is why: Shutting down the current reactor merely leaves the waste problem for the future. Building a new reactor using Integral Fast Reactor designs […]