Letters To The Editor

Obama’s backdoor amnesty deal with La Raza and the Hispanics to reward lawbreakers and ensure millions of future Democrat votes is nothing short of criminal. It’s like, “I’ve done my part to stop deportations. Now you do your part and vote for me in 2012.” This flagrant abuse of power has led Representative Steve King […]

In her article (“Libraries among the endangered species,” Aug. 11), Malory Ensor talks about students having to travel as far as San Luis and Santa Barbara to find such books as Farewell to Manzanar and A Separate Peace, which are on their required summer reading lists for school. What saddens me is that these students […]

Regarding balancing the government’s budget: With all the talk of cutbacks and who is going to shoulder the burden of balancing the budget, it seems once again it is the middle- and lower-class families that are asked to give again. I live on Social Security, and my only medical benefit is Medicare. If money is […]

Here’s a big IF: If you are well, if you can sit still and relax for about an hour during the week (a few times a year would help), if you can get to a blood bank or bloodmobile, if you want to help others (here’s the kicker: you must weigh more than 110 pounds), […]

We have been at war in the Middle East for 10 years, longer than World War II, at a cost of billions of dollars and many lives from the United States and other countries. Regardless of the military point of view, we have not weakened terrorism materially. The Middle East governments and many of their […]

This is a sad, sad day for America. The massive spending cuts of this debt-ceiling deal will mean thousands of jobs lost, not gained. Consumer spending will continue to decline, trashing the economy. The poor, elderly, and disabled will sink further into poverty, losing what little health care they have with the inevitable cuts to […]

I can’t believe you are publicizing this guy (“Trials and tribulations,” July 28). First, it wasn’t Jeff Lind’s case. Why butt in where you don’t belong? Why isn’t your “relative” saying anything? There isn’t a mention anywhere in the article of his name or any comments, other than Lind believed “Ortega was out of line.” […]

Excellent and intriguing article concerning our Santa Maria police chief (“Betraying the badge?” July 21). It is very encouraging to see some investigative reporting (and hopefully follow ups!) in our local news press. Unfortunately, we never get any type of investigation or follow up from KCOY or the Santa Maria Times. They seem only interested […]

The following diatribe is this 80-year-old voter’s assessment of what’s wrong with American voting practices and what it really means to vote Republican in the real world. • You favor deregulation of banking practices and Wall Street’s abuse and are against environmental concerns on Earth’s health and welfare. • You want to privatize public education. […]

As I was dressing this morning, I noticed all my clothing was “Made in China.” Americans used to wear “Made in the USA” clothing and drive American cars almost exclusively. I fear America’s huge trade imbalance with much of the world is a condition that potentially may destroy America as a world power nation. If […]

The redistricting extravaganza at the board of supervisors July 12 meeting should have been billed as a circus attraction and not the accumulation of the new, user-friendly public working agreement that was supposed to be used in the redistricting process. It is sad that the preamble to redistricting constantly expressed by all the county supervisors […]

I used to look forward to the 4th of July. I used to be patriotic, used to have faith in our government, used to be proud to be an American. But somewhere along the way, I’ve lost that feeling—along with my house, my business, my 401k, my pension. We are now more than halfway through […]