Letters To The Editor

Accolades to our PCPA Theatrefest for its latest production, The 39 Steps. When I heard that four people play 100 roles, I didn’t know what to expect. It was done so cleverly! This was the first time that the set designer, sound designer, and costume designer seemed as important as the actors and director. Our […]

Roy Berger in his recent letter (“Teachers: Stop whining and quit,” Feb. 17) says he’s tired of teachers whining. If they don’t like their jobs they should quit. I’m reminded that teachers are the lowest-paid members of a major profession, a profession that molds our young people into knowledgeable productive adults. I can think of […]

I am tired of the constant whining by teachers. If your job and pay makes you unhappy, quit. Compared to many other jobs, you are doing quite well, but you can’t be doing your best if you are disgruntled at your job. So, in the interests of the students as well as your own mental […]

I have been a resident of San Luis Obispo county since 1972 and a neighbor of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant for more than a quarter century. Some of my concerns regarding re-licensing are these: Thousands of tons of high-level ionizing radioactive waste stored here for the foreseeable future—no one knows if there will be […]

Oh man! Just when I thought I was getting used to global terrorism and environmental catastrophe, there is something else to worry about. Something you get from someone you love or who loves you. Zoonoses (a name a marketer would die for) is the latest scourge I can get from my pets. My immune system […]

Norman Mehl’s recent letter to the Santa Maria Sun (“Let’s pump our way into better financial shape,” Feb. 3) suggested a partial solution to California’s unemployment problem and weak economy would be to bring back the full-service gasoline station, hire service station attendants, and have them pump our gasoline as is done in Oregon. It’s […]

The recent “News of the Weird” article, “Fido, you’re so tense!” (Jan. 20), must have sounded funny and off the wall to most people. It was intentionally worded to sound comical, and that’s OK for this type of article; however, I would like to shed some light on this from a chiropractor’s perspective. First of […]

I am a local, bilingual elementary teacher. My credentials, experience, stress level, work load, accountability, and the responsibility I bear are worth at least $120, 000. I am light-years away from it. But I do not want more money. I earn enough to meet my needs. I want fewer students in the classroom; I want […]

We are in a recession with a large number of unemployed. I have a suggestion that might help in alleviating that problem. I have traveled to Oregon through the years and am impressed at the fact that when stopping for gas, not only do the employees pump the gas, but they’re often willing to clean […]

I have to disagree with your positive evaluation of Black Swan (“Dark Swan,” Jan. 27). As a former ballet dancer, I looked forward to the dancing, but was disappointed that it didn’t live up to that old gold standard, The Red Shoes with Moira Shearer, which appeared in the 1950s. Not only that, but in […]

There’s been a lot of talk about how Arnold Schwarzenegger failed to fix California’s deficit, but very little about why. How liberal voters, unions, and activist judges fought, opposed, and attacked him at every turn; how 80 cents of every government dollar were spent on employee salaries and benefits; and how hyper-environmentalist, anti-business regulations, and […]

While certainly expected, I’m stunned at the callousness exhibited by political entities and supporters who place the blame for the Tucson Tragedy on the shoulders of the mentally ill. Political rhetoric used the term “man it up” on many occasions to indicate it’s time to take a tough stand no matter what it costs others. […]