Letters To The Editor

Much is being said in the media about the Dream Act and giving residency and financial help to illegal alien students who graduate from a California high school if they attend a college for a specified amount of time or get a college diploma. However, the media doesn’t seem to want to tell the entire […]

In this political season, there has been more noise and less substance than in any prior election I can remember. Don’t tell me what is wrong with the other person. Tell me about your record and what you will do for me. You may feel the same way, too. Most public office races produce an […]

American corporations are mad as hell, and they aren’t going to take it anymore! Democrats threaten huge corporate profits, and corporations and the super rich are determined to stop them. Huge profits that normally go to corporations and the wealthy for over-priced drugs, unaffordable insurance policies and hospital costs, 25-percent credit card charges, and Wall […]

If you want lower taxes and much smaller government, vote for Mike Stoker. Vote for Mike Stoker for the 35th, change we really need.

My personal contact with Congressman Gallegly’s office has been one of complete satisfaction. I have on many occasions contacted the Congressman’s office to either clarify a point or ask for his stance on a subject such as immigration. The responses from his office have been prompt and to the point. I feel that he is […]

The thing I’ve always appreciated about Katcho Achadjian is his total transparency: his transparent what-have-you-people-done-for-me-lately retort to the residents who begged him not to vote for the Cayucos Viewshed ordinance, a developer-written sweetheart deal. (He did, and got the county sued.) The transparent way he went to bat for a major financial backer who wanted […]

For several years, politicians in Sacramento have used smoke and mirrors to hide the serious problems facing California’s economy. We’ve seen too many clever accounting tricks, slick press conferences, and empty promises. With unemployment at a nation-leading 14 percent and a multi-billion-dollar budget shortfall, we need to send someone to the State Legislature who will […]

Abel Maldonado blaming his aged father and family for delinquent income tax leans makes about as much sense as Reggie Bush blaming his father for living in a house rent free. At least Reggie Bush returned his Heisman Trophy.  

I am voting for Dirk Starbuck for the Lompoc City Council. Dirk is a fourth-generation Lompocan who graduated from Lompoc High School prior to spending 20 years in the Navy defending our country. He returned to Lompoc and opened a small business: The Muffler Shop. Dirk is committed to Lompoc; he loves his hometown and […]

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer asked President Obama to do his job, put 10,000 military troops on Arizona borders to stop illegal immigration, drug cartels, and thugs from every undesirable Third World country coming in to the USA—including those who want to kill Americans: white, brown, black, yellow; color doesn’t matter. All Americans could be a […]

Dear sticky fingers, I am almost 85, have crippled arthritis hands, and have trouble controlling a paint brush. So I know your reason for taking my painted rock is not my artistic talent. It must have been on a dare or a prank, so will you please return my painted rock to the Hula Hut […]

As an avid user of the Oceano Dunes, it is amazing to hear how many people are concerned about windborne silica and other particulates that could be potentially harmful, and how they want to make major policy changes with minimal wind data. I just have one simple question: Where are all the wind stations on […]