Letters To The Editor

Regarding the American Party commentary (“Think of the country, not the party,” March 11): The Republican Party is closer to honoring our Constitution than the Democrat Party, though it can share plenty of the blame for the present grotesque situation. Voters must not tolerate candidates who, when questioned, mouth generalities and platitudes (e.g., Obama, though […]

Obama and the Left are failing at every turn, yet they complain that Conservatives only criticize and never offer solutions. Interesting, considering they themselves are the undeniable masters of criticism and their only solutions involve unprecedented spending, massive deficits, ruinous debt, and higher taxes. Blinded by their ideology and hatred of all things Conservative, these […]

I attended one of the recent meetings held by the NRC regarding re-licensing the Diablo nuclear power plant. My question was concerning the fact that radioactive tritium has been found mysteriously leaking from nuclear plants and ending up in groundwater in nearby towns. I did not speak up as the subject was previously mentioned by […]

The county is facing a $40 million dollar deficit and the vast majority of it is due to personnel retirement and benefit costs. In the private world the fix would be easy: You pare back those benefits. The Board of Supervisors have now come to the long-feared day of reckoning and must stand up to […]

Excellent pictures and coverage of the Cold Spring Canyon Bridge (“To barricade or not to barricade?” Feb. 18). Rather than wasting money trying to prevent folks from jumping off, select the best spot and put up a large sign: JUMP HERE. We have had 5 billion more people added to our fragile planet in just […]

I think everyone, especially Mr. McGinnes, who opposes the suicide barrier, should be required to go on the search and recovery of the jumpers (“To barricade or not to barricade?” Feb. 18). I think their first experience with the body of the jumper would change their minds. If not the first, then the second and […]

President Obama’s new budget proposal calls for a freeze on library funding. Freezing the level of federal funding to public libraries already suffering from budget cuts will severely hurt people in this difficult economy who increasingly depend on them for education, assistance searching for jobs, and for entertainment. It is vital that libraries are able […]

The Party of No and the Tea Partiers should be ashamed at how they are dishonoring American values and corrupting the system with their negative, childish behavior. It’s hard for many Americans to fathom why the Party of No and the thoughtless Tea Partiers would rather see America fail than work to create jobs, reform […]

Although I appreciate the sentiment of writer Bill Rabenaldt (“What if we took an interest in our own communities?” Feb.11) concerning how and where we expend our charitable resources, I feel that it is important to point out some very pertinent facts regarding those efforts. With little fanfare, charitable organizations and service clubs raise and […]

I happened to be passing by Santa Maria recently, and I picked up the Sun along with some real estate brochures. I read the letter by Gary Raine (“Decent people will change the station some day,” Feb. 4) lambasting my hero Rush Limbaugh. Methinks ol’ Gary speaks with a forked tongue! I listen to “Rushbo” […]

The misguided liberal religious cult of environmentalists in California and their political supporters—like Lois Capps, Dianne Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Pedro Nava, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, et al—do not speak for everyone in California. The majority of Californians support offshore drilling for oil. We also support such drilling in the Florida Everglades, the Gulf of Mexico, ANWR, […]

I am tired of hearing how gay marriage threatens family life (studies show only a third of families live the two-parent mom/dad model anymore), or how it has “always been this way” (read your damn Bible and early history, already). I am equally tired of seeing LGBT groups fruitlessly bang their heads against a wall […]