Letters To The Editor

There are trial balloons being sent out from the state capitol daily. And the news organizations take each and every one of these lead balloons as the next change in our horrible budget problem. The latest is the closing of our state parks, including our Central Coast treasures. Let me state one thing: The media […]

President Obama’s speech in Cairo was very eloquently presented. It is a known fact that today there is no peace in the Middle East. But I did not read of the president indicating his knowledge of how Israel, in compliance with the United States, evicted its own citizens from the Gaza strip and how instead […]

Our elected state officials have no respect for us. We trusted them—we voted—yet, they seem only to seek personal gain and power. They screw up. Then, they come to us for bailouts again, and again, and again. Like little children, they run from responsibility. Are any of them mature? Dependable? This situation is sad. Our […]

Play it again, Sam. You know the tune—it’s the one about “tax cuts.” Apparently, it’s the only song that you and Abel and the rest of the Republicans know. The State of California is breathing its last breath and the corporate vultures are circling overhead. This is what you wanted, right? “Starve the beast” and […]

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has fought a valiant battle for the past seven years, but with a Democratic majority in the state government his efforts on behalf of taxpayers are sadly diluted. As long as the California voters continue to elect Democrats, the tax-and-spend Sacramento mentality will continue to the great detriment of the State of […]

Dick Cheney is playing the no-lose blame game because there is no way to prove a negative. If there are no foreign terrorist attacks on the United States his status will be no worse than it is. If there is an attack, he will gain status with “I told you so.” It’s the same game […]

First of all, I would like to express my appreciation to Shelly Cone and the Santa Maria Sun for doing a wonderful job of reporting on the art scene in Santa Maria. The article about the Art in the Garden event at the Santa Maria Inn (“Spotlight on Mom, spotlight on art,” May 7) was […]

Where does Wanda Sykes get off blasting the former President, Rush Limbaugh, and the GOP? I find her humor tasteless and inappropriate. She is not just guilty of bad taste; she is guilty of not being funny. I can’t believe no one read her material beforehand and still let her deliver that hate-spewed diatribe. She […]

Obama’s public health insurance option would save us up to 30 percent on our insurance premiums by being more efficient and driving down prices across the board, according to a Commonwealth Fund report. The insurance companies are against the proposal because if the system is efficient they will not make as much money in profit.

Since taking office in January, U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Salazar has made renewable energy a priority, putting the brakes on the preceding administration’s full-steam-ahead approach to destructive oil-shale development and canceling oil and gas leases on the edge of Utah national parks as well as in historic sites on nearby public land.   […]

Only when property rights are protected do average people have a shot at both liberty and prosperity. The question of property ownership goes far back into human history. The right to private property evolved out of a basic moral notion: Private property rights are the hallmark of liberty.
 According to the Property Rights Alliance, which publishes the annual International […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will hold two public meetings in San Luis Obispo on May 28, four days before PG&E plans to begin removing spent fuel from densely-packed pools and loading the first dry cask at Diablo Canyon. This is an opportunity for the public to ask questions and state opinions.
 The San Luis […]