Letters To The Editor

Just as Republican Kevin McCarthy was losing yet another vote for speaker of the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., President Joe Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell were doing a victory lap in Kentucky touting a new bridge across the Ohio River that was made possible by the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill. The […]

I was disappointed by part of a recent story about crowding at the Santa Maria Animal Center (“More adoption needed with overcrowding concerns at Animal Services,” Dec. 15). The end of the pandemic and inflation have resulted in animal shelters flooded with homeless animals. We are seeing our share here, although not nearly as badly […]

At breakfast I read with interest a letter to the editor in the Sun. Entitled “Rallying for President Trump” (Dec. 22), it made an enthusiastic case for continuing to fully support him. The unflinchingly ardent argument by the writer was more bracing than two cups of my morning java. The public airing of all types […]

My last day as the Assembly member for the 35th District was Dec. 1. It has been an honor and a privilege to represent the Central Coast these past six years.  Together we accomplished great things for the Central Coast, California, and beyond. Some of the highlights: We passed a bill (SB 846) to pave […]

We must continue to support President Trump now as we have for the past four years. He had every right to encourage his supporters to rally peacefully before Congress to support and promote important Republican issues now.  When the president was at Walter Reed Army hospital to treat his case of COVID-19, his supporters rallied […]

Los Olivos is a small, dusty, Western town, while Washington, D.C., is a former swamp in north Virginia. Unlike Washington, Los Olivos neither needs nor wants a big government “solution” in search of a problem.  The Los Olivos Community Services District board is ignoring its original plan, endorsed by voters and county regulators, for a […]

God bless those who brought the ADA to the forefront and passed this law.  I did not know that mental disabilities were also is part of the disabilities act. Thank you for your story (“Neglected disabilities,” Nov. 24). I am one who has suffered mental disability for 63 years. It is very difficult with doctors […]

The holiday season comes with family gatherings, social time with friends, and office parties. These events can lead to life-altering consequences, like drunken driving. When I was 16 years old in 1992, a drunken driver hit me. I had a four-month coma, broken bones, paralysis, and brain injuries. My gait and speech are affected, and […]

Some 20 years ago, there was an effort to enact an innovative but controversial program in San Luis Obispo County for open space conservation purposes. This program, called a transfer of development dredits (or TDC) program, had as its main goal the conservation of sites with important habitat or other conservation values. The concept is […]

“Now, therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, president of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the cessation of hostilities of World War II, effective 12 o’clock noon, Dec. 31, 1946.” I was a little more than 10 months old when President Truman proclaimed an end to war and the beginning of what the world […]

I am a concerned citizen when it comes to Buellton’s future. I have interviewed both candidates running for mayor—these are my observations. Elysia Lewis came into Buellton’s political arena just two years ago and is running for mayor while she still has two years to serve on the City Council. She feels she is better […]

Dr. Carol Karamitsos will be a great member of the Santa Maria City Council. She brings to this office a lifetime of passion for helping families as their doctor, and 16 years of work on the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District board. Like her father, Dr. John Karamitsos, she has birthed hundreds of […]