Letters To The Editor

During this holiday season, I am reminded of a story I read many years ago by writer and trial lawyer Louis Nizer. Nizer was most famous for his defense of those who were blacklisted as Communists during the 1950s. Anyway, Nizer’s brief story, “An Editorial Lost in a News Item,” recounts a newspaper article about […]

Forbidding driving on some areas of the Oceano Dunes will definitely benefit the lungs of Mesa residents who are breathing the dangerous PM10 being generated at the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area. However, it will not help the lungs of people like me who live, do business, and/or vacation on Pier Avenue and in […]

Just think about these numbers. Our federal government outlays for 2017 are $3.980 trillion, while the tax income revenues for 2017 is $3.315 trillion. That is a deficit of $665 billion for this year alone. The total federal debt is $20 trillion after eight years of President Barack Obama. Each year we have had a […]

I wish to first preface: I love sports, I am a minority, and I am not a veteran. Recently, NFL player Chris Long pledged his entire 2017 salary to benefit educational inequality. Chris Long has put his “full wallet” where his mouth is, instead of pennies where his “full mouth” is. While so many pro […]

Are there really people among us that think being against fascism and white supremacy are worn out ideologies? I love my country and now realize how much of it I took for granted before Trump was elected. It’s the hypocrisy, warped beliefs, repulsive arrogance, and/or blind loyalty of many of the people supporting Trump and […]

We were very saddened to hear about Patrick Wiemiller’s decision to take a job as Assistant City Manager of Santa Maria. He has been a wonderful asset to Lompoc. His credentials and experience have been invaluable to this community. You three (Mosby, Starbuck, and Vega) members of the Lompoc City Council who have given him […]

Dear editor and fellow citizens of SLO County, please, please, please enlighten me as to how our health care system is better with our new administration. I am a middle class retiree who makes too much to qualify for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and too little to afford the astronomical rates I have to […]

If Mexico were a prosperous, safe, and peaceful neighbor like Canada, the U.S. would not need to control the border with it. But Mexico and the Central American states are out of control; failed governments with drug cartels, human trafficking, and endless corruption which is undermining the security of the U.S. of A. Like residents […]

This is in answer to the Oct. 19 letter, “Why won’t Carbajal take a stand on sanctuary cities.” The reason is that even though all legitimate polls show illegal immigration to be a lopsided issue, with the vast majority of Americans opposed to never-ending illegal immigration, Rep. Salud Carbajal cannot anger his Hispanic base favoring […]

I’ve been a reader of the Sun for a number of years. Early on after reading your column I more or less dismissed it over the years. However, one column accusing President Trump of treason got my attention (“Where there’s smoke,” July 13). I intended to respond at the time but then didn’t. Before I […]

After any of the mass gun killings, (pick from your favorite recent ones) the subject of any type of gun control gets brought up. The gun lobby-enabled conservatives always claim it is too soon to talk legislation because emotions are distorted and running too high. Don’t politicize the trauma of these poor victims. Of course, […]

My name is Dr. Tommy John and I’m the son of retired MLB pitcher Tommy John, the same athlete whom Tommy John surgery is named after, a surgery that is now negatively impacting our children involved in youth sports. I can’t express to you how disconcerting it is to say my father’s name and have […]