Letters To The Editor

During the term of President Barack Obama, the Republican-controlled House and Seante spared no efforts to nullify any attempts he made to enact legislation for the betterment of the country and its citizens. Now, with President Donald Trump, they are strangely quiet or seem afraid to challenge his erratic behavior. From all appearances, Mr. Trump […]

Gov. Jerry Brown and the Democratic Legislature recently signed legislation to make California a sanctuary state. We have all heard the horror stories of illegal felons committing horrible acts, and one even happened a little too close to home. Kate Steinle was a Cal Poly graduate who was shot by an illegal immigrant in San […]

The Sun’s Opinion page allowed the latest ravings of Ken McCalip (“The time to act is now,” Oct. 12) to attack again our Second Amendment right to own and carry guns, as the reason for the sad, crazy attack in Las Vegas, instead of the person and reason for the attack. Without guns, the deranged […]

The Sun has hit a new low with the Canary’s “Divided we stand,” (Sept. 28). The biggest reason? His continued attacks on President Trump are not only tiresome but also moronic. Hey Canary, Trump knows what he’s doing, you dumb-dumb. He may be caustic and pompous, but he’s also right. The NFL players not respecting […]

On Oct. 5, Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation (SB 54) that makes California a sanctuary state, protecting illegal immigrants living in California. An Associated Press article says it gives California “another tool to fight president Donald Trump.” Is that what we need? Another tool to “fight” the president of our country? And, yes, if you […]

After two years of planning, community meetings, and a formal recommendation from the Planning Commission, our City Council decided not to listen to the community, the Planning Commission, or its own Recreation and Parks Department. Instead, they listened to the developers, who don’t want their projects to cost a little more, even if the money […]

Recently, I and other North County residents have written letters opposing dramatic and dangerous expansion of steam injection/oil extraction projects proposed by big oil consortiums for the Santa Maria area. They plan to put 760-plus new high-risk wells in aging facilities, posing significant pollution risk to our Santa Maria River and San Antonio Creek drinking […]

Mr. Cole did not do his homework when reporting the story concerning Jeff Wagonseller being put on administrative leave for a “history of sexual allegations” (“Cabrillo High School principal on administrative leave has history of sexual misconduct allegations,” Sept. 21). As a former employee of Lompoc Unified School District I can assure you this is […]

Residents of the Oceano beach community and Nipomo Mesa are suffering from traffic congestion and bad air quality because of Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area (ODSVRA). State parks has the obligation to minimize these harmful impacts on the neighboring communities and the natural habitat of the park itself. A lot can be accomplished in […]

I recently received a fundraising email from Congressman Salud Carbajal, which referred to ending Citizens United and how our campaign finance system has been corrupted. Rep. Carbajal also touts a bill he co-sponsored called the Disclose Act that would require additional disclosure requirements for corporations and labor organizations. We all would love to take big […]

I read with interest multiple stories about Lompoc’s management of its budget crisis in the Sept. 14 issue of the Sun. One account was more editorial in nature (“A house divided”) and one was more opinion-oriented (“Loopy in Lompoc”). Both were interesting. What I found amazing is that there was no explanation of the real […]

I have read the Sun‘s stories on the recent situations regarding the Lompoc City Council (“A house divided,” and “Loopy in Lompoc,” Sept. 14). I posted questions regarding the $750,000 loan that was made by Bank of America, which was originally intended for the demolition of the municipal pool, but allegations from former Mayor John […]