LETTERS: The Lafayette Reservoir Tower – Will You Miss It When It’s Gone?
Dear Editor: My name is Gordon Chong. I am an architect, a resident of Lafayette and a member of The Citizen’s Technical Advisory Committee composed of 4 nationally acclaimed structural engineers and leading authorities of seismic design; all 4 are also residents of Lafayette. The Committee has been advising the City of Lafayette in the…
LETTERS: Turning Up For Hands Off! In Walnut Creek
To the Editor; Friends suggested we attend the Hands Off! rally in Walnut Creek a Saturday ago and I wanted to report that while I was not paid for attending both my husband and I were glad we went. We’ve been careful to avoid discussing many of the topics dividing our nation with neighbors we…
LETTERS: America First Or America On Its Own?
To the Editor: Being of a certain age I’m troubled by America’s apparent abandonment of any real foreign policy and its adoption of an approach made infamous by British prime minister Neville Chamberlain in the 1930s. Appeasement didn’t work when it came to “Mister Hitler” and it won’t work with Mister Putin. While his cultist…
Letters: That Santayana Fella Had A Point
To the Editor; As the nation buries one president recognized as ahead of his time but reviled by many as “weak” we are left to deal with the national decision to return a convicted felon to a second tenure as the most powerful man in America if not the world. This contradiction is hard to…
Backlash Over CEO’s Murder
To the Editor; While police continue their search for Brian Thompson’s murderer, America’s C-suite scrambles to erase corporate profiles and seek out private protection companies, reading public sentiment and finding that – lo and behold – Americans are tired of these companies and their millionaire executives ripping them off. It is possible this killer left…
Letters: Politicization Of The Laken Riley Case
To The Editor; I can think of no more shameful act than to try and make political hay out of a person’s murder – but that is what is happening in regard to the truly heartbreaking taking of Georgia college student Laken Riley’s life. For those not in the know Laken was 22, an Augusta…
Letters: The Satire Strikes Back
To The Editor; I just wanted to take a moment to luxuriate in the delicious irony that came with news that rotund gasbag Alex “I’ll Say Anything for Money” Jones has lost his mechanism of disinformation – Infowars – to the satirical news publication The Onion. The sweet flush of satisfaction I was beginning to…
Letters: Blower Creep In Lafayette
To the Editor; To the surprise of virtually no one apparently we have noted a return to public use of gas powered leaf blowers in Lafayette despite the city’s much publicized ban. Months after the ban we were surprised and yes angered to see a return of backpack blowers in use again, apparently by workers…
Letters: Blood On The Pickleball Court – Politics Alive In Rossmoor
To the Editor; After much talk in the community itself I was heartened to see coverage of rising political tensions in supposedly sedate Rossmoor. With several friends in residence we were aware that the Over-55 community has grown miles apart from the placid, carefully mown facade its association works to project and protect, two residents…
Letter: “Why The Secrecy?”
To the Editor: I have to admit….it bothers me! Why do the local police fail to keep the local populace informed about important matters that have occurred in our area? In the wake of the recent tragic Orinda “Road Rage” shooting, we have only learned (officially) who the deceased is, but not the identity of…