LETTER(S): Rough Exit At EBRPD; Mike And Sasha; Bannon’s Prediction
Editor; Partly due to their name I thought the East Bay Regional Park District was a benign agency dedicated to running and caring for our local parks. Recent developments have shown my long-held perception of the district may be off the mark as outgoing General Manager Sabrina Landreth threatens legal action against the district’s board,…
Letters: “The Room So Quiet…” And “The Rowdy Cup”
Editor; By now we’ve all had a chance to digest the revolting antics of this last week — both on and off the golf course. My dad introduced me to golf in the Sixties and I loved it, enjoying time away from work and daily pressures to play the gentleman’s game with friends. More than…
LETTERS: “Look In The Mirror, America”
Editor; I’ll be quick. I’ve removed any potentially triggering words. I’ll just say that if ever there was a time for this nation to take a good, hard look at itself and determine who we are and where we are going that time is now. Written after an especially bloody day in an especially bloody…
LETTERS: Eased Out Of The Job Market – With No Way Back In
Editor; I just got The Call. Thanked for my “many contributions” and “years of loyalty to the company” and sent on my way. When I started breathing again I realized I was making mathematic equations in my head – how long will my savings hold out? Unemployment? Health care? Is the 20 something they sent…
Letters: MOFD Proposal To Reduce Ambulance Service In Moraga Triggers Alarm Bells
Editor; Some attention has been given to a recently floated proposal reducing the hourly availability of ambulance service to Moraga. Details remain sketchy but we believe the Moraga Orinda Fire District put its plan before the Moraga City Council earlier in the month, with MOFD proposing to cut back ambulance staffing for Moraga from 24…
Letters: Saint Mary’s Seeks Approval For Night Games And A New Club House
Editor; On May 14th the Moraga Council will decide if Saint Mary’s (Ed: College) can schedule soccer, rugby and baseball games at night. The school will install lights on three fields and wants approval to use the fields until as late as 11pm. Residents near the campus say that SMC already creates a high level…
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…