Opinion

Letters to the Editor

Phyllis Grekin | Sad Look into Homelessness

I witnessed something that horrified me yesterday in Canyon Country.  A homeless gentleman dropped a large bottle of beer on the sidewalk.  It broke in half and he proceeded to

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Sally Bond | Thanks to First Responders

My daughter is a nurse at St. Joseph’s in Burbank and could not get to work on Friday (Oct. 12). Then she found out the sheriffs were offering to escort

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Bob Comer | Don’t Be So Quick to Condemn

Re: “Trump Stages Stealth Attack on Medicare,” Mark Elfont’s letter of Oct. 13. Whoa! Could it be that privatizing Medicare could cost less? I believe that most government programs that

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Gil Mertz | Giving Up Hope?

Confucius once said, “He who expects nothing is never disappointed.” Perhaps the best way to manage our emotions through this next election cycle is to have realistic expectations about President

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Kathleen Franze | Abandoning Our Allies

Being 75, I have voted Democratic in every presidential election, never worrying whether the new president (GOP or Democrat) would take a wrecking ball to our democracy. When Donald Trump

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Mark Cripe | Seeking Positive Return for the 25th

Recently, the freshman congresswoman from the 25th congressional district wrote that, “The national media and career politicians don’t know what it’s like to grow up here” in the 25th Congressional

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Mark Elfont | Trump Stages Stealth Attack on Medicare

President Trump’s attempt to dismantle Medicare, the most successful medical insurance program for Americans, is no longer a conspiracy theory. While addressing a senior center in Florida, he claimed, “As