Opinion
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Dave Connell Laguna Beach

    Editor: Helping the enemy. I only have one comment regarding the front page article, "Guantanamo Bay Critic Speaks at Biz Club". Some people will do anything for [a] buck. Full Story
Runway thanks!

    Editor: Letter to thank all those who supported us so richly for our annual fundraising Fashion Show and philanthropic endeavor. Full Story
Council needs counseling

    Editor: Enough already with the finger pointing and blame game. With lots of confusion, hurt feelings, out-of-pocket artist time and expenses, etc., the biggest city funded public art project is done. Full Story
Art Commission - flawed from beginning to end?

    Editor: As an artist with public sculptures from San Francisco to San Diego (several in Laguna Beach dating back to 1986), I was astounded by the inconsistencies and ambiguities at work in the choosing of the artwork for the Senior/ Community Center. Full Story
The price for damaging open space

    Editor: The City claims that it does not allow developers to use the permanent open space adjacent to new construction. However, the new house being built at 3325 Alta Laguna Boulevard has extensively damaged the adjacent environmentally sensitive permanent open space, including creating a road and driving large earth moving equipment across the open space. Full Story
Catching up

    Editor: I left town for a few weeks recently on business. Upon my return I caught up with past issues of your (excellent) paper and read about recent activities in and around town. Full Story
We may need to park our car in Zanzibar

    Editor: RE: Council says no to parking program for residents… The parking issue, it is quite clear is one the resident's hold dear; But to park in dark by the place we live is not a benefit they'll give. Those spaces now they will reserve for hotels and the guests they serve, since to allow residents these terms would open up a can of worms. Full Story
Dennis, you just didn't get it

    Editor: This is written in response to the Letter of Dennis Myers/ Third Term PTC Member [3/14]. Dennis - thanks for at least responding to my Letter to the Editor of March 7, 2008, no one from the City Council did. The PTC overall does a good job. However, on the issue of the residential permit parking program, I think they failed. Full Story
Our biggest export

    Editor: I have read, with interest, the articles that are suggesting banning plastic bags from groceries and stores. I would love to do the earth friendly thing, but do we really do the research, or do we do gut reactions? Full Story
Radio waves

    Ed. Note: This letter was sent to KPCC in Pasadena My wife and I live in Laguna Beach and the only way we can receive KPCC is subscribing to the digital music service offered by our monopoly cable service, Cox Communications. We live near the beach in north Laguna and the hills above us prevent your FM signal through our stereo system and antenna. Full Story
Someone is bound to

    Editor: Did the Savior die on the cross to show us not only the way to Heaven but the future course of evolution in which the human race plays sacrificiallamb to the lion of heroic possibility God has chosen to take its place? Full Story
One and only beautiful, natural and happy life

    Editor: April Fool's day is approaching and this damned fool (the damned part taken literally by some) would like to comment on foolishness. Psalm 14:1 says, "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God." The psalm goes on to say, "They (me and over one million other Americans) are corrupt, have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. Full Story
Easter

    Editor: Why is Easter such a big deal? Easter is the celebration of either the greatest hoax or the greatest miracle this world has ever known. If Jesus Christ did not return from the dead, there is no valid foundation for the faith named after Him but, if He did, that one event sets Him apart from being just another founder of a major religion. Full Story
Our letter policy

    Letters to the Editor are important - it's a Laguna Forum Letters to the Editor have been a community right in Laguna Beach for a long time and this paper will provide space to all who wish to express their opinions on just about any subject - whether it deals with a local issue or not. Full Story