Opinion
City is commended for free compost

    Editor: I wanted to thank the city for sponsoring the Free Compost Giveaway. I look forward each year to shoveling the dirty gold into all available receptacles, placing them into my now odiferous vehicle, and spreading the value around my yard. I was not alone. Full Story
Nyes Place 42 day construction respite is now only 3 days

    Editor: I wanted to let Sandi Cain [A neighborhood's construction plight - 5/9], and everyone else that will be affected; know that the construction debacle in the Rubyís ñ Nyes Place area is likely to be worse than Sandiís letter included. Full Story
Are city regulations hampering small businesses?

    Editor: I just stopped by the newsstand on Ocean and PCH to get my weekend fixof reading material. The inviting bright blue awning that makes the newsstand stand out was rolled up and out of sight. The newsagent informed me that the city won't allow it to be rolled down because it doesn't meet city standards. Full Story
Will downtown restrictions kill our cultural heritage?

    Editor: Anyone who has lived in Laguna for a decade or more has noticed the recent preponderance of vacant commercial spaces all over town. Start at South Coast Highway and drive north and my guess is that Coast Hardware has run low on "For Lease" signs as they are plastered with way too much frequency all over town. Full Story
City's fire and brimstone attempts to neuter nightlife may see us bleached, sanitized, old and rich and empty at night

    Editor: I hope others share my concern over the Council's attempt to ban live music at Ocean Avenue Brewery. It's appalling that these entrenched politicians want to legislate nightlife right out of Laguna. Egly and Pearson want to nuke the place and eliminate live music completely. Full Story
It all adds up to Montage being a good neighbor

    Editor: This is written in response to Letters to the Editor of May 9. Bonnie Hano states "the beautiful par the Montage built cost the city of Laguna Beach $9 million instead of the $2.4 million that had been budgeted". This is a simple statement that skews the truth. Full Story
One of the most beautiful and friendly places in the world

    Editor: With Memorial Day, July 4th and Labor Day around the corner, Laguna Beach is a fivestar cruise for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) men and women. Internationally known West St. Beach is 1000 feet north of the West St. beach stairway and will see thousands of visitors and locals, especially if it is warm. Full Story
Politics (?) in Laguna

    Editor: I'd like to offer my thought on an issue that has received a lot of press lately - not trying to push my new record at a local music shop (as if I had such talent), just throwing in my 30 cents (inflation, you know). Full Story
If it walks like a pig

    Editor: For years, the TCA has tried to put lipstick on the pig they call the 241 extension, and then ask, "Doesn't she look great?" I always answered, "No, she's still a pig. Full Story
Are toll road transponders just big brother tracking us?

    Editor: Why would the Federals want to pay the already corrupted LA City Council hundreds of millions of dollars to sabotage the freeways, rendering them unusable unless drivers pay a toll? Somehow I doubt this is a revenue raising scam. Full Story
Time to reevaluate our priorities for tolerating diversity?

    Editor: We have to overcome religious prejudice to embrace people of a different faith. We have to overcome racial prejudice to embrace people of a different color. We have to overcome gender prejudice to embrace people of a different sex. (For some easy, for others less so. 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
Aliso scoping meeting Monday evening
Late arriving letter:

    Editor: All citizens should express their environmental concerns that should be addressed in the environmental impact report for the proposed redevelopment at Aliso Creek Inn. The Aliso Creek Canyon Scoping meeting which will be held Monday, May 19 starting at 6:30 pm at the Council Chambers in City Hall. Full Story
Compliments to all re: Aliso walkaround
Late arriving letter II:

    Editor: I want to thank the City Council and the Athens Group for changing the Aliso Creek open house from a weekday to Saturday, May 10. The weather was perfect and undoubtedly responsible for a much larger turnout than may have been expected. Full Story