Opinion
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
Add a therapist to patrol cars

    Editor: I'd like to add my voice to all the demands being aired by the 'homeless' community in Laguna Beach. Re: the request that a social worker be paired with outreach officer Jason Farris, I would like a therapist to be assigned to every patrol car that pulls over drivers for breaking the law. Full Story
We've got to give them help

    Editor: A "chronically" homeless person is defined as someone who is disabled and homeless for over a year. The number of chronically homeless people living in Laguna Beach is approximately 0.2% of our total city (23,727) population. They need our help desperately, in order to survive. Full Story
Laguna Bashing by ACLU & Erwin Chermerinsky

    Editor: The Laguna Beach bashing by the ACLU and Erwin Chermerinsky is hard to ignore. As a psychiatrist who formerly worked at the Laguna Beach Friendship Shelter (assigned there while employed by the O.C. Mental Health Dept. Full Story
Council must approve the Climate Protection Action Plan on Jan 27

    Editor: One of the agenda items at the Jan 27 City Council meeting will be a vote on the Climate Protection Action Plan written by the City's Environmental Committee and the Climate Protection Work Group. Full Story
SUPER Project will do nothing to improve Aliso Creek

    Editor: I am sorry to see that President Obama's promise to stop pork barrel spending has not yet reached Elizabeth Pearson or Patricia Bates. I am referring to last week's article, "Aliso Creek on Wish List for Stimulus Funding. Full Story
Green in his own words

    Editor: What could Michael Hoag [Letters 1/19] possibly mean when he defines a green street as "safe and useable," "quieter and less smoky," and where "cars drive more slowly?" After asserting how over and misused the word green is, he goes on to completely mangle it. Full Story
This isn't Kansas

    Editor: Just a quick note to Dragan Djuric from Wichita - if you haven't gone back to Kansas yet, by all means, please do - and stay there! Full Story
The Bush inheritance

    Editor: Fox News' White House correspondent Wendell Goler taught us recently that George W. Bush inherited the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon (aka 9/11) from the Clinton administration. After 34 years of teaching (now retired) I have learned that in September, I inherited all my students from all their past teachers. Full Story
Felder's Democrat progressive friend rises again

    Editor: I was chatting with a Democrat progressive friend of mine who was excited that President Barack Obama would implement a New New Deal following the stimulus policies of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. I hope not; see Wall Street Journal Jan 17, 2009 op/ ed piece "Leave the New Deal in the History Books, Cut corporate taxes to zero and create real jobs. Full Story