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
Thanks to those who made the Music Festival a success
Editor: The seventh annual Laguna Beach Music Festival has ended but the excitement of such delightful music and outstanding musicians continues to be a buzz. A big thanks to the many Laguna people who made it the success that it was! Full Story
SchoolPower asks for more help to fund existing programs
Editor: The volunteers at SchoolPower are continually amazed and inspired by the generosity of the families in our community, especially in these uncertain times. This generosity demonstrates the importance that we all place on our children's education. Full Story
A note to the owner of the cherry red Tesla in town
Editor: Tesla - named after the electrical engineer. You have been built with brains and brawn. The waiting list for you spans into the next generation. A cherry red, you have been spotted in town. If you have a few extra moments would you take me for a ride in your inspiration of a car? Please? Full Story
Don't save the whale
Editor: I know that taste is a very personal thing and highly subjective. And while I enjoy most of our town's public art pieces, one or two were (in my opinion) ill conceived. Such is the case of the proposed sculpture in front of the new senior center on Third St. Full Story
Homeless math
Editor: I'm confused!! In the Jan 23 Independent's Letters to the Editor, Kristy Melita wrote, "The number of homeless people living in Laguna Beach is approximately 0.2% of our total city (23,727) population. Full Story
The homeless cure is a no brainer
Editor: After viewing the website, www.lbhomeless.org, and watching the CBS News item as well as reading the statistics on the "housing first" model used by many cities for their homeless residents, Full Story
If an if might have been…
Editor: Thanks for Ryan Lawler's stirring on-the-scene account of the Obama Inauguration. Truly a great day for America. Think what an even greater day America might have had if a few decades earlier we had elected Barbara Jordan President. Full Story
Natural climate change
Editor: Man has a made a mess of the environment particularly in developing countries around the world. From time to time nature has made mess of man. Mother Nature can easily end a civilization. See Los Angeles Times January 21, 2009 article by Thomas H. Full Story
Sacramento's mess
Editor: I have seen countless letters to the press, discussions on talk radio, and personal conversations with regular people who have offered many effective solutions to California's budget crisis; yet the supposed brilliant politicians in Sacramento cannot solve the budget crisis. Full Story
A question for Felder: Is Obama nuts?
Editor: The writer Rita Mae Brown once wrote, "Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, expecting different results." In 1963 the laissez-faire economist Milton Friedman and Anna Schwartz publish a hugely influential book titled, "Monetary History of the United States 1867-1960. Full Story
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