more letters to the editor
Antioch will restore public safety
Feb 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: Tuesday, Feb. 12 was the best of nights; it was the worst of nights. The bad news was the grim crime numbers in Chief Cantando’s annual “State of the Antioch Police” address. The good new...
Take library seriously
Feb 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: Dear City Council members: I write this letter with much respect for all the time and effort you make for our Oakley community. My husband and I have lived here for 25 years. We have rais...
Thanks for ‘Idol’ support
Feb 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: On behalf of the 2012-13 Leadership class, I would like to thank the following businesses and individuals for their continuous support of the Liberty High School Leadership Class and the ...
Bodacious Bunco bash
Feb 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: On Friday, Jan. 25, the Heritage High School Grad Night Committee held its annual Bodacious Bunco fundraiser at Trilogy at The Vineyards. We were generously supported by the following com...
In support of a role model
Feb 14, 2013 | 2 2 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: I am pleased to write this letter of support for Dina Holder. I met Dina over 10 years ago and have known her in social settings since then. Her children, at that time, were young, happy ...
In defense of Dina
Feb 14, 2013 | 2 2 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: My name is Eugena Slayton. I am a speech pathologist and have been a special educator for more than 20 years. I want to speak on behalf of Dina Holder. I have known Dina for over 30 year...
Proud of friendship
Feb 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: I would like to tell you about the Dina Holder that I know. The Dina that I’ve confided in time and time again, the Dina that I’ve shared countless memories with, the Dina Holder that I k...
Please walk your dog
Feb 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: Tonight, backing into my driveway, I saw a girl on a bicycle while “walking” a small lap dog. The dog could not keep up, and at that moment the poor thing fell on its side and was being b...
Rude rage
Feb 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: I walk every day at Walnut Park, as do several others. This Sunday morning, there were several people who blocked the sidewalk while putting on shoes, talking, etc. They saw me and anothe...
Chest champions
Feb 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: The annual Brentwood Regional Community Chest food and toy distribution was enormously successful again this year thanks to so many community members. On behalf of the board, we would lik...
Just say ‘no’
Feb 07, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: As promised, one in my hat collection still stands ready to be eaten should this current Antioch City Council buck its union label. So far, the fedora hasn’t come close to the carving kni...
Defining moment for BUSD Board
Jan 31, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: An open letter to the BUSD Board of Education: Is Merrill Grant the bedrock in which this board plans on building the future trust of Brentwood’s students, parents and educators? Is he th...
Council lets library languish
Jan 31, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: Dear Oakley City Council Members: Respectfully, I believe that you got it wrong by literally abandoning the Friends of the Oakley Library members at the last City Council meeting. The Cit...
Guns over common sense
Jan 31, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: The gun industry in its divine wisdom has chosen a policy that undermines today’s children. I am talking about how the gun industry is distributing millions of dollars into a campaign tha...
BUSD should invest in Netbooks
Jan 31, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: Do your shoulders hurt from all the weight of your books and papers, shoved carelessly in your backpack? What would you say if the school could remove that weight? What would you say if D...
Merrill Grant must be fired
Jan 24, 2013 | 2 2 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Brentwood suffered such a tragedy at the hands of three Brentwood protectors and educators of our children. Merrill Grant (superintendent), Dina Holder (teacher) and Laurie James (principal) were i...
Oakley council’s vote should stand
Jan 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Re-votes, because a minority of the council has second thoughts, does not promote stable leadership. The votes should be upheld. With that said, I do support council members Pope and Hardcastle’s i...
Pope for mayor
Jan 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Kevin Romick was mayor in 2012; that means the vice mayor Carol Rios would become mayor in 2013. Carol Rios has stated that she could not take that position, so that means the next in line would ge...
Harsh penalties for gun criminals
Jan 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Here is an idea: Let’s empty all the non-violent offenders out of our overcrowded prison system. Slap probation and an ankle bracelet on the dope smokers, check forgers, white-collar criminals and ...
Crustacean sensation
Jan 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: On behalf of the Brentwood Men’s Club, we would like to thank the following local business partners for making our annual Men’s Club Crab Feed a success: Brentwood Fine Meats, Delta Bay M...