more letters to the editor
Clare’s mission is service
Sep 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: Gene Clare is very much a server of the Brentwood family. Back in 2008 my wife and I started A Place of Learning, a nonprofit for volunteers to tutor kids not making it. He went to the co...
McNerney right man for job
Sep 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: Our community needs a true visionary for the future. That person is Jerry McNerney. Over the past six years, Jerry has been a beacon of light for our nation’s veterans, as well as the cu...
McNerney’s ‘best’ not good enough
Sep 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: There have been several letters to the Press recently supporting Congressman Jerry McNerney. These letters all thank the congressman for his fight to balance the budget and indicate the c...
Keep trash out of Marsh Creek
Sep 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: Last weekend my son and I were on a bike ride along the Marsh Creek Regional Trail, and happened upon four large kitchen garbage bags that had been tossed in the creek, just downstream fr...
A trusted leader
Sep 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: Gene Clare, a longtime trusted educational and civic leader in our community, is a strong supporter of the performing arts. He helped organize our Brentwood Concert Band and Sing-Along Me...
Endangered Delta
Sep 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: I was grateful to see Ruth Roberts’ article “Twin tunnels project churns controversy.” It has been my experience that too many Delta residents know little or nothing about the Delta they ...
Thank you
Sep 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: I want to say thank you to my family, friends, and the best city in the world. I just finished my Eagle project. I had a drive to register people for Be the Match. Be the Match is an org...
Unleashed dogs make Crockett Park unsafe
Sep 06, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: Mayor Kevin Romick may think Crockett Park is a family park, but like it is now, it is unsafe. On Saturday, Sept. 1, while walking my two small dogs in the park, I was attacked by two unl...
Re-elect McNerney
Sep 06, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: Ricky Gill is a 25-year-old who has never worked a day in his life and has no concept or understanding of the value of a hard-earned dollar, which is why his wealthy family is trying to b...
Jerry McNerney must go
Sep 06, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: Reading the opinion-page letter of Alexandria Mauricio in the Brentwood Press of Aug. 31, I just had to laugh at her assertion that Jerry McNerney “fights to balance the budget” and “from...
School parenting tips
Aug 30, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: Welcome back for another school year! Now that things are settling, I hope that a few family tips can help anchor your child to a productive 2012-13. Remember, as a mom or dad you are the...
CalFire charging more, too
Aug 30, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: CalFire was the golden egg a few months back, as many critics of East Contra Costa County Fire’s Measure S proposed tax voiced that we should have allowed CalFire to contract for our serv...
Mostly cloudy
Aug 30, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: In response to Steve Cichosz’s guest commentary, I would say that most will agree that the definition of The Cloud is ambiguous – overly complicated for businesses and oversimplified for ...
McNerney knows what it’s like
Aug 30, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: Congressman Jerry McNerney is a person who relates to and understands the common struggles of his constituents. During this harsh economy, we all know how many people are suffering to get...
Successful Night Out
Aug 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: Many residents of Brentwood celebrated the 29th annual National Night Out (NNO) this year on Aug. 7. NNO is designed to “strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnership an...
Plea for barking-dog decorum
Aug 23, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: At different times throughout the day my neighborhood sounds like a dog kennel. I don’t understand why people who live on very small lots, where the houses are very close together, have d...
New plan needed to fight West Nile
Aug 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector Control District was created in 1926 to control mosquitoes responsible for epidemics of encephalitis and malaria. The district now proudly states it has m...
Council made right call on police tax
Aug 09, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: The Antioch City Council made the right decision when it decided against a proposal by Councilman Gary Agopian, on behalf of the Citizens for a Safe Antioch, not to place a parcel tax for...
Something special
Aug 09, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: In the beginning of August, 2010 I left my hometown of Brentwood and moved to another small town not far from Tahoe, to be close to family, thinking that it isn’t the town that makes you ...
Moving toward stronger economic future
Aug 09, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: We need a leader who will not only lead the fight to restore our economy, but possesses the expertise and willpower to move our towns and families forward. For these reasons, I am complet...