more letters to the editor
On the receiving end of broken promises
Mar 11, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
The shoe is on the other foot now, Mr. Keller. How does it feel?
Board takes false steps
Mar 11, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
I, for one, do know the difference between a true step increase and a raise. Based on what I’ve heard around town, so do many, many others.
Grateful to stay in cyber-touch
Mar 04, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
The one Brentwood constant that I can rely on weekly is thepress.net. I love catching up on what is going on in our old town.
Teachers deserve better
Mar 04, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
I was one of the couple hundred people who attended the recent Brentwood school board meeting. I could see a lot of angry and defeated faces in the crowd. As a parent, I can’t do much for the staff...
Marvelous Maiocco
Mar 04, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
On behalf of John Muir Health, I would like to congratulate Dr. Hugh Maiocco on his retirement and more than 50 years of service to the community.
Illuminating the fight against cancer
Mar 04, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
For many people who attend Relay For Life, one of the most moving parts of the event is the Ceremony of Hope.
Education funding forum on horizon
Feb 25, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
The news has been full of the dire warnings as schools slash budgets.
School officials should make better choices
Feb 25, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
I ask you how these pay raises benefit the children. Saving qualified and experienced teachers should have a higher priority than raises at this time.
Meaningful priorities
Feb 25, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Why don’t we have an animal shelter in Brentwood?
Back to battling over Urban Limit Line
Feb 25, 2010 | 2 2 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Development of that area of Brentwood is of no benefit to our community, much less open space and wildlife.
What happened to being a kid?
Feb 25, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
I remember spending the early afternoon hours after school running around the neighborhood with my friends until the street lights came on and my Mom called me in for dinner.
Cackle raising hackles
Feb 18, 2010 | 2 2 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
Our City Council has done everything in its power to do away with its rural-type lifestyle and image that Brentwood was once known for.
More perilous than poultry
Feb 18, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
I was sorry that the three council members chickened out on voting not to permit chickens on lots under 20,000 square feet.
Brentwood shelter – compassionate and smart
Feb 18, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
It seems to me that if a shelter were located here in Brentwood, those who are forced to give up a pet would be more likely to do so in a responsible manner by taking it to the shelter rather than ...
Bureaucrats guarding the henhouse
Feb 18, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Do we elect dumb people to office or do they get dumb after we elect them?
Paramedics on duty in East County
Feb 18, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
re are no paramedics in the district.” Although the fire district does not employ paramedics, AMR has been providing first responder paramedics in the district since 1992.
First things first
Feb 18, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
We do not need any more uncontrolled growth in Brentwood. We have plenty of empty homes, substandard fire protection, limited police resources, limited water sources, teachers that are losing their...
City Council goes above and beyond
Feb 18, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
I want to take time to thank the members of the Oakley City Council: Pat Anderson, Jim Frazier, Carol Rios, Bruce Connelly and Kevin Romick.
Thanks for backing snack shack
Feb 18, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The Liberty High School men’s soccer program had a very successful fundraiser again this year. In times of budget cuts it’s so wonderful to live in a community that supports student athletes.
Pathetic pants on the ground
Feb 11, 2010 | 4 4 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: A Jan. 30 article in another newspaper said that baggy pants’ days appear to be numbered. At school, I am intrigued at how so many boys can wear their baggy pants. The intriguing part is ...