Letters to the Editor

Thousands of volunteers throughout California have worked to gather nearly 1 million signatures to get Proposition 37 on the ballot, educate people about labeling genetically engineered (GE) foods and how the lack of transparency affects us and our food supply.

I have reached the age of everybody thinking I am senile, (you know, old age) brain dead or just plain out of touch.

Re: the Sept. 25 guest column by Gretchen Lichtenberger and Lawrence Yellon, “Americans’ right to fair treatment under the law”: American children, although citizens, do not have due process rights. That was made a fact by an 1989 Supreme Court ...

This year, Congress again voted on increasing the upper limit of our national debt, now at more than $16 trillion.

Keith Mashburn, who is running for the Simi Valley City Council, has really impressed me with his concern for the people of Simi Valley.

It's my privilege to be among the many residents of Camarillo supporting Bill Little for City Council. I have known Bill since he arrived as city manager in 1988 to dig the city out of the financial hole due to ...

Lowering speed limits by increment (a rather insignificant 5 mph) on city streets will not increase safety, despite what the City Council wants uninformed residents to believe. Instead, the move will significantly inflate the number of violators who travel those ...

The other night I was watching a Discovery Channel show about the ocean. In this episode, dolphins were herding mackerel toward the surface in a swirling formation. As the food came closer to the surface, hundreds of birds dove up ...

There are candidates on every corner and every channel seeking to sway us with vague, veiled plans, negative ads and, in some cases, outright lies, all designed for the sole purpose of skating by the electorate to move on to ...

This year I decided to get involved in the political process that will make a difference for most of us in this election year. As part of this, I decided to join Tony Strickland’s group at the Mexican Independence Day ...

The release of the new 4G LTE iPhone 5, the sixth iteration in five years of the trendsetting smartphone, reminds us that investment and innovation in technology remains red-hot even as other industries have been forced to retool and recalibrate ...

Recently, little has been in the letters to the editor section about our health care insurance system, and I wonder at this! Occasionally, we might see an ad about Obamacare, but nothing really of substance.

Re: your Sept. 21 article, “Poll: Voters cool to idea of restricting unions”: The article lamented all the corporate money supporting "Yes on 32.” The article expressed a general concern that corporations and citizens with "ties to the oil industry" ...

Re: your Sept. 22 article, “Proposition 37 forum focuses on genetically modified foods”: The article ended on an unfortunate note. The interviewee, Mikel Avery, expressed disinterest in a bill that requires labeling food with anything less than a complete set ...

Here are five reason to vote for Tony Strickland:

Watching "60 Minutes" last night, I noted Mitt Romney's comment about the health care needs of the uninsured capable of being satisfied by (very expensive) emergency wards. I thought, "Where have I heard comments like that before?" Then I remembered.

Kudos to Scott Pelley and Steve Croft of "60 Minutes" for their interviews with the presidential contenders.

I laughed when I picked up the paper and read that Congress was leaving the Capitol until Nov. 13. Congress left four years ago, right after the Metrolink 111 crash.

Re: your series on autism, especially your Sept. 25 article, “Empoying their skills”: Thank you for the series on Autism. We need more informative articles educating people about those perceived as different.

Our freedoms aren't slipping away. They're being gobbled up by government run amok. We are overregulated and overtaxed.

Oct. 7 is Pulpit Freedom Sunday. This is the day, each year, that an organization by the name of “Alliance Defending Freedom” encourages pastors to freely advise, give opinions and say all that they choose to say about candidates in ...

Re: Dan Walters’ Sept. 21 column, “School officials circumvent state law over Prop. 30”: For many years I have read Walters’ columns, heard him speak and have come to know him as a straightforward, down to earth columnist who typically ...

I just received a letter from Barbara Blake, an official of the United Nurses Associations of California, encouraging me to vote for Julia Brownley. This letter was very misleading and deceptive, all the while accusing Tony Strickland of lying.

Re: Bill O'Reilly's Sept. 22 column, OK, where's our energy (policy)? At first I thought: What? Gas at $1.84 per gallon in January 2009. I did not believe it. Then, I checked with CNN Money.com and sure enough, we were ...

The League of Women Voters of Ventura County endorses Measure Q. This measure will provide a four-year source of local funding to schools within the Ventura Unified School District to maintain quality education for its students.