Avid pet lover has strong concerns
     There is a serious problem with the free pet microchip program offered by Los Angeles County Animal Control shelters, including the Agoura shelter. The shelters are not sending the owner registration forms to Avid to input the owner data into its worldwide registry, so these pets with microchips are considered not to have "registered owners."
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Teachers get second-class treatment
     Teacher representatives from all 14 schools within our district stormed out of the last school board meeting. Negotiations for teacher salary and welfare benefits have reached an impasse, so the teacher reps delivered nearly 400 handwritten messages from the certificated employees expressing their deep concern that Las Virgenes teachers are the lowest-paid teachers in the area.
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Business owner 'ruffed' up
     I feel compelled to write this comment about Jess Ruf, owner of the Do-it Center hardware store. We have all seen this gentleman vilified many times in the newspapers before elections because of his stand on development of competing large hardware outlet stores.
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Grassroots movement wins
     The Westlake Village voters have defeated the Lowe's sponsored Measure Z. The grassroots movement mobilized public opinion to defeat the corporate giant.
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Now, more offices
     I simply cannot understand the reason why people voted against Measure Z. Too much noise? It's next to the 101. While we're at it, let's vote to close that down. Too many trucks? It's next to a Costco. Let's close that too.
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Solutions for Lot C
     The voters' rejection of Measure Z established four principles that should define future development for Lot C. Voters came together on the following concepts:
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Oak Park School District feels the loss
     The only losers in last week's bond election are the children. They are the ones who will be paying for H6 not passing.
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Sun is king
     No one disputes that the Earth has been irregularly getting slightly warmer over the past few centuries. What is in question is the cause of the warming. Knowing the cause is critical because if the cause has been wrongly identified.
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