Nurses are concerned, too
      Thanks to Jim Sherman for his cogent response to The Acorn's editorial regarding the Los Robles Emergency Room. The original editorial was well-written and informative. I don't think the public truly understands that emergency departments everywhere are the social and medical sa...
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Off the mark
      Thank you for your exemplary coverage of the Chabad "eruv" controversy. However, in your Jan. 25 story regarding the most recent Oak Park Municipal Advisory Council meeting,
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Eruv no joke
      Re: "Residents draw the line over new religious marker" (Jan. 19). Surely this story can't be fact. It's a piece that was meant for the April 1 edition and snuck into print early? Tom Whittaker Westlake Village
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Debate heats up
      In regards to Robert W. Van de Walle's letter in the Jan. 25 Acorn about a global warming "hoax," I have only disbelief that anyone could be so blind. The vast, vast majority of scientific research indicates that the average temperature of the Earth has risen 0.6 plus or minus 0.2 deg...
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History lesson
      I read Ms. Sandra Stafford's letter "Wrong Delivery" ( Acorn , Jan. 25) with great interest and agree with her wholeheartedly. As she had stated, downtown Cornell once had a post office to service the unincorporated area. Its function was transferred to the current Agoura Hills location as ...
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Sympathy for a pet owner
      My letter is in response to Joanne Van Buren's letter (Jan. 18) regarding the "Losing Jackie" story (Critter Corner, Nov. 23). I have never written to a newspaper before, but both of these letters struck a nerve in my heart.
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What was she thinking?
      In your Jan. 18 letters, Joanne Van Buren wrote in to chastise Brian Mattson for letting his dog out without "checking out" the area first. This choice sadly resulted in the death of his dog.
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Organ donation involves some give and take
      Your story about Ryan Roschke highlighted the tragic shortage of human organs for transplant operations. More than half of the 94,000 Americans on the national transplant waiting list will die before they get a transplant. Most of these deaths are needless. Americans bury or crem...
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Seniors are all shaken up
      My husband and I downsized to a townhouse about seven years ago. We did this because we no longer needed the big house. The state of California rewards senior citizens who do this by allowing us to take our Proposition 13 tax rate with us. We have been getting special-assessed by our development ...
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Council candidate says vision has been lost
      Calabasas is a community of neighborhoods, each with its own special character. Malibu Canyon is not Mulwood, Calabasas Park is not the Calabasas Highlands, yet it is the shared open spaces, the feeling of living in the country, that makes us different from the rest of the Valley. I ...
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Behind Keeler
      I am writing to express my support for Calabasas City Council candidate Toby Keeler. Toby is a longtime Calabasas resident with a commitment to the Calabasas way of life. As a former Calabasas planning commissioner Toby has demonstrated both leadership and knowledge of the (often comp...
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A very brave spokeswoman
      I attended the event where Nonie Darwish spoke. She is a very brave woman who felt intimidated to speak out against radical Islam until 9/11. There are those who wish to silence moderates like Nonie because she and others are trying to open our eyes to what is being taugh...
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The facts are important
      When our son reported that he had been told that the Ku Klux Klan was started as a prank by college students, we suggested some research. We then discussed the subject. Harry found it fun to debate and learn with real facts at his disposal. Mr. Van de Walle ("What global warming?" Jan. 25)...
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