Calabasas divided over condos
      On Aug. 1, once again Standard Pacific met with Calabasas City Hall to further discuss their 86-unit condo complex along Las Virgenes Road. In a 3-2 vote, our City Council approved of this project, but so did the planning commission and the traffic commission. The planning commission pr...
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West Calabasas, seen but not heard
      What happened to "government for the people, by the people" in Calabasas? It seems more and more that it is slipping away. Sure, this is a bit of hyperbole, but I think it illustrates a point. The council's vote in favor of Standard Pacific's 86-unit condo development was ...
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Standard Pacific condos a disgrace
      There seems to be a total breakdown at city hall. The approval of the Standard Pacific Development project is evidence of that. Mayor Pro Tem Mary Sue Mauer asked how such an unsuitable project could come before the City Council and the City Council had a gun to their heads to...
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Thinks Kuperberg whitewashed Kanan problem
      This letter is in response to our elected leader, Dan Kuperberg, who has some "thoughts and opinions" on the debacle that is the Kanan interchange. After analyzing the insightful letter our mayor shared with us, if I may, I would like to interpret it for all the boys and girls of Agoura.
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Agoura Hills needs new choices
      It's election time in Agoura Hills. And once again we're faced with the same-old, same-old. Dan Kuperberg is running again, and holding his hand and riding his coattails is John Edelston.
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Don't glamorize gambling
      I want to submit my opinions on the article "Poker passion pays off for Oak Park man" (Aug. 9). Let me start off by saying that there was nothing funnier that I have read in The Acorn than hearing about the spoiled rotten kid whose parents support a gambling addiction.
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Drive carefully around kids
      Regarding the letters responding to my concern about speeders in residential neighborhoods, let me clarify a few points. The driver that prompted my letter was exceeding the speed limit. I stated that the driver was "speeding up the street.
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Snuff out smoke
      In reading the editorial of Aug. 2, in which you took a negative position towards smoking restrictions, I couldn't help but wonder what was smoldering in your pipe. If I am downwind from a smoker, it doesn't matter how rude or how polite they are, I am still forced to smell their sti...
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Hydrogen is best fuel for the future
      I am a mechanical engineer with a master's degree and a strong chemistry background. And I know that hydrogen far surpasses any other possible fuel because of availability (all the ocean's water) and total lack of environmental impact.
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Time to shore up our infrastructure
      Hurricane Katrina and the recent Minneapolis/St. Paul bridge collapse should give politicians at every level of government pause. For years, professional engineers and managers of every sort have been warning that America's infrastructures are rapidly declining.
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