Shops are just another strip mall
      My husband and I just stopped by the planning office to take a look at the plans for The Shops at Oak Creek. I'm sorry to say that we were very disappointed. It looks like another strip mall, complete with a sea of parking, and we were hoping to get away from more of the same.
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Favorite small business pushed out by landlord
      In our society apparently everything has to be homogenized, corporate and/or upscale with outrageous rent, including what is the only original compound with character in Agoura Hills: Whizin's.
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City must make room for lowincome residents
      I am responding to letters from James Prieger and Shari Goodman (Dec. 20). My main purpose for writing to The Acorn on Dec. 13 was to object to the lack of humanity and social justice on behalf of Edwin Locke "the Scrooge"- it was not so much to contest the fact that the middle class pays most of the taxes.
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Opportunity to make a difference
      Dori Harrison Clements is the mother of a 16-year-old son with intercranial hypertension. Dori stepped forward to put words into action by recognizing that she wanted intercranial hypertension research to benefit her son and others suffering from this most painful, vision-threatening and disabling disorder.
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HOA's out of control
      I'm a resident of Country Meadows I, a townhome community in Oak Park. We have, in my opinion, a homeowners association that is out of control and arbitrary in their enforcement of the HOA rules.
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Thanks, from Yerba Buena PFA
      I wanted to thank the city councils of Agoura, Calabasas, Hidden Hills and Westlake Village for their Four City Agreement to invest in our children's education by funding new technology. These vital funds bring technology to our classrooms as never before.
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Meal for homeless was a success
      I would like to thank everyone who helped make this year's Holiday Turkey Meal for the homeless, poor or lonely on Christmas Day a fantastic success. I estimated that we fed approximately 330 souls that day, not including the people who benefited from the contribution of leftovers made to the Oxnard Rescue Mission.
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Turkey donations greatly appreciated
      The Santa Comes to Agoura and Beyond food drive would like to thank each and everyone for their donations to make the turkey drive such a success: Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Oak Park, Westlake Village Patti Jo Wolfson, Joseph Campana, Cindy Korn, Roger and Diane Lifeset, Joe, Karen, Melaine and David Nerberg, Carol and Roger Ballard,
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