Counterpoint: Keep the Hararis
      The LVUSD should be ashamed of themselves. What they've done in allowing Brenda and Itamar Harari to build the Las Virgenes Community Learning Center and subsequently ejecting them after all of their hard work is nothing short of robbery.
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Mind your safety when approaching a crosswalk
      When a crossing guard is present and steps off the curb with their sign up in the intersection, then the intersection becomes out of order by law.
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Here's the scoop on dogs
      I live and walk in Oak Park all the time. I think it's so disgusting, all the dog crap I see on the ground every time I walk because people are too lazy to pick up after their dogs. You can own a dog. It is your duty to pick up after them.
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Help prevent a repeat of the Oxnard incident
      We as a community need to prevent a shooting like what happened in Oxnard to one of our schools here in OPUSD. Maybe if the district would receive letters and/or emails from concerned parents the district would enforce the "no bullying" rule without so many chances. This should co...
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Spanish lessons
      When we took our teenage son to clean up Las Virgenes Creek last weekend, we expected to teach him a lesson in civic duty and volunteerism. We didn't, however, expect him to hear words of cultural insult and disrespect from our civic leaders while doing so.
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Tax voodoo
      Are Bush's tax cuts good for the economy? Of course not. The millionaire will not spend his rebate and the little guy will not get enough back to make a difference when it is spent. What if these tax cuts were targeted at the middle class, those who would spend the money? Wouldn't t...
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Fluoride folly
      Although the American Dental Association's position on fluoride (hydrofluosilicic acid) suggests they would be the main au thority on dental health, they are simply a trade group with no medical expertise.
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The senior blues
      I am very disappointed in the rather cavalier manner in which the Sunrise Senor Living matter was dismissed by the Westlake Village City Council, especially after all the hoops you put them through which were all handled properly and positively.
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FOR THE RECORD
      •Deena Parry was not identified as being a member of the Oak Park Municipal Advisory Council when she wrote a letter to the editor titled, "Not informed about fluoride," in which she criticized the Metropolitan Water District for failing to disclose the full chemical contents ...
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