more letters to the editor
Fabulous Fling
May 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: The Loma Vista Elementary School Parents’ Club would like to thank all of the families, teachers, staff, volunteers and vendors that supported our recent Spring Fling event, held on Frida...
Give grads a great night
May 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: Liberty Grad Night Committee would like to thank Craig Chavez, Jim Baker and Tim Head of Shred This, LLC for their generosity and support. With their help and support of the community we ...
Bullying awareness needed
May 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: My grandchild says he is being bullied at Laurel Elementary School in Oakley. I find it disturbing that any schools can have this situation in light of the many stories about children and...
Got it MADE
May 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: I just want to say thank you to Samie Hartley for a well-written article. This was a hit! MADE has plenty of dresses to still give away. We also have short dresses for the eighth-grade da...
Participate in America’s birthday bash
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: The Antioch City Council deserves kudos for moving the Fourth of July event from tier three to tier two in their official hierarchy of community support. This means that though the city s...
A giant of a man
Apr 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: Though I, like many of you, have never had the privilege and honor of meeting Press Editor Rick Lemyre in person, I feel as if I know something about his character. Rick showed me over an...
Wake up, Northern California
Apr 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: You may have lived your whole life in Northern California or even Sacramento and not been aware of the Sacramento Delta. Like its more famous counterpart in Louisiana, where they celebrat...
Cut down noise, not trees
Apr 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: My family and I have lived in our home for five years. Behind us was La Paloma school when we purchased our home, and now it is home of Crossroads Church. First off I want to say: when La...
Exceptional ENCORE performance
Apr 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: The goal of the Antioch Unified School District is to “advance student achievement.” AUSD offers several alternative education options that help achieve this goal. One of these programs i...
Autistic kids: blessings in disguise
Apr 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: April is Autism Awareness Month. As the mother of a severely autistic son, I wanted to reach out and thank the community that supports us in so many ways, and in particular the Special Ki...
Library expansion wheels in motion
Apr 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: At the Brentwood City Council meeting on March 26, the council awarded the library building project to the architectural firm Mark Davis + FOG. Soon there will be meetings with the archit...
Steep price of passivity to crime
Apr 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: There is a season meant for talk and a season meant for action. Antioch has had its day lamenting runaway crime. Hand-wringing over back-to-back yearly bad news grabs needed attention but...
Fond farewell
Mar 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: The East Contra Costa Historical Society read of the recent retirement of Rick Lemyre with mixed emotions. Rick has been a loyal supporter of ECCHS over the course of these last several y...
BUSD Board made stupid decision
Mar 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: Let me get this straight: Merrill Grant screws up the handling of a bad teacher. The parents grab a fat settlement from the BUSD. The school board jacks around, not doing anything, and wh...
Be the remedy
Mar 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: A recent guest column by City Clerk Arne Simonsen told a success story of tenacious citizen pursuit, combined with efficient city staff code enforcement, in resolving a neighboring squatt...
Criminals – we’re watching
Mar 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: There is no better place to live than Brentwood. Its wonderful country charm, smart growth strategies, fiscal discipline, improving infrastructure, school system, combined with retail and...
Retain Encore staffing
Mar 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: At the Antioch Unified School District Board meeting on Feb. 27, the board passed a resolution that could terminate up to 14 teachers. One of the positions in jeopardy is one of four teac...
Thanks for providing POP
Mar 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: The Parents of Playmakers (POPs) board at Liberty High School would like to thank all of the families and friends who helped make the recent “Willy Wonka” musical so successful. This musi...
Oakley needs larger library
Mar 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: How can a growing city like Oakley put up with such a small library? To all the hardworking City Council members, I would like to respectfully state an issue. The local library in Oakley ...
Positive changes at the DBPOA
Mar 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: The DBPOA has new board members and have agreed it’s time for a real change and direction with the DBPOA. The new board has agreed the DBPOA has had its shortcomings over the years and l...