Dear Editor,
Your last two columns were spot on. I applaud you for discussing sad truths about our lack of civil discourse, and even unwillingness to engage for fear of retribution. I hope people are reading and thinking about what you wrote. Keep up the great work.
Mike Sanders
Rossmoor
Arborist stats on Rossmoor trees are helpful
Hi David,
Thank you for publishing the Contact Your Elected Officials information. It’s great to have this all together in a condensed form. It’s going on my fridge.
Thanks for all the statistics and information in the article about Rossmoor trees. Having arborist Mary Kingman here in Rossmoor is a wonderful resource. She deals with trees in the parks and on the streets.
But those aren’t the only trees affected by the rains last winter, of course. We have trees in our yards, and they need trimming too. Yesterday someone came to the door and said they needed to get in the backyard to cut vegetation away from power lines. They said they were from Edison but couldn’t produce any I D that verified it.
They went in the yard but did nothing and left. I’ve had Edison contractors trim trees, or even remove palms, near their lines and it was never a case of someone just showing up to cut. They always gave notice and had an ID or a job assignment from Edison.
So be wary of unsolicited and uncredentialed tree trimmers.
I agree wholeheartedly with the Letter of Ms. Churchill regarding the need for teaching civics and Political Science before high school, and with Ms. Lewallen’s letter praising your ‘fact filled journalism’.
Finally, regarding your Perspective piece, I thought ‘where is this going?’ after their first few paragraphs. Then you mentioned what the longtime reader had said and I saw where you were going. You, as many others, have identified this problem and the fact that change is needed to stop careening down this path sewn by one-sided news media and social media. I was hoping you would be a bit more illuminating in how to take that first step in the title of your essay.
As per this week’s non-mice-related letters, I do appreciate the important role of the Fourth Estate and applaud your efforts on the local level.
Jeff Teal
Rossmoor
Bill was missed at this year’s Veterans Ceremonies
Dear “Coach” Bill,
As you cast an eye downward from your heavenly perch, wiping back mouth-watering frosting from your lips, may you take pleasure in this exquisite day: your centenarian birthday.
You were noticeably missed yesterday among us mortals at the local Veterans Day ceremonies. Am confident that days prior you were situated at your divine word processor formulating yet another presentation, one in which you passionately delivered for the occasion in your newfound home.
Happy birthday, Bill!
Best
Herb
PS: To those I haven’t had the privilege of making your acquaintance, it is with hope you’ll oblige me without prejudice in imposing upon your electronic mailbox as we remember a fellow friend (mentor, “coach”) on a day we all would loved to have attended in celebration.
