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Letter to the editor: Renovated Simpkins pool is not accessible for many

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. The pool at Simpkins Family Swim Center recently reopened after months of renovation, but now there is no longer a portable lift available for people with physical limitations to use for the large pool. There is a stationary […]

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Letter to the editor: Hooray for Safeway’s choice to carry cage-free Glaum eggs

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: Many of us were pleased to hear that a number of local Safeways will now carry cage-free eggs from Glaum Egg Ranch. In recent years, hundreds of major companies — such as Panda Express, Outback […]

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Letter to the editor: NuBo ‘never belonged in that space’ and should not be allowed to continue

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: Today, three neighborhood children playing in the sun were nearly flattened in my driveway by a Porsche whipping in to turn around and cruise back down Gladys Avenue to get a parking space to go […]

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Letter to the editor: Lookout needs to present the whole story on SROs: They will not keep our kids safe

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: In both Parkland, Florida, and Uvalde, Texas, mass shootings happened with horrific consequences at schools with school resource officers. SROs are not the answer to keeping our children safe. A recent Lookout article about last […]

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Letter to the editor: UCSC must do better; university ignored design principles in original Student Housing West plan

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: I very much appreciated Mike Rotkin’s piece on the importance of design in affordable housing. Too often, objections to aspects of a development plan are brushed aside as selfish NIMBYism, and we are told that […]

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Letter to the editor: Gail Pellerin has the experience and skills; she has my vote

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. Please join me in voting for Gail Pellerin for State Assembly District 28. I know Gail to be proactive, honest, level-headed and capable. Gail possesses the experience and the leadership skills required to address the pressing needs of […]

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Letter to the editor: Rail cost is too too high, but let’s stop the personal attacks

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: Thank you, Wallace Baine, for such an in-depth article on Bud Colligan, local philanthropist. I don’t know Mr. Colligan or his wife, but I do attend Jewel Theatre, which makes its home in the Colligan […]

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Letter to the editor: Stop wasting money on trains; fund Metro and Measure D

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: I spent 15 years driving a bus for Santa Cruz Metro; I believe in public transportation! During my time behind the wheel, I observed constant fiscal instability. It was feast or famine — expansions of […]

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