In a letter to the editor, a Lookout reader urges the building of a bike and pedestrian trail alongside the Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line.
Letters to the Editor
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Letter to the editor: Thanks, Lookout, for McDougals piece — you are ‘like a community synapse’
In a letter to the editor, Santa Cruz resident T. Mike Walker thanks Lookout for a recent story on artists Bruce and Marcia McDougal.
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Letter to the editor: Israel must free Freedom Theatre’s general manager
We, the undersigned, representing a coalition of performing arts professionals and organizations in Santa Cruz, write to condemn Israel’s abductions of Mustafa Sheta, The Freedom Theatre’s general manager, Jamal Abu Joas, graduate and actor trainer, and Ahmed Tobasi, the theater’s artistic director, from inside their homes on Dec. 13 by the Israeli armed forces in […]
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Letter to the editor: Stop adding bike and foot traffic paths in Capitola
In a letter to the editor, a Capitola resident calls for completing the rail trail, including across the trestle bridge, instead of adding new paths for cyclists and pedestrians.
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Letter to the editor: Perinatal health care workers in Santa Cruz County call for a Gaza cease-fire
In a letter to the editor: Perinatal health care workers in Santa Cruz County call for a Gaza cease-fire.
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Letter to the editor: Supervisors need to look at obvious connections with FEMA money
Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. On Tuesday, Dec. 12, I attended the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors meeting. I watched the supervisors vote to approve an infrastructure project in a Federal Emergency Management Agency floodway, while at the same time discussing the fact […]
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Letter to the editor: Stop building the interim trail in Capitola – we voted for the ultimate trail
Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. In his Sentinel commentary, “A response on Ultimate Trail encroachments,” Jim Weller writes, “The ultimate rail-and-trail option is definitely preferred among elected officials and policymakers.” He leaves out in his own municipality of Capitola, they are not building the […]
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Letter to the editor: We need to ‘vigilantly critique’ county development plans and ensure they include the neediest
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a plan that shows how the jurisdiction can fit 4,634 new housing units within the county by 2031. Of that housing, 3,054 are to be allocated as affordable for low-to-moderate-income residents. Do readers know that low-income in Santa Cruz County is anything less than $82,350 per […]
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Letter to the editor: We must do better to keep our waterways clean, for now and for our future
Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: I have volunteered three times to clean up the trash left by transients on the Corralitos Creek near Safeway. Yesterday I was astonished by the conditions of the creek and the blatant disregard for our […]
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Letter to the editor: New Leaf needs to reconsider policies that are not community-friendly
Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: Since New Leaf stores are expanding, I hope they reconsider their policies that are not community-friendly and have been started in only the past year. Here are some: 1. No longer allowing consumers to write […]