Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, when the crack cocaine epidemic became known to the general population, we all came to realize what the scourge of coke was about. At the same time, Coca Cola’s primary […]
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Letter to the editor: More government ‘push and pull’ needed to make climate-friendly choices easier and cheaper
Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: I attended the climate change event hosted by the Democratic Women’s Club of Santa Cruz and described in Max Chun’s March 17 article. Representatives from organizations that are doing important work to address local environmental […]
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Letter to the editor: Laird sings praises of outgoing Watsonville Community Hospital CEO
Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: One of the unsung heroes of the effort to save Watsonville Community Hospital is outgoing CEO Steven Salyer. While the public was focused on the successful campaigns for emergency legislation, a bankruptcy court bid and […]
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Letter to the editor: Law-and-order response to homelessness? I want no part of it.
Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. I am writing in response to an email I received regarding a new “law and order” approach to homelessness in Santa Cruz. Is this to be the new normal? Because if this city is going the way of […]
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Letter to the editor: Why do we keep enacting laws that punish the poor?
Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: I was outraged to hear that Pajaro River levee repair for the past 20-plus years did not meet our government’s base judgement for repairs based on cost/replacement value of the homes threatened. Way to go, […]
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Letter to the editor: City should offer 24-hour shelter; police should stop evicting unhoused from garages during storms
Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: Forcing unhoused people to stand outside during the atmospheric river hoping to be one of the lucky 25 to get a space in the warming center is cruel. Even though there is enough staff to […]
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Letter to the editor: Let’s stop the ‘housing Armageddon’ and build three-to-five-story structures in Santa Cruz County
Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: Are you an urban professional, your parents also urban professionals? Do you prefer luxury high-rises with spas and private entrances to bougie restaurants, the kind that sell a $40 burger and fries cost extra? Think […]
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Letter to the editor: Losing the Seacliff pier felt like a gut punch
Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: I just read your article regarding the demolition of the pier at Seacliff State Beach. It felt like a total gut punch. I grew up in the 1960s camping at Seacliff with my grandparents. It […]
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Letter to the editor: Thank you, Rio del Mar firefighters
Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: Thank you doesn’t begin to express my appreciation to Central Fire’s Rio Del Mar station firefighters who came to our rescue after a 170-foot eucalyptus tree crashed through our home in the middle of the […]
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Letter to the editor: Fairgrounds’ rental rates should not increase
Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: At the Feb. 7 meeting of the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds board of directors, an agenda item proposed significant increases in rental rates for venues at the site. This item was tabled pending more information […]