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Letters to the Community

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Controversial Open Space Conundrum

ROGER E. BÜTOW, San Juan Capistrano I attended the first of two workshops hosted by the city a while back. I was blown away that…

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Recognizing Ostomy Awareness Day

CAROL BRINKMAN, San Juan Capistrano I am a bag lady! I have an ostomy bag! That means I had life-saving surgery to remove my cancerous…

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Letters to the Community, SOAPBOX

Enough Delays; Time to Build the Putuidem Village Cultural Center

JOANNA CLARK, San Juan Capistrano The Acjachemen Nation settled this area 12,000 years before our European interloper ancestors invaded and decimated the indigenous Native populations…

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Out & About

MIKE POURARYAN, Laguna Niguel Capistrano Unified School District never ceases to amaze me. In spite of the budget ravages of the last number of years,…

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Thoughts and Prayers: Do They Really Work?

TINA AUCLAIR, San Juan Capistrano  “I don’t understand, but I know my God does,” Pastor Frank Pomeroy, First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas, said…

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When is Genocide Over in San Juan Capistrano?

DINA GILIO-WHITAKER, professor of American Indian Studies, Cal State San Marcos, and REBECCA ROBLEES, Acjachemen tribal member The San Juan Capistrano City Council’s backpedaling on…

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New San Juan Capistrano City Hall

RUTH CLARK, San Juan Capistrano I do not normally agree with Derek Reeve on anything, but his idea of selling the land on which the…

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I Have Had Enough

MICHELLE BROUGH, Dana Point For months, I stood by and watched my husband, Assemblyman Bill Brough, be dragged through the mud by his own political…

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What’s Wrong With River Street Marketplace?

JEFF VASQUEZ, San Juan Capistrano The Los Rios Specific Plan was created specifically to protect the homes in the Los Rios Historic District from the…

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Letters: Broken Treaties, Broken Promises

ROBERT BRACAMONTES, Montebello When people ask, “Where were you born?”, I say, “On my Ancestral land.” I was born Acjachemen. Today, we struggle to maintain control…

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Letters: Happy Birthday, Larry Kramer

JOHN A. CALDWELL, San Juan Capistrano We are celebrating Larry Kramer, who becomes an octogenarian this month.  Those of us who know and have worked…

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Letters: City is ‘Getting Out of Water Business’; Residents Aren’t

JONATHAN VOLZKE, San Juan Capistrano In 2010, the City of San Juan Capistrano purchased 132 acres of Rancho Mission Viejo property, which included the 40-acre…

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Letters: Capistrano Dispatch Should Rethink Its Letters Policy

Letters to the editor policy: To submit a letter to the editor for possible inclusion in the paper, email us at letters@thecapistranodispatch.com. The Capistrano Dispatch reserves the right to…

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Letters: SJC Skatepark Coalition Congratulates City Council Victors

PETER CAREY, San Juan Capistrano The San Juan Capistrano Skate Park Coalition wants to congratulate our newly elected San Juan Capistrano City Council members Troy…

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Letters: Stopping Violence Begins With Leadership

RON HERBERT, San Clemente Our lawmakers need to address the all-too-common occurrence of violence in this country. I suggest we begin with a comprehensive PTSD…

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