Submit your letter to the editor for publication. The letter must be less than 250 words. We limit publishing letters to local authors and one published letter every six weeks. Letters must be signed by an individual (not a group of people) and include your name, address and phone number for verification purposes. We will only publish your name and city. Email letter to opinion@bakersfield.com.
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I have been trying to get the well-known water company to repair a water leak in front of my mother's house on Cherry Hills Avenue in Bakersfield for the past three weeks. The service man that showed up promptly on the day that I called told me that it was not our problem (imagine the cost of having an open water line for three weeks), and that the water company would be responsible because the break was in their line.
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Apparently those vandals in the Bakersfield Country Club area and other areas of the city and county are not aware of the law that makes tampering with any U.S. mail box a federal offense.
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From the first downbeat of Director Col. Michael Colburn's baton, the recent United States Marine Band concert at Rabobank Convention Center was a huge hit with the capacity crowd.
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I would like to personally thank the groups of adults and children that come into our neighborhood to trick or treat every year. You all know the ones I speak of. They don't live there. They don't even know anyone who lives in the neighborhood. They just bring their kids in to trick or treat and have a good time.
