Sound Off
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Sound off for June 14
Reader: I was very disturbed about the bullying article. As a teacher of a couple of the students, I can attest they are exceptional young men. They're typically well-behaved and, since they don't have a pattern of bullying, it must have been a prank gone wrong. So why, with all the possible topics on our national economic, political and social crises, did you publish this on the front page?
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Sound off for May 31
Reader: This is in reference to the front page of Thursday's Californian. The headline is "Girl shoots baby brother" and then there is a picture of this precious little girl.
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Sound Off for May 10, 2009
Reader: I must say I am extremely disappointed in last Sunday's real estate "column" that is nothing more than an advertisement for real estate services. The crux of the argument that this is a good time to buy in the article revolves around inventory. The argument, as I can see it, is that since inventories have been shrinking, now would be a good time to buy.
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Sound off for May 3
Reader: I enjoyed reading Thursday's article about San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's bid for the Democratic nomination for governor of the state of California.
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Jenner: We received a lot of comments on our coverage of the "tea party" protest on Tax Day -- April 15.
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Sound Off for March 22, 2009
Reader: At 4 a.m. Thursday we received a call from a Californian deliveryman who said he could hear a car horn going off in our garage.
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Sound Off for March 22, 2009
Reader: At 4 a.m. Thursday we received a call from a Californiandeliveryman who said he could hear a car horn going off in our garage.
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Reader: This is in response to reporter Courtenay Edelhart's recent review of the new Jimano's Pizzeria in Bakersfield.
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Sound Off for March 8, 2009
Reader: In the March 3 Californiana headline reads, "Could This Gun Kill You?" Maybe it's just me, but what kind of headline is that?
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Sound Off for March 1, 2009
Reader: I was impressed with James Geluso's story last Sunday on city pensions. I found it to be well-researched and for the most part, unbiased. I also found it curious that it was published on the eve of a critical council vote on whether or not to sign a labor contract with its police officers, a contract that is almost two years overdue.
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Sound Off for Feb. 22, 2009
Reader: I was gratified to see the great program at the Oral Language Festival for grades 4 through 6 on Feb. 12 at our new University Square building. And then I was so disappointed to see the poor coverage in both The Californiannewspaper and on the Web site the next day.
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Sound Off for Feb. 15, 2009
Reader: I'm calling to complain about the crossword puzzle missing from the Classified section. I keep opening the paper every day thinking maybe today the crossword puzzle will be in there, but alas, no puzzle.
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Sound Off for Feb. 8, 2009
Reader: I'm a teacher at a local school and my colleagues and I are appalled that The Californianpicked this quote by Barack Obama: "This was a mistake. I screwed up."
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Sound Off for Feb. 1, 2009
Reader: Is the assembly of more than 200,000 people in Washington, D.C., marching for the culture of life newsworthy?
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Sound Off for Jan. 25, 2009
Reader: Lois Henry's recent column labeled respected air quality studies "hooey." I used to think Ms. Henry was hip, courageous and bright. Now I think a better description would be, at the very best, naive, irresponsible and rather dim.
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Sound Off for Jan. 11, 2009
Reader: On Friday you printed a letter from Leighann Vogel. I question why you would print a letter that was so grossly factually incorrect.
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Sound Off for Jan. 4, 2009
Reader: I would like the writer of the “Shame on left-handed lifestyle” letter, printed on last Sunday’s Opinion page, to explain its meaning.
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Sound Off for Dec. 28, 2008
Reader: Hopefully, when the country is trying to get back on its feet in the new year, The Californianwill find better things to do than make fun of three really nice guys -- Ken Mettler, President Bush and Joe the Plumber ("A caroling we go," Dec. 21).
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Sound off for Dec. 21, 2008
Reader: I'm the third in a line of six generations of Californianreaders.
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Sound Off for Dec. 14, 2008
Reader: I have been disappointed with The Californian's national and international news summaries. The one-sentence summaries rarely give enough information to be accurately described as news. Often, they raise more questions than inform.