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SOAPBOX

Views, Opinions and Insights

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Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX

Coastlines: A Trip Down ‘Sun’ Memory Lane

  By Fred Swelges Sixty-five years ago, if you were living then, you could have been one of maybe 4,000 to 5,000 residents of San…

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Letters to the Editor, SOAPBOX

Letter: Lt. Peters, Stick to the Script

Ed Ward, San Clemente As reported in the San Clemente Times’ Feb. 14-20 edition, during a homeless update at the Feb. 5 San Clemente City…

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Letters to the Editor, SOAPBOX

Letter: Reports Cast Cloud on Desalination

Joanna Clark, San Juan Capistrano  According to the South Orange County Wastewater Authority (SOCWA), the San Juan Creek Ocean Outfall discharges 11.3 million gallons of…

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Letters to the Editor, SOAPBOX

Letter: Excuses Don’t Address Crime Issues

Todd Offord, San Clemente Please, don’t get me wrong, I respect the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, Police Services and all law enforcement, but I am…

The View from the Pier By Herman Sillas 0
Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX

View from the Pier: Lifelong Stories Recollected in Retrospect

By Herman Sillas I was born in Los Angeles. My parents were of Mexican descent, and I have two sisters. My mother believed I had…

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Letters to the Editor, SOAPBOX

Letter: Don’t Fence Me In

Steve Netherby, San Clemente When I read the letter to the editor, “Protect the Ridge Route Trail,” in the Jan. 31-Feb. 6 edition of the…

Dan Bane 2
Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX

City Council Corner: New City Council Off to a Fast Start

By Mayor Pro Tem Dan Bane I want to thank you, the residents of San Clemente, for placing your trust in me by electing me…

For all the changes they have seen on their street and in a growing town, Dick and Marilyn Herr are happy and enjoying life. Photo: Fred Swegles 0
Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX

CoastLines: Herr Family Continues to Watch San Clemente Grow

By Fred Swegles Few people in San Clemente have watched the town grow up around them quite like Dick and Marilyn Herr. Just glance down…

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Letters to the Editor, SOAPBOX

Letter: We Can’t Undo the Protections in Place to Fight the Toll Road

Sharon Williams, San Clemente Dear Editor, As a longtime resident of San Clemente, I am deeply concerned by our mayor’s suggestion that the Transportation Corridor…

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Letters to the Editor, SOAPBOX

Letter: No, Chernobyl Disaster Cannot Be Repeated at SONGS

John Dobken, Media Relations Manager, Southern California Edison At a coffee klatch in San Clemente, the first question I got was a bit surprising. “Is…

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Letters to the Editor, SOAPBOX

Letter: Motives of the TCA Are ‘Damaging’

David W. Brant, San Clemente Dear Editor, I’d like to thank you for your thorough article in the San Clemente Times on the proposed toll road…

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Letters to the Editor, SOAPBOX

Letter: Cut Losses on Hospital Lawsuit to Stave Financial Burden

Robert Beaulieu, San Clemente Today, we stand at a crossroads. Our city council and BB&K, the legal team hired by the city, seemed to be…

Lisa Bartlett 0
Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX

Bartlett Bulletin: Priorities Abound for Orange County in New Year

  By Lisa Bartlett, chairwoman of the Orange County Board of Supervisors  Each year, the county of Orange lays out its policy and project priorities…

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Letters to the Editor, SOAPBOX

Letter: Protect the Ridge Route Trail

Vonne Barnes, Rancho San Clemente Community Association board president The Ridge Route Trail (RRT), the city recreation and utility service road that runs directly through…

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Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX

CoastLines: Denny’s Has a Sign of the Times

  By Fred Swegles Is it time to declare our Denny’s sign a landmark, protected by law? I’m only half-kidding. The ever-morphing sign is arguably…

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