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Letters: Tobacco story is blowing smoke

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Letters: Marine on No Kings, AI in the schools, Palomar Health's missing $50 million

Marine keeps his honor cleanI first sang the Marine Corps Hymn as a Devil Pup, at Camp Pendleton. I did not think beyond the verses; it was just a song, …

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Don’t take away affordable legal help for small businesses

The cost of doing business in California is high — and small businesses in Hillcrest are feeling the pressure. When legal issues come up, we need affordable, flexible options — …

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Slow bus to Descanso

Slow bus to DescansoLaughing my ass off at the recent Tin Fork (“Descanso Junction: Unchained lunch”, Tin Fork, Jan. 30, 2025) warning that bus service to the Descanso Junction Restaurant …

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Downtown San Diego grit not what it was in 1993

I live on the streetsI just read the article entitled (“Balboa Park – fewer rules than homeless shelters”, Cover Stories, June 3, 1993) and I have to say, I can’t tell if it’s supposed to …

January 22, 2025

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Real ranch hands don’t ride bulls

Dating mix-up detectedThis concerns the Outdoors section on p. 18 in this week’s issue (“Earliest to bloom trees in San Diego, latest sunrise of the year, moon and mars occult”, Outdoors, Jan. 6, 2025). The …

January 15, 2025

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January 8, 2025

Satire on Trump, Ray Kroc, Hunter S. Thompson seen as anti-Trump

Ending the year on a low noteThe highly offensive cover (“Ray Kroc and Hunter S. Thompson had nothing on Trump”, Cover Story, Dec. 25, 2024) (crass and low class, to put it mildly) depicting President-elect …

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December 25, 2024

My brother gave up the Reader crossword

Bluff battle continuesIt may be a tired topic by now but, I want to respond to the two-issue feature story writer Thomas Larson chastising readers for their comments about the bluffs collapse civil suit (“Reader …

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December 11, 2024

Reader writer fends off attacks on Encinitas cliff story

No-brainerHow are the city and those responsible for obtaining living sites, not seriously looking at the former FRY’S property? (“Escondido planners nix office building switch to apartments”, Neighborhood News, Nov. 14, 2024) The building is …

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December 4, 2024

Reader readers sound off about Encinitas cliffs

Pitbull cliffsThe deadly cliff collapse five years ago is a serious indictment on the inaction or policies of the California Coastal Commission(CCC), Sandag, and other local like-minded politicians (“Fateful picnic at Grandview beach in Encinitas,” …

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November 27, 2024

Successor to Lillian Hellman and Carson McCullers

UnreadableThe flip page version is unreadable. The tiny font gets blurry at what would maybe be a readable size.DR WinSan DiegoI’ll pay attentionThank you for the article (“San Diego car vandals – getting bolder?”, Neighborhood …

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November 13, 2024

Lawson-Remer – what about censoring Huckleberry Finn, Of Mice and Men?

Writing is not always thanklessMs. Georgeanne Hotchkiss, Mahalo for a beautiful read. (“The Encanto girl who wouldn’t give up writing”, Cover Stories, Nov. 6, 2024)Kip MeisterSanteeBan bad driversTime for San Diego drivers to confess the …

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San Diego Reader Best Of issue weird, outrageous

Best Of is best readThis week’s edition title Volume: 53 Number: 40 BEST OF 2024 ‘Who do you love’. (October 10, 2024) – Was an enjoyable mix of weird and outrageous, accompanied by challenging puzzles …

October 17, 2024

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More on San Diego inventions – Spike Bite and disappearing ink

Almost PalindromeThe article (“A Man, A Plan, A Banana?”, Cover Story, Septmber 26, 2024) is teasing us with an almost-Palindrome (sentences that read the same backwards or forward). Great title for a fascinating story of …

October 9, 2024

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September 25, 2024

Just read 2021 story on Montgomery Field lead emissions

Lead lamentHello, I am a concerned citizen living underneath the flight path from Montgomery Airfield (“Why lead still falls from sky at Montgomery airport”, Neighborhood News, June 29, 2021). My husband and I moved into …

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September 11, 2024

Why Otay Mesa reader will not ride trolley

SD as bad as LA?The Reader sank to a new low publishing this piece of rot (“Less Lonely Out Here”, Cover Story, August 29, 2024). The self-described Chinese female chronic pain patient revealed herself to …

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