Dear Editor:

I was amused to read (Capitol Weekly, March 27) that “Federal drug enforcers … point to a 2006 U.S. Food and Drug Administration study stating that marijuana has no medical value” by way of justifying their attacks on medical marijuana patients and providers. Your readers should know that there was

Dear Editor,

I'd like to respond to Assemblyman Jim Beall's Feb. 21 piece ("Teens – especially girls – drinking alcohol marketed toward them"), in which he responded to my own op-ed, "Adults must play a leading role in preventing underage drinking," which ran on Jan. 24.

Mr.

Dear Editor,

Single-payer legislation has yet to answer the same question ABX1 did (Capitol Weekly, Jan. 31, “Single payer or bust?”).

What will it cost? Instead of premiums, there will be high taxes.

And what happens when another budget crisis comes along? Look how they want to cut

Dear Editor, With all this money being spent by tribes lobbying for a vote outcome, it’s time to revisit this concept of creating these “tribal nations” based on the  theory that they are perpetually poor and “in need.” Firstly, we’ve all known many neighbors who were 100 percent U.S. citizens before a tribe was

Hey Big Daddy,

Imagine my shock at seeing the pseudonym “Big Daddy” attached to politically correct advice to the lovelorn. The Jesse Unruh I knew would be rolling his eyes.

“Big Daddy” is responding to the fantasies of a 20-something male staffer who is contemplating a sexual liaison with his

Dear Editor,

Amen to your commentary (Commentary, Dec. 6, “Spare us the anecdotal lead,” by Will Shuck) about those stupid feature leads on news stories.

I retired after 40 years in the newspaper business. One of the most annoying developments during that time was the brilliant idea aimed at hiding

Dear Editor,

It is high time for elected officials to brush up on their oaths of office, take a U.S. Constitution refresher course and be reminded who they work for. Special interests seem to be garnering all the attention these days, but what about the People of California?

Governor Schwarzenegger’s

Dear Editor,

Despite critics who have said that reforming California’s health care system was on life support, legislative leaders are still committed to fixing the broken health care system. Just this week, a new health care reform proposal was announced by Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez (D-Los Angeles) and Senate Pro Tem Don

Dear Editor,I read with great interest your recent article “GOP senators concerned by lack of Republican Fellows” (Capitol Weekly; December 7, 2006). In 1982, when I was a Senate Fellow for freshman John Seymour, there were only 12 fellows in the Senate Fellowship program. I was the only Fellow assigned to a Republican. The disparity

Editor,My union, SEIU Local 1000, sends $15 million a year to SEIU headquarters and gets just $5 million back. That’s why I opposed the dues increase.SEIU membership does nothing for us. And despite the fact that the membership is at least 80 percent against the dues increase, it passed. Too bad your story did not