Guest opinion
DARE program too important to stop
By Patrick Hunter Mayor, city of Moorpark
      The city of Moorpark has enjoyed the enviable distinction as the safest city in Ventura County for well over a decade. Despite our many successes, however, we are not without our challenges. Eliminating juvenile crime is a high priority and an important goal. Every child, even an academ...
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Just say no to DARE's demise
      It was withgreat sadness and disbelief that many of the fifthgrade parents learned that the DARE Program will no longer continue for Moorpark Unified School District. The city says that our children are not worth the money to educate them about drugs, alcohol and tobacco.
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Relay chair thanks community
      I'd like to thank the community of Moorpark for their generosity at this year's Relay for Life. It was exciting to see close to 1,500 people come out and spend 24 hours together to raise money for cancer research. Some of the highlights of the event included Lisa Gehrin's speech about ...
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Rebuttal to Joe Wilson letter
      Chris Coleman of Moorpark in a May 31 letter asserts that the Acorn was less than truthful in its coverage of a local appearance by former ambassador Joseph Wilson when it characterized his wife, Valerie Plame, as a covert CIA agent. Then he, ironically, goes on to repeat several ...
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