SUPPORT FOR KRISTEN BROWN
Kristen Brown has the experience and heart to represent We The People of the Second District of Santa Cruz County. Kristen has a wealth of on-the-job experience as well as a long list of credible endorsements from working people, unions, fire, police, sheriff’s departments and many, many others. There are Santa Cruz county commissioners who ignore the will of the voters and cater to the whims of wealthy benefactors who back their campaigns. They care little for the working citizens of this county and for the critical needs of the working people of this area. As Second District Supervisor, Kristen will bring her wealth of experience, honesty and ability to get things done to the job. She will honestly represent the working people of Santa Cruz County.
Don Redmon | Watsonville
ONLINE COMMENTS
RE: MONSTERS AMONG US
Thank you, Mat Weir, for your brilliant Good Times cover story “Monsters Among Us,” Oct. 15, 2024. Your preview of Dr. Michael Chemers’ Festival of Monsters presents tools for self-discovery in the freshest way. What a fascinating idea that matting a monster onto others will lead to atrocities, but “if you look at the monster and see yourself, then you are on the threshold of some really powerful self-discovery.” You got me wondering, how much of the monster I fear is actually a reflection of me? Great article.
Richard Stockton
RE: BAN ON CIGARETTE FILTERS
First I read this sentence early on in the article, “ban the sale of filtered cigarettes in unincorporated areas of the county.” Later on, there is a comment in opposition by Sherry Dang, who owns stores in Santa Cruz and Watsonville, not in unincorporated areas. Supervisor Koenig says all county residents should celebrate, but a limited ban means very little, except maybe a bit of discrimination to the unincorporated residents who favor smoking. Was that first line correct, the ban is only in unincorporated areas of the county? What am I missing?
Connie FIsh
EDITOR: Yes, the ban is just for the unincorporated areas, governed by the Board of Supervisors. The individual cities make their own laws.
RE: REVIEW OF “A TWISTED TALE”
Such excellence in acting from both Andrew Davids and Martin Sampad Kulchek! Tour de force performances! As a writer, guessing the outcome was actually a fun experience for me even when the play was on a very serious note. I won’t say more. A riveting evening. I recommend.
Linda S. Gunther
