Many years ago, when I was a grade school librarian in a small town in Minnesota, a group of “concerned citizens” wanted me to remove from the shelves all the library books about dinosaurs.

In the California governor’s race, there will be but one televised event with the candidates appearing side by side, and it is uncertain how much real political give-and-take will take place.

Dear editor, This letter is to identify a lack of response from the Napa County Public Works Department and Bob Peterson, and also Supervisor Diane Dillon.

Dear editor, I am so disappointed by Gov. Schwarzenegger’s veto of the Universal Health Care Bill, SB 840, which was so carefully crafted and passed by the legislature, our representatives.

Dear editor, Now that George W. Bush, Condoleezza Rice and Bill Clinton have had their say about who is more to blame in the run up to 9/11, America and the world will be the winners if all sides stop the blame game and start talking seriously about national security now, not in 2000 or 2003, because of the glaring and obvious gaps in security for all to see.

Dear editor,  On Sept. 21, Cope Family Center and Family Service of Napa Valley teamed up to host the Napa Chamber of Commerce Mixer.