Shout-out: Three cheers for recreation league president Steve Peters

Letter: Banning plastic bags in Scotts Valley would be a mere symbolic gesture

Poetry Corner: The Rains Return (to Santa Cruz County)

Shout-out: Bravo to air pollution staffers

Letter: Vice mayor’s talking points about water usage are smoke and mirrors

Shout-out: Kudos to staff of Ideal Hair

Letter: Don’t let Scotts Valley develop away all its natural beauty

Letter: Developments lead to traffic and infrastructure strain

Letter: No more ‘dumb’ irrigation timers

Letter: One way or another, Scotts Valley can’t stop plastic bag bans forever