Show Respect for Simi Valley and This Domain

I could not resist getting this domain due to the letter to the Editor that Barbra Williamson wrote regarding using "Simi" vs. "Simi Valley".

Numerous times Barbra Williamson called me a "nat" (it seems that she does not know how to spell "gnat") when I called her on her deceptions and lies. Perhaps she was accurate in using that name since dictionary.com includes an Encyclopedia reference:

nat

in Burmese folk religion, any of a group of spirits that are the objects of an extensive, probably pre-Buddhist cult; in Thailand a similar spirit is called phi. Most important of the nats are a group collectively called the "thirty-seven," made up of spirits of human beings who have died violent deaths. They are capable of protecting the believer when kept properly propitiated and of causing harm when offended or ignored.

Please address us by our full name
2010-05-14 / Letters

I am probably being a little oversensitive in writing this letter, but today's (April 29) publication was the last straw, if you know what I mean.

I, like everyone else, refers to your newspaper as the Acorn , or Acorn . What if they were to call you "corn," just leave off the "a." It's just a little thing but nonetheless I am sure it's important to the owners of your newspaper.

Well, it's just as important to a resident of our community that we be addressed as Simi Valley, not Simi.

Like I said . . . a little oversensitive perhaps, but let's show a little respect when referring to our beautiful valley; it's only six more letters.

Barbra Williamson
Simi Valley