Letters to the Editor

Editor’s note: Malachy Sandie is running for a seat on Coronado Unified School District’s governing board in the November elections. Margaret Mary Duncan, Alexia Palacios-Peters and Kaye McCormick Schneider are also vying for one of the three open seats. The Coronado News will consider publishing one letter to the editor from each candidate running in […]

I am writing in support of Rebecca King for City Council, whose years as a former city attorney set her apart. Rebecca knows municipal law, contracts, and governance deeply, meaning she’s ready to serve on day one. Coronado faces a real sewage crisis, along with broader infrastructure needs that have been deferred for too long. […]

I have had the pleasure of knowing Rebecca King as my neighbor for many years, and during that time I have come to know her as a person of integrity, intelligence, and genuine concern for Coronado. Rebecca has a true go-getter attitude. She is thoughtful, prepared, and willing to put in the work to understand […]

From the moment I met Rebecca King, I was impressed with her approachability, intellect, and love of community. Rebecca is quintessentially Coronadan. Like so many long-term residents, she arrived as a military spouse and quickly decided to make Coronado her family home. Rebecca also came with superb credentials. She graduated with honors from law school and […]

I am excited to announce my candidacy for the Coronado City Council. My Coronado story began in 2007, when the Navy stationed my husband, a Navy physician and former Surface Warfare Officer, here. Like so many military families, we fell in love with this community and made it our permanent home in 2018. Our eldest […]

While your two articles on the sewage crisis, (“How the sewage crisis has affected locals” and “Op-Ed: North American trade helped create Tijuana’s growth, industry should help pay for the infrastructure”) were certainly worthy, neither called out a glaring misunderstanding. One article offered an intelligent option with funding incentives and the other basically surrendered to […]

To my neighbors and friends, I am pleased to announce my candidacy for the Coronado School Board, a decision rooted in a lifelong commitment to education and a deep love for our community. I was raised in a family that believed strongly in the value of education. My father was the first in his family […]

Editor’s note: A previous version of this letter incorrectly spelled Mali Hinesley. The letter has been corrected. Ok, so this is just what I hate about party politics: The silly season has begun.  By that I mean the election/politics cycle in Coronado. I read with dismay the article in The Coronado News about the ethics […]

To the editor, Julieta Soto’s recent article on Coronado’s parking challenges titled, “Can’t find parking in Coronado? This misery is expressed by many,” prompted me to think about the issue from a somewhat different perspective. Much of the discussion surrounding parking focuses on where vehicles can be placed. Perhaps we should also be asking how […]

I recently read “The High Cost of Free Parking” by Donald Shoup, a UCLA urban planning professor, who argues that “free” parking comes with significant hidden costs. By requiring abundant free parking, cities end up encouraging urban sprawl, increasing traffic congestion, and contributing to environmental damage. Free parking is not truly free — it is […]

Dear editor, As a resident of this island who has lived both in the Village and the Cays, I felt deeply disappointed reading your recent article regarding a fellow Coronado resident and his family. I have known the family personally for years. I always viewed your paper as a source of constructive community journalism — […]

I’ve been thinking about the first time I voted. I made my way to the firehouse, proudly presented my registration, and my local volunteer checked off my name from her roster of qualified voters.  As a little girl, I promised myself that I would not miss an election. My grandmother had been a suffragette. I was aware of […]

On Dec. 19, 2025, the Coronado News’ editorial board published an opinion piece with multiple inaccuracies about Community Choice Aggregators (CCAs) as an alternative to SDG&E. To ensure Coronado residents can make an informed decision about CCAs, it is important to provide accurate information to counter the editorial’s claims.  Claim: “SDG&E currently offers customers the ability to […]