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oct. 29, 2009
Don't Blame Reagan
Today's California seems to hate the private sector. And vice versa.
by Ron Ross
please see also "The Broken State" by Steven T. Jones and Tim Redmond We can all agree that California is a fiscal mess. As I have traveled around the country ...
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Social Compact
Rural land development goes under the microscope at local workshops
by Ryan Burns
Pop quiz: What do a big box store, a freeway interchange and the old walled city of Florence, Italy have in common? Answer: They take up roughly the same amount ...
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Dope and the Duped
by Hank Sims
Why is it that so few people are able to think with a clear head when it comes to the topic of the demon weed? After 40 years of cohabitation, ...
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We’re Drowning
by North Coast Journal Readers
Editor: I am writing in response to the article “Cup Runneth Over” (Oct. 22). In this article, the author, Heidi Walters, writes of the business that was lost when the ...
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McKinleyville's To Be Tree
An old outdoorsman fights to save the last of Central Avenue's heritage cypress trees
by Heidi Walters
Aaron Libow has lived at the bottom of the dip in Central Avenue, north of the Highway 101 offramp, for most of the past 38 years. From his half-acre, he's ...
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Humboldt Halloween Costumes for 2009
by Joel Mielke
Cartoon by Joel Mielke
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A Waterbagger’s Pitch
by North Coast Journal Readers
Editor: This story is a fair representation of what our group is trying to accomplish (“Cup Runneth Over,” Oct. 22). We are proposing a demonstration of our waterbag technology in ...
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Santa Defamed
by North Coast Journal Readers
Editor: “Damn Santa” was a poor choice for a title for your thoughtful, perceptive, and warm-hearted article (“Savage Money,” Oct. 22). My legal name is Santa Claus, and I’m a ...
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View From The Pecans
by North Coast Journal Readers
Editor: I enjoy and count on “Stage Matters.” But I’m afraid William Kowinski shows understandable ignorance of growing up in the Deep South when he says the part of Chick ...
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The Fishes’ Guarantee
by North Coast Journal Readers
Editor: Hank Sims’ excellent article on the current state of the Klamath Settlement negotiations was well informed, though not correct on every detail (“The Klamath Settlement,” Oct. 8). Nor was ...
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Buddhists For H1N1
by North Coast Journal Readers
Editor: Well, it seems like healthy debate and discussion these days could do with exercise. It’s like our muscles — if ya don’t use them they gets flabby, verdad? If ...

















