North Coast Journal Reader

Editor: Thanks to Heidi Walters for the clarity on Propositions 30 and 38 (“Propping up Schools,” Oct. 4).  Right now, it is crucial that Prop 30 passes. Our schools need Prop 30. But there is another proposition that seriously troubles me as an educator. Prop 32 would have a negative effect on our schools by silencing […]

Editor: Thanks for your in-depth coverage of Arcata’s Measure I, “The Grow Tax,” on Oct. 4. One issue that is still a concern to many citizens is confidentiality of individual customer energy usage information. PG&E’s policy is currently and will remain only to release energy usage for an individual residence if PG&E is presented with […]

Editor: The letter about Mitt Romney, Mormons and Christians (“Missionaries, Not Troops,” Sept. 13) was on the mark in many ways. Had the writer added “Some” to the opening sentence of the third paragraph (“Christians are so hung-up with the rules that they forget that Jesus …”) I would not have felt prompted to respond. Many Christians […]

Editor: I just sent the following email to the three supervisors that claim the General Plan Update (Blog Jammin’, Sept. 20)  is too difficult to understand:?I’ve had a copy of the GPU for a couple of weeks now and I haven’t yet garnered the gumption to try to read it because it appears insurmountable. However, IT’S […]

Editor: I guess it was too much trouble to include the address and phone number of every winner you reviewed for best bakery, restaurant, ice cream etc? (“Best of Humboldt,” Sept. 20.) Oh well that’s what the Yellow Pages are for right? As far as your choice of best Asian restaurant goes (you can look up […]

Editor: There is no doubt about it, we are living through an emergency. No more time for blame and punishment; we need to move into rescue mode. Emergencies call upon us to bring forth all our courage to deal with them. We can’t ignore them — lest all we hold dear perish. Fortunately there are […]

Editor: Reflecting upon Mormon Mitt Romney possibly becoming president and the hardships his policies could bring, Becky Peterson (Mailbox, “Missionaries, Not Troops,” Sept. 13) brilliantly addressed the issue of government attempting to impose a particular religious doctrine on its multi-cultured populace. While Becky explained that corporate manipulation of innocent sinners is typically advanced by Christain […]

Editor: Reflecting upon Mormon Mitt Romney possibly becoming president and the hardships his policies could bring, Becky Peterson (Mailbox, “Missionaries, Not Troops,” Sept. 13) brilliantly addressed the issue of government attempting to impose a particular religious doctrine on its multi-cultured populace. While Becky explained that corporate manipulation of innocent sinners is typically advanced by Christain […]

Editor: In regard to Bob Doran’s column “Stranger Weather” in the Sept. 13 edition of the North Coast Journal: When Merle Haggard was inventing “the Bakersfield country sound,” where was Buck Owens (“born in Barstow raised in Bakersfield”) one of whose ex-wives, Bonnie Owens, is also one of Merle’s ex-wives? Sandy Walsh, Eureka

Editor: Friday’s blog item on the GPU process (also in Blog Jammin, Sept. 20), with Burn’s concluding question in response to Virginia Bass’ comment: “Could these be marching orders? Or is it coincidence that Sundberg and Bohn’s confusion and concerns led them to this very same idea?” pretty much sums up what some have long […]

Editor: Andrew Goff’s “The Rural Bar Crawl” (Sept. 13) brought me back 25 years to my then home along notorious China Creek, in southern Humboldt County. My parents liked to visit me, but no way were they staying at my place. So they checked in at the newly built Humboldt House Inn, along the southern […]

Editor: Re Sheila Evans’ letter in the Sept. 6 Journal, the tricky thing about getting enough valid signatures on a petition to run for office is that each signer must sign his name exactly as it is on the voter registration roll. Many of us may not remember, for instance, whether we registered using or […]