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Missionaries, Not Troops Editor: Hopefully if Mitt Romney is elected president, he’ll send our boys out into our communities and the world to ask elders, women and children, “Is there anything we can do right now to help you, anything at all?” (“The Mormon Moment,” Sept. 6.) They could plant neighborhood gardens, offer to babysit […]

Editor: The cartoon (by Joel Mielke, Aug. 30) depicting the three people who failed to secure valid signatures for the Arcata City Council ballot pokes fun at the filers, but begs the question: who signed their petitions and what does this say about the random citizen’s awareness of their voter registration status? I am guessing […]

Editor: Hey, no fair! After casting my ballot in the annual NCJ Best of Humboldt readers poll, I included a link to the survey ballot on my blog, “Like You’ve Got Something Better To Do” (www.lygsbtd.wordpress.com), encouraging my readers to participate in the survey. The NCJ website denied everyone who clicked that link access to […]

Editor: I have rented from Floyd Squires for over six years, and I disagree with “Limbo Land” (Aug. 16). I’ve been here to witness him fixing the front and back door almost weekly. People will rent from him and then pay one month’s rent. When they don’t have the next month’s rent and have already […]

Editor: In the light of recent events (Blog Jammin, Aug. 30), I feel the need to submit a statement of my own. As the owner of Redwood Curtain Brewing Company, I, Drake Mollberg, do not condone Eli LaRue’s actions in any way, shape, or form.  I feel his actions in the early hours of Saturday, […]

Editor: It was good to find out more about what actually happens to recycled materials (“The Recyclable Journey,” Aug. 23). It would also be good to find out more about what can currently be recycled, since that seems to be changing. Apparently things like six-pack, milk and egg cartons that were not acceptable before are […]

Editor: Ryan Burns’ cover story, “Occupy Broadband” (Aug. 9), somehow omits any mention of a huge downside of wireless broadband — adverse health effects from the radio-frequency microwave radiation (RF/MR) emissions. Just last year the World Health Organization classified RF/MR as a Class 2B carcinogen, in the same category as lead and DDT. This year […]

Editor: Ms. Ashley’s assumption (“Eeeeuuu, Meat,” Aug. 9) that vegetarianism is more sustainable or environmentally conscious is ridiculous considering the significant resources used in propping up today’s agriculture system. Journal readers might seek out The Vegetarian Myth by Arcata’s own Lierre Keith. In it she dispels the most commonly held beliefs about vegetarianism. Of course the […]

Editor: Just an addendum to Linda Parkinson’s fine letter this week (“Pelicans Worth Saving,” Aug. 16). Apparently someone from the Bay Area is making money off fish oil, driving trucks up to collect fish remains. Why not a local person to do this? Less of a negative “footprint” environmentally all around!  If we can collect food oil […]

Editor: I am dismayed at the sophism in your publisher’s latest missive concerning the rails/trails issue (“News Blackout,” Aug. 16). She presents a false dichotomy. The real “blackout” is her failure to acknowledge the arguments of her opponents. She would lead readers to believe that those who wish to preserve the Arcata-Eureka prism as a […]

Editor: The Mateel Community Center would like to respond to the “Make Reggae Safe” letter in the Aug. 9 Journal. The letter refers to an alleged sexual assault at the Cooks Valley Campground, but links it directly to us and our event, Reggae on the River. We were appalled and dismayed when we learned of […]