North Coast Journal Reader

Editor: While it’s great to see Jeffrey Bird’s article about Humboldt disc golf (“Disc Golf,” Sept. 8), it paints a picture of drunken, sloppy disc golfers with wild dogs. This may be the case for some folks (“chunderhoads,” as they’re called), but we have a rich tradition of huge professional disc golf the author is clearly […]

Editor:  Thanks for the informative article about our military “excursions” in Iraq and Afghanistan (“9/11 Blind,” Sept. 8).  Another difficult fact to find is the number of civilian casualties. They vary considerably according to source, from a low of 100,000 to a high of 1,550,000.  The military is often blamed for these adventures, but it […]

Editor: A most disturbing article on the local owl dilemma by Zach St. George (“Shooting Owls,” Sept. 1)! As long as capitalism or even quasi-capitalism remains the paradigm, there is little hope for the natural world!! Greed and profit rule supreme and assure the eventual destruction of most prime habitat for all native species. Then […]

Editor: It’s 3:30 in the morning, and I can’t sleep. I woke up thinking about Ferndale; how the residents there decided to reject a wind generator company’s proposal to install wind turbines on a ridge behind the town (“Monster Trucking,” Sept. 1) because it would “ruin the small-town atmosphere.” These feelings of frustration are so […]

Editor:  Heidi Walters myopic feature article on the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (“Oh, Sister!” Sept. 8) is sadly one-sided. Her peppy gee-whiz-it’s-the-Sisters approach fails to disclose any of the group’s many negatives.  She could have spoken to numerous gays who are embarrassed by the group’s mostly gay adult men parading around in clown makeup and […]

Editor: Regarding “Whose Arcata,” (Aug. 25): When I first moved up here I loved the strong sense of community, but now I don’t even leave my house at night. I get harassed every time I do my five-minute walk to the plaza, and I truly believe this town’s image is going downhill.  Vagrants and pot […]

Editor: No nuclear garbage collector is needed for Humboldt County (“Wanted: Garbage Collector,” Aug. 25), though some corrections are needed for the article.  Humanity needs to stop creating more nuclear waste. There is no good way to store it. The article did point out that dry cask storage (DCS), like used here, is “one of […]

Editor: That’s right, yogadon is asking you guys to give up all the resistance to W-Mart (“Where’s WalMart,” Aug. 11). I call on all the hippies and yuppies and puppies, the vegans and veggie, yogies and bogies, the mommies and babies, and yes the rednecks and no-necks and bookworms and carnivores!! I really, really, really […]

Editor: I was glad to learn, at the very end of Mr. Burns’ autopsy report on poor dead Arcata (“Whose Arcata?” Aug. 25), that it’s not quite over yet, though something essential to the place has been irrevocably lost.  My heart soared when I read that: “The city will keep changing.” (Not to quibble, but […]

Editor: EPIC deserves credit (“EPIC Changes,” Aug. 18) for prodding government agencies and timber companies into improving forestry practices over the last four decades. However, we should all avoid reflexively opposing thinning projects. I believe that the most serious threat to many watersheds is excessive fuel loading on millions of acres of timberland. This has […]

Editor: I’m old. I don’t make/have much money. My fiscal future looks kinda spooky. All this, you could call a challenge. Walmart coming to Eureka is sneaky and very spooky!  (Where’s WalMart,” Aug. 11) This you could call a disaster … downright bone-chillin’. I hope the guy lookin’ for really cheap underwear (some of you will know […]

 Editor: Recently I was casting my vote for your “Best of Humboldt” competition (Aug. 18), and a few oddities caught my eye.  “Best Fast Food”…. “Best Big Box Store”…. “Best Corporate Citizen.” I found myself wondering what kind of local would have come up with categories like these.  Are we now celebrating the fact that […]