North Coast Journal Reader

Editor: I was very interested in Barry Evans’ account of his Lost Coast misadventure (“The Fireball,” Feb. 21). I spent some wonderful and exciting years in the ’70s living fulltime near Honeydew, a parcel or two away from Peter Marshall. I have very fond memories of hiking, hunting and fishing in the King Range and on […]

Editor: It is newsworthy anytime a reporter has trouble with law enforcement, especially when their article contains pictures, a timeline and features a local authority that many of us know and respect. I expect the matter between Officer Goodale and yourself to get straightened out over time, as the Journal and the EPD work together […]

Editor: Here it is folks, here is the police state getting closer and closer to you/me/us.
I refer to the editorial by Carrie Peyton Dahlberg, editor of the Journal, entitled “Good Cops Aren’t Afraid of Cameras” (Feb. 28). I would define a good cop as one who takes on the mantle of peace officer. Not someone […]

Editor: I was amazed at the in-depth article regarding the Fair Association Board and what appears to be its small town, petty attitude (“Ferndale Gothic,” Feb. 28). Regardless of who owns and publishes the Ferndale newspaper, the Fair Association Board should conduct its meetings professionally — according to the article, Ms. Cindy Olson “feels threatened by using […]

  Editor: Ryan Burns’ “Ferndale Gothic” (Feb. 28) gives excellent coverage of the happenings at the Humboldt County Fair. There has been a virtual coup by the Humboldt County Fair Board, and, with the exception of the outstanding reporting by the Ferndale Enterprise, there has been little to alert Humboldt County of what is going on.  There […]

Editor: Regarding Carrie Peyton Dahlberg’s article, the only reason the epithet “People’s Republic” can be used pejoratively in a democratic republic is because it connotes the totalitarian policies of the Chinese state, in which censorship of the media figures largely. As a “redneck Republican from Fortuna,” I hope Officer Drake Goodale believes his job is […]

Editor: In line with Burstiner’s excellent article, “The Bully Pulpit,” about Mayor Jager and the separation of church and state, Bill Moyers (Moyers and Company, KEET) interviewed author Susan Jacoby about her book The Great Agnostic. I encourage everyone to watch this on line. The agnostic is Robert Ingersoll (1833-99), a man much ahead of […]

Editor: I was part of the initial attack crew responsible for the successful suppression of the July 2012, “Spanish Flat” wildfire caused by Mr. Evans’ careless use of fire on the Lost Coast (“The Fireball,” Feb. 21).  I write with 25 years experience as a volunteer wildland firefighter in the Mattole River watershed and also […]

Editor: I am writing in reference to “Abortion Prayers Unfazed,” Feb 21. I know that anyone who serves in a public office can do what they want in their spare time. However, it kind of makes me wonder why Lance Madsen, one of our council members, wants to sit out in the weather — when he […]

Editor: I have been a practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism for the past 10 years and so read Barry Evans’ column on meditation with interest (“Meditation: Stress Reduction or Induction,” Feb. 21). Buddhism is an extremely complex philosophy which teaches literally thousands of types of meditation. However, in very general terms, the purpose of Buddhist meditation […]

Editor: In response to Ryan Burns’ article (“Groupthink,” Feb. 7), I share his concern about supervisors who get their support from “developers.” It has been less than two months since Estelle got on the Board of Supervisors — and the sky has not fallen. We have lived past this apocalypse, and I am not seeing […]

  Editor: The Social Action Committee of The Humboldt Unitarian Fellowship strongly supports the separation of church and state as articulated in the United States Constitution and the Constitution of the State of California. We feel that the founding fathers were firm in their belief that government should operate without the influence or participation of […]