North Coast Journal Reader

Editor: In response to the re-branding of Humboldt County away from being the pot capital of the world, the marketing folks have missed the point (“Rebranding Humboldt,” June 25). Humboldt does have a reputation as a pot-growing center, but it also has a reputation as being anti-business. Even if pot growing stopped today, most businesses […]

Editor: Insight into the motivations of the Coalition for Property Rights, discussed in “Town Holler” (June 18), is offered by their treatment of Public Health Office Dr. Ann Lindsay last September, as she offered her recommendations on the General Plan Update to the Board of Supervisors. When she commented that “the way we build the […]

Editor: As chairperson of the Eureka High School Native American Club, I wish to express our gratitude for printing the article “Grave Matters” in the North Coast Journal (June 18). The desecration of graves is as old as time itself. No civilization has been immune to the ravages of robbers who wish to profit from […]

Editor: The people working at the local skilled nursing facilities go above and beyond to provide compassionate nursing care to a population of patients in great need (“Immediate Jeopardy,” June 4). My father was a patient at Eureka Healthcare in 2006, a time period covered by the current lawsuit. It was overcrowded (he was placed […]

Editor: Thank you for showing a continuing interest in the “high-profile” bicycling death of Greg Jennings, which occurred August 25 of last year. (“Gross Negligence?” June 18). I have a few bones to pick with the last two paragraphs, which contain Mr. Gallegos’ comments about petitions and vengeance. Family, friends, and colleagues of Greg Jennings […]

Editor: It was disturbing to see that Ryan Burns felt that the Town Hall Meeting with the Planning Commissioners was a “four-hour blab-fest” (“Town Holler,” June 18). Perhaps if he had listened and had just plain cared he might have felt differently. He also might have understood more of what was being said. His flip […]

Editor: I am a CNA at Eureka Healthcare and Rehabilitation. This has been my second home for five years now. Having read that slanted article in the North Coast Journal entitled “Immediate Jeopardy” (June 4), I personally feel a pressing need to present some realities for balance. As a court-mandated reporter as well as a […]

Editor: I have never been compelled to write a letter to an editor until now. I am appalled at the use of my grandmother’s and my photo in your recent article, “Immediate Jeopardy” (June 4). I provided my opinion, all positive, to Ms. Harrison for her article; however she only chose to use my photo […]

Editor: It always amazes me how the timber industry learns eco-speak, renames itself, showers in greenwash and tries to make a virtue of necessity (“The McKay Tract,” May 21). As I recall, the improvements (road decommissioning, sediment control, wildlife protections) that Green Diamond chief forester Greg Templeton credits to his employer (formerly Simpson Timber Company) […]

Editor: As an individual who spent a number of years working as an LVN in skilled nursing facilities in both Santa Cruz and Redding, I found the article “Immediate Jeopardy” to be a revelation, and had difficulty keeping my angry feelings in check (June 4). I find it appalling that we, as a society, cannot […]

Editor: In her recent column (“For What It’s Worth”), media maven Marcy Burstiner laments the fact that most people “won’t pay any price” for online news (“Media Maven,” June 4). This is often given as the explanation for the dismal state of the newspaper industry. Whether Ms. Burstiner or I will or won’t pay for […]

Editor: Assuming there was a gruesome pun seems terribly convenient (see “Mailbox,” May 28). None was intended. To those offended, I do offer my apologies. Mike Sloyer, Willow Creek