North Coast Journal Reader

Editor: Mr. Faulk’s article, “The Grow Tax” (Oct. 4), shed a very dim light (pardon the pun) on the grow room taxation. There are two major flaws in this proposal that will very likely cost the Arcata taxpayer serious money: First is the fact that the $650,000 cost of this scheme must be paid up […]

Editor: Eda Bachrach’s recent hysterical rant against Eureka City Council candidate Joe Bonino (Mailbox, Oct. 11) was beyond unfair. Accusing Bonino of being a liar and his supporter Rex Bohn as a borderline criminal based in part on the similarity of their campaign signs borders on pathological!! I support Joe Bonino for Eureka City Council […]

Editor: Margy Emerson expressed her worry, and that of many progressives, that voting for Jill Stein would help Romney/Ryan get elected. In a swing state, that would be a legitimate concern. But we do not live in a swing state. California polls show Obama holding a steady 15 percent lead over Romney. Even if Jill […]

Editor: Thank you for your article, “The $38 Million Label” (Oct. 11). Why would six chemical companies and their allies be willing to spend that kind of money to prevent one simple line on an ingredient label? Why are they so intent on concealment? What kind of public policy is it that withholds pertinent information […]

  Editor:  While it is a sad statement, right now a vote for Jill Stein of the Green Party is a mistake, unless the goal is to give Mr. Romney the election (Mailbox, Oct. 25). I would dearly like to vote closer to my heart and soul … but this election can’t afford it. I hold […]

Editor: You did your readers a great service by acquainting those of them unfamiliar with “Project Censored” (Oct. 18) with an important source of news, instead of the usual mass media drivel including the births of two-headed chickens and the latest activities of meaningless celebrities such as Paris Hilton and Charlie Sheen. The Ballot Recommendation […]

Editor: Thank you for pointing out that the county is paying over $700,000 in wages and benefits for workers to stay at home (“Don’t Bother Coming In,” Oct. 25), as supervisors continue “denying raises to minimum-wage workers.” IHSS home health care workers are the only county employees who are still paid minimum wage, and our […]

Editor: I’m writing in response to Kathy Berry’s and Dana Silvernale’s letters (“Jolly Greens,” Oct. 11) urging people to vote for Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate for president. I believe in Stein’s platform and if we had ranked choice voting, she would be my first choice. The Green Party is circulating a petition to […]

Editor: I just loved Mitch Trachtenberg’s article about the big bag “tadoo” (“Bag by Bag,” Oct. 11). Of course we all want to do the right and good thing, and he has ferreted out the information we need to make an intelligent decision, but at 0.3 percent of the “waste-stream,” plastic bags are a minascule part […]

Editor: Synchronicity?  On Sunday Oct. 14, John Tutuska died (Blog Jammin’, Oct. 18). On sunny days, Tutuska could often be seen sitting and meditating on the 
sidewalk next to the Clarke Museum in Old Town. According to your obituary: “Shop owners and workers in Old Town remembered Tutuska fondly on Monday, telling stories of his […]

Editor:  Over decades I’ve been associated with several periodicals that have published a (free?) cover story each year from Project Censored (“Project Censored,” Oct. 18), but this time my annual irritation requires expression. Though the topics summarized in these stories may be “underreported” (which is all the project now claims in the small print) by standards of journalism […]

Editor: Thank you for the excellent explanation of Propositions 30 and 38. However I wonder if your readership understands the graver issues that Prop. 34 addresses? The Buddhist Peace Fellowship (Humboldt Chapter) strongly endorses Prop. 34 as a way to end the death penalty in California and probably reduce solitary confinement housing. Currently in California […]