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Editor: Every article I see about housing costs (“Why California Housing Costs Are So High,” Oct. 24) ignores the fire-breathing elephant in the room: the profit motive. These articles always seem to omit the effects of house flippers, the anonymous LLCs buying up mobile home parks and apartment buildings and jacking up the rents, and […]

Editor: Kudos to the authors on this topic (Mailbox, Oct. 31). It can’t be a bad practice to be skeptical of what we read and hear. Social media is no better than gossip and not to be trusted. I believe it is the responsibility of the public to do its due diligence with the media […]

Editor: Welcoming Mitch Trachtenberg’s entry (Mailbox, Oct. 31) into the Barry Evans inspired (“Plenty o’ Nuttin,” Oct. 10) philosophical debate regarding “nothing,” I begin with a quote from Mr. Trachtenberg’s entry:  “The computer representations consist of ones and zeros, but the things being represented (50, 0, pi, null) don’t depend on being represented in order […]

Editor: Regarding Rex Bohn and the RCRC, GSNR’s fairytale that this idea is good for the environment is laughable (NCJ Daily, Oct. 31). Follow the money and the only winners here are Drax, RCRC and GSNR. A 100-mile radius of forest will be in the hands of the principles that are creating this fiasco. They […]

Editor: I read with interest the letters about the barred versus spotted owls in the Oct. 24 NCJ (Mailbox). Based on the tone and the content, I’d bet my bippy that Ken Burton is the only professional biologist/naturalist among the commenters. When we went to college together, I knew him as hard working and well […]

Editor: While I enjoyed the column by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on Arkley (“A Villain Intervention for Rob Arkley,” Oct. 10), I would have liked one more Arkley action mentioned. Some years ago, Arkley tried to start a war against homeless folk by announcing that he would be addressing the issue at an open forum and […]

Editor: I am grateful for Jean Damon’s excellent letter (Mailbox, Oct. 10) that answered Susan Lefever’s question regarding the censorship revelations (Mailbox, Oct. 3). My apologies to Susan for responding to the other letters and not hers. It is important to realize that our local media also engaged in censorship in recent years. I experienced […]

Editor: I just finished reading “Uniquely Unique” in the Oct. 17 issue of the NCJ. One thing that stood out to me was the comment by CPH professor Sugata, who was quoted as saying, “… if you get a toothache, you should expect to drive three hours to Redding.” Well, I have good news for the good […]

Editor, As a wildlife biologist who studied spotted owls for three decades, I would like to clarify a few misconceptions brought up by Elizabeth Olson in her letter (Mailbox, Oct. 24) regarding Kimberly Wear’s article on the USFWS barred owl management strategy (“Combating the Barred Owl Invasion,” Oct. 10). Kimberly’s article was a good summary […]

Editor: Barry Evans, in his column (“Plenty o’ Nuttin,” Oct. 10), finds a contradiction implied in the statement “There is nothing.” Alex Ricca, in response (Mailbox, Oct. 24), says “nothing” is an ideation, which requires a “something” to ideate it. As Mr. Ricca points out, we have a concept of zero, expressed through a word: […]

Editor: I am so tired of the Arkley bashing. Jennifer Fumiko Cahill’s article, “A Villian Intervention for Rob Arkley” (Oct. 10) was just the latest in snide and sometimes misinformed remarks. Cahill is an excellent writer. But the parade of insults reminds me of tactics employed by a certain presidential candidate. Do we really want to […]

Editor: The ”No on F” editorial in your last issue (Oct. 10) was thorough in its coverage, logical in its argument and righteous in its conclusions regarding Robin Arkley II’s duplicitous, devious and disabling interference in Eureka’s civic affairs.  Then Jennifer Fumiko Cahill delivered deep, mindful and heart-felt chuckles and warm, appreciatory tears of laughter […]