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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 […]

Editor:  The North Coast Journal should be commended (“EPIC Changes,” Aug. 18) for including a diversity of voices in the well written story published last week about our organization, the Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC). I write to respond to a comment included in the story from a representative of Green Diamond Resource Co. (aka […]

Editor: It was wonderful to see your two part article on local nursing homes (“Vulnerable,” Aug. 4 and 11), following up on a story which had otherwise become very low profile.  I was disappointed by the printed letter in a recent issue pointing out that those who work in nursing homes work hard and are, […]

Editor: If it is indeed true that Walmart is moving into the mall (“Where’s Walmart,” Aug. 11), then there are several things that our community should be concerned about (aside from the fact that this has been shrouded in secrecy): Walmart employees often have to go on public assistance to supplement the low wages they […]

Editor: Money only insulates one from LIFE. If HSU’s president (“It’s Good to be President,” July 28) believes making himself deader at the expense of students is right, he’s sick, sick with life, punishing all.  Patrick Fealey, Fortuna  

Editor:   It is so disheartening to read this two-part article called “Vulnerable” (Aug. 4 and 11) in the North Coast Journal. As the reporter assumes that the residents are not cared for by just a glance, I wonder if she even understands what happens in reality at the nursing homes here in Humboldt. The […]