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Editor: Your cover pic made me flash that nothing has changed. The three brochures in her hand — Arcata, Humboldt Bay and a big flat field (Shively?). Northern folks like to paper over that we’re here, we’re real and we’re the ones who brought the marijuana here and made it what it is. Yeah, us […]

Editor: As a local biologist, I read with interest both the article on Phil Detrich ("The Biocrat," March 18) and Felice Pace’s letter ("Good Intentions," March 25) concerning the article and the success — or lack thereof — of conservation efforts of natural resources in the region. I feel compelled to write and comment on […]

Editor: Upon reading the biased news article “Where is Dr. Fran Day?” (March 18), I noticed that of the two, maybe three, people interviewed, all of the sources had negative feedback concerning their treatment and subsequent lack of re-filled prescriptions. Where was the positive feedback about Dr. Day? I’ve never met with Dr. Day, but […]

Editor: Your story about retiring US Fish & Wildlife Service manager Phil Detrich provides a fascinating personal perspective on many of the major environmental issues which have impacted the North Coast and Klamath River Basin over the past 20 years ("The Biocrat," March 18). I worked as an environmental activist and Klamath Forest Alliance director […]

Editor: Thanks for William Kowinski’s excellent review of David W. Orr’s "Down to the Wire: Confronting Climate Change" (March 11), especially this quote from the book: "Climate change, like the threat of nuclear annihilation, puts all that humanity has struggled to achieve — our cultures, art, music, literatures, cities, institutions, customs, religions and history, as […]

Editor: The "Mailbox" section last week seemed particularly good (March 18). Each letter eloquently continued a discussion raised in a previous issue. And the writers took care to support their positions with facts while fair-mindedly acknowledging the opposing side. I wouldn’t want to be in your shoes having to award that Bon Boniere sundae. Contrast […]

Editor: Warm greetings and happy spring to all! I am writing in response to "The Climate-Killers Inside" (March 11). This is a very thoughtful and informative article. As a resident of Redway and Ettersburg, and having grown children in and out of the area, I began grappling with this issue years ago due to "diesel […]

Editor: I’m glad to hear Sheryl Bybee say "It’s not accurate to suggest that I support murder music." Most of your readers probably don’t know much about "Beenie Man," whose arrival in Humboldt was protested a few weeks prior to the meeting Bybee attended. Beenie Man was in Uganda in December 2009, at a concert […]

Editor: Let me get this straight. According to Jacqueline Debets (March 4) and Mark Ritz (March 11), I know little about business and I’m against businesses in Humboldt County importing or exporting goods over county lines. And when Debets’ associate, Angie Schwab, met me at the recent barn dance, in lieu of saying hello she […]

Editor: Imagine the surprise I had when I paged through your magazine and saw a picture of one of my gates in your "Titlow Hill Blues" article (Feb. 18). It really is a shame that Heidi Walters didn’t cross-check the information that she obtained for her article. Isn’t that a basic in journalism? To get […]

Editor: Wait a minute! Your writer got it backwards in "Irie vs. Irate" (March 4). I do not support "murder music" at all. I attended an open discussion at Aunty Mo’s and one point I made is that people from other cultures have different beliefs. It is not accurate to suggest that I support murder […]

Editor: Eric Hedlund’s clarification last week should be held as an ideal to the rest of us ("Mailbox," March 4). As a letter to the editor, it closes in on perfection: Beautifully written without any pretension, to the point despite the breadth of its information, generous, warm and laced with wisdom. Having read it three […]