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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 […]

Editor: In my book, genocide is as bad as it gets. Your author’s tortured determination to establish that the Indian Massacres of 1860 were undertaken for profit — hence the "extortion" of the title — seems to have required some dubious accounting ("Genocide and Extortion," Feb. 25). He states that a then-recent collection of renegade […]

Editor: The geology of Titlow Hill — lots of unstable sections — makes much of it unsuitable for roads and buildings (see "Titlow Hill Blues," Feb. 18). As Fifth District Supervisor at the time, I voted for a pattern of development which I was advised would not burden the rest of the taxpayers with the […]

Editor: "Go to sleep you weary hobo" … verse by Utah Phillips ("A Gentleman Wanderer," Feb. 25)? That’s not only a glaring error — it verges on heresy. Utah will be squirming in his grave — or more likely, his ashes will be turning over in their universe — until the Journal corrects itself. It’s […]

Editor: Reader Sara Sunstein misunderstands some fundamentals of our local economy and the role that local independent businesses play when they export their Humboldt Made products ("Mailbox," Feb. 25). We have been raising beef cattle in Humboldt County for over 150 years, and the vast majority has been exported into the commodity market. Eel River […]

Editor: I always enjoy Barry Evans’ "Field Notes" column. For last week’s — "Ends of the Earth" — I anticipated the exceptions as I was reading: Of course the two exceptions are at the two poles. I thought I would be clever and try to figure out the diameter of the area around the poles […]

Editor: Thank you for your article on College of the Redwoods’ plan to buy Jefferson School to replace its current downtown branch campus (“Schoolyard Scrap” Feb. 18). The neighbors of the school site are adamantly opposed to their homes being severely impacted by the increased traffic, bumper-to-bumper parked cars, constant noise and disruption that will […]

Editor: Regarding “Away We Go” (“Town Dandy,” Feb. 18): You wrote a story that isn’t really a story. You weaved supposed facts and innuendo that may impact everyone running for the upcoming county offices and essentially you succeeded in throwing a bucket of mud at the faces of all candidates. Your “pledge” to “deliver full, […]

Editor: My congratulations to Clint Victorine, owner of Eel River Organic Beef, for landing a contract with Whole Foods, no small accomplishment. But I’m worried. According to “Humboldt: the Brand” (Feb. 11) Eel River Organic Beef is already sold in 10 of the biggest Whole Foods in Southern California (and at Eureka Natural Foods, and […]

Editor: I was among the throng of well-wishers and free-foodies Saturday evening at the “world premiere” of the FilmHumboldt (aka, the Humboldt Film Commission) “Love Humboldt” film campaign (“Humboldt: The Brand,” Feb. 11). The room was abuzz with anticipation, and I was hopeful, after all the hubbub created by the process with which Ms. Debets, […]

Editor: Thanks for your continuing coverage of the code enforcement issues (“Code Cops, Not Real Cops,” Feb. 18). Your coverage has been critical in exposing this travesty of justice. However, this issue has not been resolved. The County Counsel’s Office and Supervisor Duffy are continuing to try to use the code for other criminal issues. […]

Editor: Could I add a correction to Ruthanne Cecil’s correction (“Mailbox,” Feb. 4) of Barry Evans (“Field Notes,” Jan. 21)? I may be wrong, but I don’t think Tonto ever said anything like “What do you mean, ‘we’?” That would be too blatant for even the racist perspective that created him. However, the masked man […]