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Editor: I’m puzzled by objections to state recognition of marriages between same-sex couples (“Popping the Question,” Oct. 9). Is it confusion between rites and rights? The marriage rituals performed by churches are not limited or affected by California granting marital rights to any couple of legal age. If a church wishes to discriminate between same- […]

Editor: It should be quite clear to you now that your recent decision to publish the names of Humboldt County CCW holders was not as well received as you may have anticipated (“Pistol Packing People,” Sept. 25). While the article itself was well written and portrayed CCW holders in a generally positive way, the publishing […]

Editor: As a property and homeowner in southern Humboldt County, I feel it is unfair to the neighbors of the Southern Humboldt Community Park not to have public input about using the park as a concert venue (“The Hum,” Oct. 2). The Community Park has been holding events and concerts at the park for years, […]

Editor: I am tired of our local film critics always bashing a film made locally because it is not “true” to us (“Filmland,” Oct. 2). No film is true to anything unless it’s a documentary (and most times that is suspect). We have had bad films made here (Jezebel’s Kiss, Jennifer 8) and good films […]

Editor: I’m glad to see Mark Lovelace doesn’t want to take the raise that the greedy current supervisors voted themselves (“Town Dandy,” Sept. 18). It’s also enlightening to know what he would do with it: Give it to charity. Well, Mark, I pay outrageous county taxes exclusively to fund county government, not to fund charities. […]

Editor: Cannot thank the Town Dandy enough for the “Pay Dirt” column. More bedrock analysis of our bureaucrats and the pretend democracy will pay much higher dividends than whether Sarah Palin ever wore a bikini, or what Obama’s pastor had for lunch. One item I’d like to add to the Supervisors’ pay raise issue. Loretta […]

Editor: As a novice to national politics, like Ms. Palin, you can imagine my excitement to hear of your six-part series on “The Other Candidates for President” (“Alt Prez,” Journal passim). After reading your final article of the series, however, you can also imagine my disappointment that my (Humboldt County-based) candidacy for vice president, behind […]

Editor: Rarely have I ever read articles or headlines as slanted or biased as Heidi Walters’ “Pistol Packing People,” printed in your last issue (Sept. 25). Using the California Public Records Act to strong-arm the Sheriff’s Office, Walters obtained a list of local citizens who have legally obtained gun permits in Humboldt County. Then she […]

Editor: There was no reason, journalistic or otherwise,to publish the names of CCW permit holders. In doing so you compromised the safety of all citizens of Humboldt County. The common criminal will now know with some degree of certainty which citizens are unarmed. The more aggressive criminal will know where to look for firearms. I […]

Editor: While it may be easy to cast “The Sonoma Gang” in a negative light, it becomes a little more awkward to realize that any modern non-Native American who has a stake in this society must be a beneficiary of such things (“The Sonoma Gang,” Sept. 11). Unfortunately, the majority of our culture’s customs are […]

Editor: So sorry to see the usually reliable Hank Sims degenerate into a cursing, bitching partisan on the issue of illegal immigration and the enforcement action at the bulb farms (“Town Dandy,” Sept. 11). As demonstrated in a statewide referendum (Prop. 187), and every opinion poll ever taken, the public does not support the open […]

Editor: Thank you for the article on Wild Chick Farm, which hopefully encouraged people to consider the oft-overlooked fact that the consumption of meat and animal products is based on the daily slaughter and evisceration of sentient beings (“Table Talk,” Sept. 11). May I suggest that everybody who bases his or her diet on such […]