Letters + Opinion

Editor: Thank you for a very informative editorial about the “complicated, convoluted story” about the property exchange agreement reached with Eureka City Schools (“VTY, Not Rob Arkley,” Aug. 15). I especially liked the article’s lead: “We were taught long ago that if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, chances are pretty […]

Editor: To understand Rob Arkley’s sincerity in all things parking lot related one need only consider his position (“Inadvertent Disclosure,” July 25). Arkley sees the loss of city-owned parking lots in order to build more housing might so inconvenience his employees that, rather than subject them to the risk of walking a few blocks, he […]

Editor: As a retired pilot, I have an interest in aircraft technology, and I also appreciate the historical value of the military relics which made up the greater part of the Rumble Over the Redwoods air show (Calendar, Aug. 8). So, I have no issue with air shows in general, despite their presumably huge carbon […]

Editor: So, now we learn that Arkley, I mean “AMG”, has decided he doesn’t want to buy the Jacobs middle school property for $2 million over market after all. Who could have seen that coming, eh, since AMG (does that stand for “Arkley Most Glorious?”) always seemed so sincerely interested in developing affordable housing there. But seriously, AMG’s plan […]

Editor: A letter writer decries the police response to the protests at Cal Poly Humboldt. It wasn’t the police’s idea, they were summoned. I’m fairly sure if you asked them a solid majority would have preferred not to be thrust into that position. There was also a call to de facto defund the police. How quaint. […]

There are big issues around banning abortions and contraceptives (as in the Republican Project 2025) that are not being fully discussed (“Huffman Talks Project 2025,” July 18). How much love can a woman give a child she can’t afford or doesn’t want? What about growing up as an unwanted child? What about the effects of […]

Editor: I am glad the author of this article enjoyed her long walk in the Headwaters Forest (“Hiking in the Headwaters Reserve,” Aug. 8). We downstream upper Elk River residents living along the North and South Forks of Elk River are forced to live without quality water from the river, without security in our homes, […]

Editor: Ick! I had to wash my hands twice after reading those articles (“Inadvertent Disclosure” and “Jackson’s Retreat”) about our local education administrators in the July 25 issue.  Who knew the field of education administration was all about raking in the filthy lucre? We learn that the university system eases out Cal Poly President Tom […]

Editor: Thadeus Greenson’s report of the resignation of Cal Poly Humboldt’s President Tom Jackson Jr. raises questions that extend far beyond Jackson’s devastating reign that transformed the nascent Cal Poly into what in Humboldt’s parlance has become known as Cal Folly. During Jackson’s reign he disrespected and alienated the county’s public health officials as regarded […]

Editor: Because old Rob obviously has no involvement whatsoever in the deal to purchase the Jacobs Street property, right? I mean, his “spokesperson” Gail Rymer said he wasn’t involved. Or at least she said Arkley and Security National are not “buyer[s]” of the property or “involved with AMG Communities.” So that settles the question, right? […]