Letters + Opinion

Editor: I enjoyed your recent well-researched and -written cover article (“The McKay Tract,” May 21). However, perhaps you should check your spelling … are you sure it isn’t The McKay Track? Ric Schlexer, McKinleyville

Editor: I just read the article on the McKay Tract, and one paragraph stood out among the rest — Trees Foundation funding for Earth First! Humboldt. In the lawsuit brought against the Trees Foundation, by a donor who attempted to make a $185,000 donation to North Coast Earth First!, the Trees Foundation stated that they […]

Editor: The story by Heidi Walters in last week’s Journal does not reflect what I wanted to convey when I spoke with her on the phone (“Cult of the Pipe,” May 21). I felt pressured because of her “Tuesday deadline” admonitions and failed to reiterate that I mostly wanted to ask if we, the residents, […]

Editor: While I have been inspired to write regarding several issues in the last couple of months, particularly after your comments about legalization and the call for open discussion (“Town Dandy”, May 14) — I wanted to point out that many items need more open discussion and, while this is Humboldt County, along with most […]

Editor: Thanks for your column of May 14 (“Town Dandy”)! In some of our “community” meetings here, I’ve listened to certain of our local growers smugly and proudly romanticize themselves as “outlaws.” I get the feeling that they envision themselves as Errol Flynn clones flitting through the forest dressed in green tights as they continually […]

Editor: Finally. After presiding over countless huge Journal spreads and covers romanticizing marijuana and the Humboldt culture surrounding it, Hank Sims has actually said “enough” (“Town Dandy,” May 14). And here I was beginning to think he was the personal PR man for growers. Sorry, Hank. As Sims said, the incident involving AK-47s, bulletproof vests […]

Editor: First off, let me just say that Joseph Byrd is an excellent person and a friend of mine. Even so I can easily understand the outrage and often angry responses he sometimes gets to the articles he’s written here in the Journal. I am writing, however, to congratulate both Joseph and the North Coast […]

Editor: Is the NCJ resorting to using Internet film reviews, similar to the Times-Standard (“Filmland,” May 21)? Furthermore, you chose a critic from Salt Lake City for a film not complimentary to religion (Catholicism, in particular). Why not dredge up a review by Mel Gibson? Suzanne Crothers, McKinleyville

Editor: I love you guys. The Journal covers the Humboldt beat wonderfully, from hot headlines to deep-digging investigations to whimsical features that are really about us. It even has the best ads. But nobody’s perfect. I have to agree with Mark Letlow’s letter (“Mailbox,” May 14). Is the foul language supposed to be sophisticated? Bold? […]