A photo caption on pages 12 and 13 of last week’s Journal misidentified Arcata City Council candidate Jason Grow as fellow candidate Geronimo Garcia, and vice versa. The Journal regrets the error.
Letters + Opinion
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Gutless Wonders
Though we may have a trick or two up our sleeves next week, this issue pretty much marks the end of our wall-to-wall local election coverage. Three issues, and we actually got a pretty big bite of the thing. We regret that we didn’t get to some interesting and/or important races. Once again, and to […]
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The War Over War
Editor: Measures F (Arcata) and J (Eureka) and bad. Bad for young adults, bad for our communities, and bad for our nation. The proponents of the “Child Protection Act” just don’t know what they are talking about. Some claim recruiters want to send our children to war. How ridiculous can you get. I can’t imagine […]
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F and J
Editor: Arcata and Eureka Measures F and J will protect vulnerable adolescents from high-powered sales pitches by the military (“Arms and the Child,” Oct. 9). If people this age are not considered legally able to sign contracts or drink, why should they be considered to have the judgment to deal with the military? We’ve outlawed […]
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Prop. 2
Editor: There are no legitimate arguments against the passage of Proposition 2, “The Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act” (“Whither the Factory Farm,” Oct. 9). It’s the right thing to do for the animals and for the environment. Further, as the Arcata farm owner you interviewed intimated, higher prices for meat and eggs can have […]
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Prop. 8
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- […]
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Crash and Burn
The Evergreen Pulp Mill announced last week that it would be shutting down indefinitely, at least until the world market for paper and pulp picked itself back up, and you’d better believe that there were plenty of people around here who took the news like a stiff punch to the gut. Start, of course, with […]
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So, What’s Your Story?
I was sitting in a room with 50 other volunteers in Chico two weeks ago. I had driven six hours and given up a beautiful fall weekend to be there. The question before us was, why were we there? What was our personal story? Why is this election more important than others? In smaller groups, […]
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Not a Victim
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 […]
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Let’s Talk Park
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, […]
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Celluloid Pride
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 […]
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For Shame
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 […]