Letters + Opinion

Editor: Nowhere in your otherwise excellent article on the dearth of swimming pools in Eureka (“Can’t Swim,” June 19) did you mention the one no-cost, larger-than-Olympic-size, local “pool”: Humboldt Bay. Instead of wasting gas and guilt driving to the Arcata pool, I stroll over from my home in Old Town to the C Street dock […]

Editor: Who owns the tank farms in Eureka ("Crude Figures," June 9)? Why are gas prices lower inland, with higher distribution costs? Hint: competition from Redding or Oregon. [Former Humboldt County District Attorney] Terry Farmer started a price-fixing investigation a long time ago. It lasted about a week. Why don’t you do one, and do […]

Editor: You’re too old to continue working? You’re sick and it’s going to be expensive to keep you alive? Why not just send you to the slaughter! It’s a cheap way for your family to get rid of you, and business can thrive by your slaughter. It’s perfect! Did you give birth to a child […]

Editor: There have always been a wide range of ways to care for and use horses here in Humboldt County and through out civilization. There always will be. One thing is for certain they, like all of us, must leave behind a mass of flesh and bones at some point. We would all like to […]

(Ed. note: We received the following handwritten letter a couple of weeks ago, but it was temporarily forsaken and forgotten in the wilds of my desk. Many apologies to Michael Langdon.) Editor: I have a few points I’d like to share with you and your readers. First, I’d like to thank you for running a […]

Editor: Marcy Burstiner makes a few interesting points regarding newspapers and the Internet ("Media Maven," June 5). I agree that newspapers could identify net links for patrons who have computer access and would like to learn more about a topic, and that, certainly, Internet news services could liberally use net links for those already hooked […]

Editor: Seth Naman’s story about the Salmon River kayak and raft race was almost as good as getting wet, but there’s one point that bears correction ("Off the Pavement," June 5). Mr. Naman writes that "(t)he drainage basin of the Salmon River is almost completely covered by federally designated wilderness, making it one of the […]

Editor: I am writing in response to last week’s cover story on the low market value for horses in this area ("Ends Meet," June 5). Because they can no longer be sold for slaughter, there is an excess of animals, many of which are aged or can no longer work for other reasons. This situation […]