Editor: I want to express my appreciation for your very thorough report on what has become a very complex and (of course) controversial issue in the community. “Station Identification” ( July 31) went beyond the surface and contemporary state of affairs to probe the larger context in which decisions on programming, fiscal matters and personnel […]
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KHSU deserves better
Editor: That the university’s creature has turned around to bite it involves all sorts of delicious irony. (“Station Identification,” July 31). When Elizabeth Hans McCrone was pushed from her perch in Advancement, she needed a new place to roost. KHSU turned out to be the unlucky nest for this bird. As some may recall, KHSU […]
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The Unknown Coast
The Unknown Coast By Hank Sims We’re going to have more on this next week, but we’d be remiss if we didn’t once again note that the Mendocino Redwood Company has officially and (all but) incontrovertibly won. They will be the owners of the Pacific Lumber Co. by the time you read this, thanks to […]
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The Way It Was
Editor: “Lazio’s Last Stand” (July 24) was well done and of great significance to the harbor issues of today. It is also the perfect, living example of why local governments should not get involved in economic development. They should leave that to the private sector, guided by the marketplace. Go down and look at the […]
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Restaurant Reminiscence
Editor: On July 4, 1973, my wife and I visited Eureka for the first time. We were living in Illinois and on vacation, traveling the coast from San Diego to Victoria, B.C., and eating seafood every chance we got. The desk clerk at the motel recommended Lazio’s. The dining room was full when we arrived […]
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Waterloo
Editor: I realize that previewing movies is subjective, but after reading Charlie Myers’ inane review of Mamma Mia! I had to respond (“Filmland,” July 24). Myers says the “musical’s lame story” is adapted from the very popular British West End stage production. I had the pleasure of seeing it last year on Broadway where it […]
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Rose of Di Rosa
Editor: Thank you, Amy Stewart, for visiting the Di Rosa Preserve, and for writing about it (“Dirt,” July 24). I spent three years as a volunteer there, guiding tours. Rene never called us docents; he said our main purpose was not to lose anyone on the property. Rene’s collection always surprised me, and I left […]
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Last week’s cover story, “Lazio’s Last Stand”
Last week’s cover story, “Lazio’s Last Stand,” contained several errors in respect to the Bayfront One property development. First, there are two other partners in the property, apart from Greg Pierson and Larry DeBeni, who were cited in the article. They are Susan Rasmussen and Catherine Dunaway. Second, the article misstated the city of Eureka’s […]
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Cove Defender
Editor: Aaaah, Shelter Cove. Always a controversy of some sort. ("Mailbox," July 17.) I consider myself a native. I was born in Garberville but was raised from birth at the Cove. I have spent a fair portion of my life living there, and have also been a property owner more than once. My family has […]
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Beaten and Bloodied
It came in with a bang, but it’s ending with a whimper. That’s the story of the maximally important Pacific Lumber bankruptcy case, which has offered the county one of the greatest moments of crisis and opportunity in its recent history. The danger, back in January 2007, was that Houston sneak Charles Hurwitz and his […]
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Dino Fight
Editor: In the July 10 issue, North Coast Journal publisher Judy Hodgson published a letter to advertisers, explaining why the Journal will have to raise its rates. Hodgson lamented that fierce competition between the two local dailies, the Eureka Reporterand the Times-Standard, is keeping local newspaper advertising rates artificially low. “Their owners have very deep […]
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Skills Pay Bills
Editor: Quite a while ago, I read in your paper about unscrupulous auctioneers selling, undisclosed, unbuildable lots in Shelter Cove to unsuspecting buyers, essentially ripping them off (“Buyer Beware!” April 22, 2004). I believe the article’s message was shame on the auctioneers and shame on the Humboldt County Tax Assessor. Now you’re helping steal from […]