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Editor: Who doesn’t believe in the need for more affordable housing? So, when a young, personable woman knocked on my door many months ago asking me to sign a petition to convert Eureka City Schools’ vacant Jacobs site into affordable housing, I asked, “Who could possibly be opposed to the measure?” She said that the […]

Editor: Free speech is an inalienable human right that is essential for human dignity, and is protected by the First Amendment because our rights disintegrate without free speech. Censorship is a government tool used to silence critics and to control and manipulate its population. It is a form of political violence. Tyrants use censorship. The […]

Editor: The teamsters’ failure to endorse the Democratic presidential candidate for the first time in memory seems inexplicable given the audio of the Republican candidate and Elon Musk laughing about Musk saying he’ll fire any striking workers and the Republican candidate giggling and agreeing. I will give the same consideration to teamsters if they are […]

Editor: Measure O proposes to raise the sales tax by 1 percent countywide. Eureka has a 9.25-percent sales tax, and Arcata is poised to follow. If approved, our sales tax would be 10.25 percent, on par with the highest in the U.S. Measure Z (the 2014 half-cent increase) was promised as a solution to budget […]

Editor: Your editorial on Aug. 15, “VTY, Not Rob Arkley,” got one thing right: “Ultimately, it will be up to Eurekans to decide what happens downtown.” Voters will get to vote yes on Measure F and be a city that brings more housing downtown and to Jacobs without destroying small businesses like mine in the […]

Editor: Like two recent letter writers to the NCJ (Mailbox, Sept. 12), I love the character of Old Town Eureka — which is why keeping it vibrant and alive, whether through Friday Night Markets or building more affordable housing, is so important to me. The anti-housing Measure F is counting on deceit and a whole […]

Editor: What if you could stop a prolonged military attack with a phone call? Someone can: Joe Biden (Mailbox, Aug. 29).  The attack I’m referring to is the genocidal attack on the Gaza Strip. Genocidal is the only word that accurately describes what’s going on there. The Israeli military is destroying health centers, schools, religious centers and […]

Editor: I read with interest the articles written by Thadeus Greenson, and I’m always amazed at how much environmentalists want to tear down everything that sustains human life (“The River Runs Free,” Sept. 12). At a time in California’s history when there is an unprecedented demand for electricity, we are conducting the greatest hydroelectric dam […]

Editor: Thanks for reporting on the Diablo Canyon issue now facing Redwood Coast Energy Authority (“RCEA Ponders Nuclear Power,” Sept. 12). In an effort to keep our state’s fossil fuel emissions down, California’s utility regulators have decided to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant running until at least 2030. That means PG&E is now offering […]

Editor: A postscript to Thadeus Greenson’s story on Aaron Bjorkstrand (“Freeing Aaron Bjorkstrand,” Aug. 22), the cover story man rescued from prison: Leonard Peltier, who has special significance for Humboldt County. When Julia Butterfly was tree-sitting Luna, Leonard sent her a congratulatory plaque he had carved in prison. This was an occasion for a huge […]

Editor: As a former patient of St. Joseph’s Acute Rehab Unit, I recommend that Providence keep this much needed facility open (NCJ Daily, Sept. 12). The illogic of Providence’s proposal to close the unit was reported in Thadeus Greenson’s Sept. 10 article: “‘Providence just successfully lobbied to buy more time to meet seismic standards, only […]

Editor: “‘A Segregated Campus’” was a great article on CPHSU accessibility (Sept. 5). The campus topography is challenging but building access must be improved. When the campus entrance at Laurel Drive and B Street was reconfigured I assumed it would be to install ramps. I was stunned that the finished project included steps. Last year, […]