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Editor: When the Bayshore Mall opened, the existing retail districts, downtown and the Pierson Mall collapsed. Many established local businesses in those places either moved to Bayshore or closed permanently. Storefronts were vacant or occupied by lower-grade tenants for years, a trend still not entirely reversed. Was that urban decay? Will the Marina Center have […]

Editor: So Marcy Burstiner thinks her column is no longer useful just because the Eureka Reporter is gone (“Media Maven,” Dec. 4)? Does she think that no one else reads her column? I’m no journalist, but I have gotten a lot of insight from her. If she has more to say, please ask her to […]

Editor: As a friend of Greg Jennings, I am perplexed by a couple of things since his untimely death (“Ghost Bike,” Dec. 4).First, why no “rumble strips” along Highway 101 or 299? Come on Caltrans, what’s it going take? Second, on my daily commute back to Eureka from work I am amazed at the number […]

Editor: I am confused by the “Synergasm” article (Nov. 13) written about the Fourth Annual Synergy Fair, an event I put energy into organizing and promoting all year long. Synergy Fair is a service to the community, a time for people to learn and experience the many types of complementary alternative healing modalities available to […]

Editor: I am writing about the preview for the 4th Annual Synergy Fair that your journalist Emily Hobelmann wrote up (“Synergasm,” Nov. 13). The preview was written up in a way that made me think that the writer did not take the event seriously. I think the preview was sarcastic, “tongue-in-cheek” stereotyping and had a […]

Editor: I patiently wait for the new Journal from the moment I finish reading the current edition. Your stories are well researched, offer a unique perspective to local issues and give a voice to many underappreciated members of this community. That being said, I could not be more annoyed with your layout on the cover […]

Editor: I commend the Journal for its coverage of Umpqua Bank’s CEO Ray Davis’ recent state of the economy talk (“Short Stories,” Nov. 13). You were the only member of the local media to do so. You did the greater public a service by letting them know of a different voice. Instead of reading yet […]

Editor: Mr. Sims argues that even though Measure T has been clearly ruled as unconstitutional, and denies a minority of residents their rights to liberty and participation in the electoral process, it should be vehemently defended, as it is the “will of the people” (“Town Dandy,” Nov. 13). I will be interested to see if […]

Editor: I want to thank Heidi Walters for her fine article “Without the Mill” (Nov. 6), about workers from Evergreen Pulp Mill. It was nice that she focused on how this shut-down has changed employee’s lives and left them stressed about their future. Let us hope that all from the mill return to the workforce […]

Editor: Thank you for Ryan Burns’ excellent article “At the Orgy” about Humboldt Imps latest sex-positive event (Oct. 30). It must be mentioned, though, that Ghouls Gone Wild was not an “orgy.” This is an important linguistic distinction. An orgy involves multiple parties who have all consented to interact sexually with one another. It was […]

Editor: As the spouse of a former member of the HSU accounting staff, I was astonished to see, in your Oct. 30 column, the bald allegation that “the university’s entire accounting staff quit in protest when the university changed software systems” (“Town Dandy,” Oct. 30). Nothing could be further from the truth. The university’s administrators […]

Editor: You write this week that it would be unpalatable to tie Humboldt to Redding and our red environs (“Town Dandy,” Oct. 23). Au contraire, mon frere!  Facing the same problem of political passivity from the opposite side (although Jeff Morris is making a brave attempt against Rep. Wally Herger this year), I’ve dreamed of […]