Editor:
I finished reading “Mainstay Unraveled” (Dec. 8) with a sour taste in my mouth. Ms. Walters tastefully reported on a little discussed area of unemployment. As someone who was laid off three years ago and subsequently collected unemployment, I am appalled. I knew for six months it was coming and received all paid-time-off balances that were rightly mine. I now realize I took for granted the monies that were there. My heart goes out to those affected by the closure of Mainstay Business Solutions. I can’t imagine in this country that there are people whose checks would be taken away from them by their employer via direct deposit.
I for one will not be visiting Blue Lake Casino any time soon, nor will I be recommending their casino to visitors of Humboldt County.
What’s next, the same scenario for the hard working (service) employees at the casino?
Cher-Ae Heights here I come.
Sarah Briskin Lowsley, Eureka
This article appears in Leaving.
Thank you, Sarah! I was one of those people and still a year later and nothing! It is apalling and I know for a fact that Blue Lake has had the money in a year to pay us back. I also know that Eric Ramos has already opened a new company in Folsom. It makes me sick to my stomach how many of us were effected and how Tribal Soveriegnity can be claimed when we didn’t work on the tribal land.
Disgusted.
I still haven’t gone to Blue Lake Casino. Hope things work out for you. I know it’s tough finding work in HumCo but through perseverance one can find it!