Manila’s shantytown Dear community members, We would like to alert you about and ask for your help in solving an environmental and humanitarian problem that is getting worse in Manila. As some of you may know, there is a growing shantytown located along the banks of Humboldt Bay along State Route 255 about a quarter…
How a dark money, grassroots greenwash badly backfired on Arcata
This column is a giant exercise in “we told you so,” and pulls no punches. So if that sort of thing doesn’t appeal to you, avert your eyes. The people of Arcata – and most specifically and sadly, the residents of the Westwood neighborhood – have been thoroughly bamboozled. Led by the nose into supporting…
John Corbett: We must acknowledge the history that got us here
Trinidad Rancheria, City of Trinidad, and the Settler Community. For the record I am a member of the settler community, (third generation Humboldter) and I have no financial relationship with the Trinidad Rancheria or the City of Trinidad. The Trinidad harbor was one of the few privately owned harbors in California. The history is that…
Letters to the Editor, November 18, 2010
Racial reckoning “Racial Reckoning with the Environment and Community MASS students” takes place Friday, Nov. 20 from noon to 4 p.m. via Zoom. Link: us02web.zoom.us/j/7274848553. Current Environment and Community Masters students have demanded and arranged a virtual meeting with faculty and administration to ensure the structural and interpersonal racism of the department is substantively addressed.…
Letters to the Editor: Election reflections change the complexion of our direction
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The Union’s 2020 election endorsements
Arcata is poised to make truly deep and substantial change, and emerge a better, more resilient town. With closed storefronts and deep cuts in city staff, the post-COVID recovery phase offers an opportunity to, well, build back better. And to put into practice some of the long-held progressive dreams that pre-pandemic status quos previously rendered…
Letters to the Editor, October 28, 2020
Winkler saved Arcata I was surprised to see Kevin Hoover dredging up our statue removal of several years ago in order to attack Michael Winkler (Mad River Union, Oct. 21). As I explained in my Dec. 25, 2019 letter to the Union which Hoover published but obviously didn’t read, Arcata narrowly escaped a potentially ruinous…
So-Called Thoughts: Why I’m not voting for the two most experienced City Council candidates
I’m not voting for the two incumbent Arcata City Councilmembers, and here’s why. Hopefully, in next week’s edition, they or their fans can tell me and you why I’m totally wrong about all this. Because I’d really like to be. First, in praise of Paul Pitino and Michael Winkler. Both have worked hard for the…
Sean Campbell: Breaking down the latest anti-Measure F canard
I have read multiple articles in local papers that make personal attacks on the Arcata Fire District (AFD) Administration regarding salaries and how the Administration should make cuts at the top. Many of these articles reference Transparent California, which can be confusing at best. After writing multiple articles aimed at educating the community about Arcata Fire…
Letters to the Editor, October 21, 2020
Pitino, Yeo, Zapata for Arcata City Council Apart from being our chance to remove Trump from the Presidency and replace him with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, this Nov. 3 is an opportunity to re-elect Councilmember Paul Pitino. Paul has been a friend to older Arcatans facing rising rents while trying to survive on their…