Restore real mental health treatment Rampant homelessness is a west coast phenomenon that has been growing since the 1970s. A local response — no matter how well intended or designed — cannot ever be adequate. Use of pleasurable intoxicating substances (including alcohol) for more than a few hours per week is incompatible with legitimate employment.…
Letters to the Editor, January 13, 2021
For some strange reason, the lunatics are running the asylum at KMUD, and this sad situation has only become worse in recent years (except for their still excellent news department).
Letters to the Editor, January 6, 2020
Mask up, it’s easy I think we must have a good bus system for a rural area, a most valiant one in fact, that keeps running even though we have few riders. I ventured to ride Arcata transit a couple of weeks ago because I want to support our continuing to have a bus system…
Letters to the Editor, December 23, 2020
Take the 100-day COVID-19 elimination challenge Can you imagine a world without COVID-19? Hint: a vaccine alone will not eliminate it, costs more than one can imagine, and has less than perfect efficacy. I, for one, do not want to pay for an abuser who ignores safety and causes suffering, not just to my mind…
Letters to the Editor, December 16, 2020
‘Push Pause’ on budget cuts The Humboldt California Faculty Association (CFA) has launched a community-wide petition calling on the broader HSU community (faculty members, students, staff, alumni, and Humboldt residents), to stand in solidarity with HSU faculty against budget cuts. It is our position that the administration should Push Pause on cutting classes or faculty…
Letters to the Editor, November 25, 2020
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…
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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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…
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…