Category: Letters to the Editor/ Columns

“What kind of example is this for our children?”

“If California loses its grid collaborators, energy costs will go up and grid reliability could be jeopardized. To prevent utilities from flocking to the Southwest Power Pool, California needs to make it clear to them that CAISO governance change could still happen, and continued collaboration could eventually lead to membership in an independently governed RTO.”

“EPD provides notifications to all campers. Included in these notifications are visits by the City’s Homeless Outreach Workers and Mental Health staff to provide and offer services. There are very clear guidelines that personal belongings are not disposed of and are appropriately documented and stored if encountered.”

“PacOut Green Team is being wrongfully attacked by a small group of misinformed people called “Stop The Sweeps Humboldt”. Last Saturday’s cleanup at Carlson Park was met with a group of angry protesters. They thought we were going into live camps and taking people’s personal belongings.”

“For the remainder of the day, which was close to three hours since I first complained, big dust clouds continued to drift from the site along M Street to Alliance and to sidewalks and homes beyond. Arcata High School is plainly visible at the top of the hill a couple of blocks away, with houses and community and a busy road downwind of the toxic soil disturbance.”

“Gov. Gavin Newson’s announcement in the spring to radically reshape California’s mental health care was compelling for several reasons. One is personal: I have an adult son with schizophrenia, a condition that’s impacted our lives for almost 30 years and counting.”

“While it’s important not to poison anyone, it’s also incredibly important not to waste all the time and hard work and materials you put into preserving. Producing our food is central to this lifestyle and where a lot, maybe most, of our time goes.”

“This year’s budget dance will kick off a political tussle over spending and taxes that will likely continue for the remainder of Newsom’s governorship.”

“When you make your appointment to repair the beat-up front end on your vehicle after you just paid a $1500 bill for tires chewed up on our abysmal county roads you can contemplate the handful of people that chose to spend more of your money on county trails than on county roads,” the letter writer argues.

“Both Klamath and Colorado situations could, and probably should, have been resolved without taxpayers on the hook to compensate those whose actions had caused their problems in the first place. But, as the old saying goes, money talks while bull—- walks.”