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Posts published in “Letters to the Editor”

Letters (Oct 28, 2015)

I am writing in regard to the proposal for a potential water and sewer system in Boonville. As a resident who will be affected by this plan l attended the meeting held at the Mendocino County fairgrounds on 10/22/15.

Letters (Oct 21, 2015)

The new Bookmobile, bought with grant money from the Department of Agriculture (which means the County put out no money for its purchase) is being billed to the Library... as if it had been paid for by the County. Got that? Every day, in every way, someone at the County is figuring out how to steal the funds that local taxpayers wanted specifically to go to libraries in this county.

Letters (Oct 14, 2015)

The Big Surprise.

The terminal cancer. The word leaks out. The "goys" bring the Irish whiskey. The Jews smoke and pain pills. All in all it has been a wasted life. I flew off the handle too much. Never felt comfortable in my own skin. My business just making ends meet. In my heart — tried to be a good Jew and a patriotic American.

Letters (Oct 7, 2015)

The fact that three people, none of whom live in Redwood Valley, can make a decision that affects everyone living here and changes the bucolic nature of our pastoral rural small town — against the wishes of its citrizens, is undemocratic, unjust and unfair.

Letters (Sep 30, 2015)

Recently the Ukiah Daily Journal published an unsigned editorial that apparently represents the opinion of the paper, in which it denounced Supervisor Tom Woodhouse for talking with County workers about their jobs and conditions. The editorial referenced Supervisor Carrie Brown’s reprimand of Supervisor Woodhouse.

Letters (Sep 23, 2015)

As California's epic drought plunges into its fourth year, Californians are desperately seeking ways to use less water in their daily lives with such measures as taking fewer and shorter showers, flushing less often, turning off the tap while brushing, washing the car less often and replacing lawns with drought tolerant plants being heavily promoted by State water agencies.

Letters (Sep 16, 2015)

When the normal channels of justice do not function, the question is "what other resources are there to pursue justice; and what community resources are out there to work with to be sure the same type of criminal act does not keep reoccurring, particularly by the same criminal?

Letters (Sep 9, 2015)

I have been using herbicides to control hardwoods, including tan oak, in my redwood forest in Comptche since 1985. I also do thinning and pruning of young trees, and logging, all of which produce dry fuel that can easily burn if ignited. All these forest practices I employ also serve to reduce the potential of a wildfire moving rapidly through my forest because they improve access and break up fire fuel continuity. Every fire season, I am intensely concerned about the possibility of a wildfire, and do what I can to prevent such an event.

Letters (Sep 2, 2015)

The Mendocino Air Quality Control Board made a terrible mistake on Aug. 28 when it rejected the Friends of Outlet Creek’s appeal of the Air Board’s decision to allow the Grist Creek Aggregates to open an asphalt plant in Longvale  — without at full CEQA review and a new environmental impact report. As a consequence, Grist Creek will now begin to produce hundreds of thousands of tons of asphalt annually — a few feet from Outlet Creek.

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