BLUE TATTOOS Editor, On May 2, 2011, my husband and I were paying our bills and getting money orders from the usual place. Outside there was a cop talking to my husband. I had no…
Posts published in “Letters to the Editor”
Dear Editor: The man in the cell next to mine hung himself yesterday. I knew him for almost four years. He had what I have: an unreasonable Three Strikes sentence. They dragged him out of…
PLUG-PULLINGS Dear Editor: Bear Kamoroff is confused (Letters, April 13), and not just about the location of the Lookouts’ [Livermore’s band] first encounter with Piano Jimmy (it was Grapewine Station, not Grapevine). It sounds as…
DIALOGUE OF THE DEAF AVA — This is in response to your report on April 20th's “Neighborhood Wars.” Well named, but misinformed. Mr. McEwen misinterpreted both mine and Mr. Graham's testimony to a great degree.…
COVELO OPEN PIT MINE Letter to the Editor On April 21, 2011 over fifty Round Valley residents made the trek down to Ukiah to appear at 9am to speak before the Planning Commission against the…
BILL MOORES STRIKES AGAIN Dear Supervisor Hamburg, This is in regards to case number (CDRES 1-2006 APN 132320-42 and 132-320-43) to be heard on 21 April 2011. On 10 March 2011, Mr. Fred Tarr (Planner…
CALL JERRY Dear Editor and AVA readers: I arrived at Tehachapi state prison with high hopes of something better to come. Sitting in the San Quentin reception center left me feeling numb. I escaped this…
SWEET ADVICE Editor, This letter is for Rodney Breen who wrote in the 3/9 AVA about his experiences with diabetes in jail. I have had Type I diabetes (insulin dependent) for 35 years. That means…
NO HYDRAULIC FRACTURING Editor, Several weeks ago, most likely due to the Academy award nomination of the documentary, Gasland, the New York Times had not one, but two, front page articles within a week on…