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Letters to the Editor March 18, 2010
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Is Talking Crow subsidized? How can I be so lucky to be chosen?
• If the Harbor grants a lease to Rika Blue for less than market rent, isn’t that a public subsidy of a single individual? • If so, how was she chosen out of all the other artists and small business folks out there? • Has she opened her books to prove she actually needs a subsidy? • If we subsidize her, will she be required to keep track of how many kids she serves and to serve them for free? • Is one of the harbor’s purposes to subsidize worthy individuals? • How can I be worthy? Callie McDonough Hiouchi
Today that is gone. The harbor looks really neglected, and unfortunately, seafood restaurants here, to be kind, are lacking for a costal town. I have seen better harbor facilities at villages in South America. I have not seen a “local catch” special of ling cod or rock fish anywhere in this town. Last time I ate at our best fish house, the only fish was cod and salmon from elsewhere and the special was steak. Maybe that is the Coastal Commission’s fault, but in other California cities, like Morro Bay, real fresh fish is sold, and you can get good homemade clam chowder. Recently I went to a market to buy some fresh halibut, and when the counter was opened I could smell spoiled fish from the other side. I took the fish home, cooked it, and then, after one bite, I threw it away. Crescent City is a beautiful, well-kept secret, but we need to get rid of the town’s “good ol’ boys.” Then it would be nice to replace the Harbor Commission and our local government with people that will get off their butts and actually accomplish something to attract tourists to our harbor as they pass through to Brookings. Floyd Burgess Crescent City
ATV use in Tolowa Dunes area
If California state law protects this area why are we allowing the off-road use to happen? I am not against the use of off-road vehicles but I am against damaging sacred ground, especially if it has already deemed “protected!” It seems as though our recent visit by the California Coastal Commission was a big fat shame on you to Del Norte County. After a long run on Kellogg Beach one sunny day we were stopped by a really great state parks employee informing us of where we are allowed to park and allowed to drive and where we are welcome to bring off-road vehicles. This was a surprise, seeing as I was under the impression that they were banned in this area. At first it seemed like a fine idea seeing as they were only allowed on the roads not on the beach. Might I add that I believe in the state parks and all that they represent. Anyhow we got home and I realized this made no sense. The very next day was the front page article about our Coastal Commission visit. Mmm. So I ask again, could someone in charge do us the favor of clarifying this whole situation? As a previous Southern California resident I watched Strands Beach, a gorgeous natural resource, turn into a neighborhood of oversized homes with the nature trampled upon. I know this will never happen here but witnessing destruction doesn’t sit well with me. The dunes hold a very special place in my heart. Lets choose to respect them. Jenny Petri Fort Dick
to pick up after their dogs?
I am constantly seeing people with their dogs not on a leash. It is one thing for some dogs, but it is really something when I see people bring pit bulls to the park and letting them run free. I have called SPCA and they tell me they cannot do anything about it. They do not have enough people on staff to do anything. Well, the worst problem is the poop that people are not picking up after their dogs. I spoke with a lady and asked her to please pick up after her dog and she said she would. So she acts like she is driving over to pick up the waste. Instead, she thinks I am not looking so she drives off without picking it up. My question is, “Are people really that lazy?” People show no concern that there is a leash law. If you cannot take care of your animals, then maybe you should not have one. James Bessant Crescent City
Being adopted myself, I had to put “other” and “don’t know, adopted,” for my race and “other” and “don’t know” for my kids’ races. Can you imagine not knowing your ethnicity, your race? Now imagine walking into a vital records office and asking the clerk for your original birth certificate only to be told, ‘No, you can’t have it, it’s sealed.” How about being presented with a “family history form” to fill out at every single doctor’s office visit and having to put “N/A Adopted” where life-saving information should be? Imagine being asked what your nationality is and having to respond with “I don’t know.” It is time that the archaic practice of sealing and altering birth certificates of adopted persons stops. Adoption is a $5 billion dollar, unregulated industry that profits from the sale and redistribution of children. It turns children into chattel who are re-labeled and sold as “blank slates.” Genealogy, a modern-day fascination, cannot be enjoyed by adopted persons with sealed identities. Family trees are exclusive to the non-adopted persons in our society. If adoption is truly to return to what is best for a child, then the rights of children to their biological identities should never be violated. Every single judge that finalizes an adoption and orders a child’s birth certificate to be sealed should be ashamed of him/herself. I challenge all Daily Triplicate readers: Ask the adopted persons that you know if their original birth certificates are sealed. Mara Rigge Trinidad |
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