Opinion / Letters
Letters To The Editor 2.16.12
Wave Hello to new energy The ocean will be a key part of a “green” energy revolution, and we don’t have to drill underneath it! (“Feds look to the ocean for clean energy as scientists ...
Letters To The Editor 2.09.12
In the ’Vill Thanks for the wonderful article on Carmel Valley and its beautiful village (“Carmel Valley Rising,” Feb. 2-8). We’re still a secret to many but I think it’s just a matter of time ...
Letters To The Editor 2.02.12
Monumental Movement It is about time that Fort Ord be saved from greedy developers who bulldoze the landscape then go broke and leave, or other developers that build obnoxious big box stores and malls (“Local ...
Letters To The Editor 1.26.12
Off With Their Heads A common fallacy made by those who do not understand money is an argument based on equality. Money is not inherently equitable nor does it convey uniformity in quantity or status. ...
Letters to the Editor 01-19-12
Cause and Effect For 30 years, cities in California have used redevelopment agencies to appropriate the schools’ portion of tax local property taxes to themselves (“Supreme Court decision dooms redevelopment agencies, leaves cities reeling,” Jan. ...
Letters To The Editor 1.12.12
Occupying Thoughts A few comments (“Occupy Monterey looks forward to an uncertain future,” Jan. 5-Jan. 11). 1) Thanks for the timely story. 2) There are no fees, the city agreed to waive the fees as ...
Letters To The Editor 1.5.12
Born to Run Good to know that Jason Burnett will run. Now who can we get to bump Dave Potter from the Board of Supervisors? (“Squid Fry,” Dec. 29-Jan. 4). Any real progressives out there ...
Letters to the Editor 12-29-11
The Nader Effect Nader reminds me of many charming, talented, ambitious, wily men from the Arabic-speaking world (“Nader Agha’s holdings span Monterey County, but he’s looking to conquer the world,” Dec. 15-21). Arabic is a ...
Letters to the Editor 12-22-11
Duck Tales This is the goofiest town (“Monterey debates future of Alvarado, starting with Mucky Duck,” Dec. 8-14). Does Monterey get that people who choose to live downtown are usually trying to get closer to ...
Letters To The Editor 12.15.11
Occupy Provocation That joker who refers to himself online as Klatsch is no joke (“Occupy protesters, and their nemeses, could use a chill pill,” Dec. 8-14). He has been disclosing personal and private identity of ...
Letters To The Editor 12.08.11
Smells Like Money In simple terms, the property that keeps methyl iodide from reaching the stratosphere where it could be an ozone problem is the fact that it is destroyed by ultra violet light in ...
Letters To The Editor 12.01.11
Cities by the Sea I was amused to read Squid’s review of my presentation to the Carmel Residents Association comparing Seaside to Carmel, written and published before the event, with erroneous assumptions as to the ...
Letters To The Editor 11.23.11
Nature Lovers Experiments are not needed because monarch nectar plant experts like myself, Jan Southworth, David Marriott, John Dayton and others have 40-plus years of testing and observation experience along the California coast (“Nectaring experiment ...
Letters To The Editor 11.17.11
Doesn’t The Monterey County Herald print your paper the Monterey County Coast [sic] Weekly? (“Squid Fry,” Nov. 10-16). Well, then why are you in bed with a company that is outsourcing?! - ginamonterey | via ...
Letters To The Editor 11.10.11
Poor Get Poorer “Let them eat cake” doesn’t quite measure up these days, does it? As the division of wealth between the have-nots and the have-everythings seems to be as wide as the Grand Canyon ...
Letters To The Editor 11.03.11
Bay View’s Shaky Start For all its educational innovation promise, Bay View Academy Board’s first major action (some of us dissented) was to fire the principal (“Bay View Academy board fires principal,” posted Oct. 26). ...
Letters To The Editor 10.27.11
Getting Along As someone who lives and works near the plaza, the issue was never “dirty people” or the fact people liked to hang out all day and enjoy a smoke and play music. (“City, ...
Letters To The Editor 10.20.11
Squida Culpa With regards to the ticketed Elkhorn Slough fisherman, I was surprised that you wrote tiger shark rather than leopard shark (“Squid Fry,” Oct. 13-19). Leopard sharks are very abundant in the slough. Obviously ...
Letters To The Editor 10.13.11
Unified Front The support and sponsorship of our local union, the Pajaro Valley Federation of Teachers, was crucial in the sponsorship and adoption of this resolution at the CFT convention last March (“Current lobbying dollars ...
Letters To The Editor 10.06.11
Project Censored Speaking of censored stories, how about the non-coverage of the Wall Street protests organized by the group Occupy Wall Street (“Project Censored highlights the year’s most relevant ignored news,” Sept. 29-Oct. 5)? Twelve ...
Letters To The Editor 09.29.11
The Great Uncrowding Although Gov. Brown likes to cite other states’ attempts at similar legislation, nothing is comparable to what California, a beast like no other, is currently attempting to do (“More than 30,000 state ...
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Letters to the Editor 09-22-11
Into the Breach Many thanks to Kera Abraham for her excellent article on the continuing efforts to restore and preserve the Carmel Lagoon State Park (“Vinyl barrier brokers truce between enviros, homeowners on the Carmel ...
Letters To The Editor 09.15.11
Animal Style Regarding the proposal/attempt to lure In-n-Out Burger to Marina: Would not the city be much better served by approaching the likes of Trader Joe’s? (“Squid Fry,” Sept. 8-14.) Not only Marina, but the ...
Letters To The Editor 09.08.11
Law & Order: Seaside Get a dog, buy a gun, shove some dip under your lip, and sit in a rocking chair facing a window that you leave open on purpose (“Seaside burglaries on the ...
Letters To The Editor 09.01.11
Geographic Logic Your redux of real estate pricing was only mostly correct (“Salinas housing prices are about to plummet,” Aug. 25-31). “Salinas” in federal government number crunching means the whole of the Salinas metropolitan area; ...
Letters To The Editor 08.24.11
Open for Questioning I wish to thank you for your ongoing coverage of the Salinas Valley Solid Waste Authority’s (SVSWA) evaluation of our innovative, non-incineration plasma gasification technology as an alternative to landfilling (“Proposed trash-zapping ...
Letters To The Editor 08.11.11
Coal v. Nuke I am amazed at the resourcefulness of the Japanese after the tsunami and nuclear disaster (“A Study in Resolve,” Aug. 4-10). The sister aquarium to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Aquamarine Fukushima, lost ...
Letters To The Editor 08.04.11
Saving the Raccoons Thank you for including the SPCA’s voice in last week’s article (“Cute or Evil: A quest for raccoon truth,” July 28-Aug. 3). Unfortunately, the article left many of your readers believing SPCA’s ...
Letters To The Editor 07.28.11
Where’s the Beef Thursday I rushed out to get what I thought would be the California Rodeo edition of the Weekly and was disappointed to find “Sex for Sale” instead (“Tricks of the Trade,” July ...
Letters To The Editor 07.21.11
Thanks, Brett My husband and I would like to thank Brett Melone for his leadership at ALBA (“Farming incubator ALBA loses its director during its best season yet,” July 7-13). We would also like to ...
Letters To The Editor 07.14.11
Me and Mr. Jones I am not the only one who thinks that Hell’s Kitchen was truly based on [Chef] Michael Jones and the way he treats his guests and staff (“The low-down on high ...
Letters To The Editor 07.04.11
Squid Smackdown I notice Squid speaks a lot about fairness and equality in your writing (“Squid Fry,” June 30-July 6). Let’s talk about that. The name of this publication indicates that it is a news ...
Letters To The Editor 06.30.11
It’s Academic Bay View Academy will open August 15 (“Bay View Academy charter school finally finds space, and the students to fill it,” June 23-29). BVA has state and county approvals, grants and students, with ...
Letters To The Editor 06.23.11
Being Blunt Prohibition fuels crime. (“From the feds to the county, the confusion surrounding medical marijuana laws are enough to drive a girl to get stoned,” June 16-22). It makes no sense for taxpayers to ...
Letters To The Editor 06.16.11
Party On Reading the last paragraph of Squid’s commentary regarding “Moderate” Steve McShane was cathartic (“Squid Fry,” June 9-15). It’s disappointing that the Weekly so often relegates harsh, sound criticism of The Egregiously Absurd (TEA) ...
Letters To The Editor 06.09.11
Support the Arts… Thanks so much to Jessica Lyons for connecting the dots and to everyone at the Weekly for giving this story so much space and prominence! (“From kindergarten to community college, art education ...
Letters To The Editor 06.02.11
Chain Mail Another nail in the coffin of downtown Monterey (“Alvarado Street coffee shop moving out, making way for national chains,” May 26-June 1). Do we really need another Starbucks in the area, or a ...
Letters To The Editor 05.26.11
Money Grab Two articles caught my attention in the Monterey County Weekly during our visit to beautiful Monterey County. The first concerned the “feeding frenzy” over funding for the proposed desalination project in your area ...
Letters To The Editor 05.19.11
Dancing Daze All the way from Hawaii, there are concerns about the termination of Monterey Peninsula College’s dance department and the decision to let go of Walter White, department chairman. This is an issue near ...
Letters To The Editor 05.12.11
In Defense of Fernando I live in the Alisal Union School District and I have worked with Supervisor Fernando Armenta for 25 years. I do not always agree on every issue, but I have found ...
Letters To The Editor 05.05.11
Teach ’Em It was said in your article about the MPUSD board that “to vote no meant that we would have lost our superintendent,” a quote attributed to Regina Lauderbach (“MPUSD, Superintendent face increasing discontent ...
Letters To The Editor 04.28.11
River Tales Thank you for giving the article about Paola Berthoin’s project such a prominent place in the Weekly and for having Jessica Lyons write it (“The physical and emotional well-being of the Carmel River ...
Letters To The Editor 04.21.11
Poetic Thanks Thank you for a truly lovely article, in letter and spirit (“P.G.’s Poet-In-Residence Barbara Mossberg can’t stop thinking – or spreading – poetry,” April 14-20). My thanks to each of you for making ...
Letters To The Editor 04-14-11
Domo Arigato One month ago, the people of Japan were hit by a massive disaster. As the shocking toll on human life and damages continue to be assessed, our nation is focused on the hard ...
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Pas de Tout I am currently studying theater arts at Monterey Peninsula College and have taken dance classes with Walter White, Janet Butler and Deanna Ross (“College presidents worry about ‘brain drain’ as lawmakers cut ...
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Spinal Bonds My name is Khambrel Green. Six years ago, I received a C-4 Spinal Cord Injury from a 9-foot fall. A former employee at Seaside’s Artmax, I was a youthful member of Monterey’s vibrant ...
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Planet Organic U.C. Berkeley’s molecular biologist Kathleen Collins said she’d move if she lived near a field where methyl iodide was applied (“The controversial fumigant methyl iodide may soon be applied to local fields,” March ...
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The Art of the Budget Thank you for covering the MPC Governing Board meeting on March 8. (“MPC may cut a dozen teachers and ax entire departments because of the state budget deficit,” March 10-16). ...
Letters To The Editor 03.10.11
SHAMEFUL SNARK Squid’s snarky tone when relating anonymous reports of financial travails at the Monterey Herald is badly misplaced (“Squid Fry,” March 3-9). The Herald is easily the most reliable and comprehensive source of Central ...
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CIVIL DISCOURSE I think it is inaccurate for Squid to suggest that the Monterey County Planning Commission lacks civility in conducting its meetings or its business. (“Squid Fry,” Feb. 24-March 2). Please consider that boards ...
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o(rly)? I am Orly Taitz, who was named by the media “The leader of the birther moveent (sic).” (“Squid Fry,” Feb. 17-23.) Recent polls show that 60 percent of Americans and as much as 72 ...
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PARKS AND WRECKS It is disheartening that some of our beloved State Parks are on the chopping block to save money. (“California will close state parks to save $11 million,” Feb. 10-16). At the same ...
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SEX AND THE CITY During Sue McCloud’s last run for re-election, she told voters that neither she nor Carmel’s other two female council members would tolerate any sexual harassment in Carmel City Hall. Mayor McCloud ...
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HITTING THE BOOKS The California County Librarians Association (CCLA) applauds Gov. Jerry Brown’s efforts to balance the budget and align spending with revenues. However, while CCLA understands that all local jurisdictions have their own priorities, ...
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FLASH AND BANG The newspapers that endorsed Scott Miller for sheriff did not throw the bomb that killed Rogelio Serrato (“Investigators try to determine what went wrong in death of misidentified man,” Jan. 13-19) but ...
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The More Things Change I lived in Monterey and Seaside for about five years in the late ‘90s and early ‘00s, and looking at the Weekly shows nothing much has changed. The lead story by ...
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CLUBHOUSE CONUNDRUM There’s a brouhaha brewing in “America’s Last Home Town,” Pacific Grove, where the powers that be want to convert the golf clubhouse into a concert hall (read that as a late evening cocktail ...
Letters to the Editor for Dec 30, 2010
CANCER AWARENESS January is National Cervical Health Awareness Month. This is an opportunity to remind women to schedule their annual pap tests and appointments for their children to receive the series of HPV vaccine shots, ...
Letters to the Editor for Dec 23, 2010
A Stand for Wild Horses The cruelty and blatant waste of Americans’ hard-earned tax dollars to remove wild horses has reached staggering proportions. The level of disregard, disrespect and criminal behavior the Bureau of Land ...
Letters to the Editor for Dec 16, 2010
Gated Ideology If the Military Avenue, San Pablo Avenue, and Hilby Avenue gates between Seaside and General Jim Moore Boulevard are opened, it is true that traffic on those streets will increase. (“Seaside considers opening ...
Letters to the Editor for Dec 09, 2010
Peace of Freedom Kudos on your cover story on peace activist Phil Butler. (“Phillip Butler fought his way through a violent childhood and captivity at the hands of the North Vietnamese,” Dec. 2-8). I was ...
Letters to the Editor for Dec 02, 2010
FRIGID HEARTS It’s that time of year. The papers and television news are full of stories about the freezing nighttime temperatures on the Monterey Peninsula and people are scurrying about buying and covering their roses ...
Letters to the Editor for Nov 24, 2010
TERRORIZING MOM My mother is 80 years old. My father, who suffered from Alzheimer’s disease, passed away in April of this year. My mother now travels on occasion to visit her children, some of whom ...
Letters to the Editor for Nov 18, 2010
Oppositional Opposition To prevent our own extinction, Ms. Costa argues we must avoid “oppositional thinking.” (“Carmel sociobiologist Rebecca Costa dares us to think our way out of extinction,” Nov. 11 – 17). She cites politicians ...
Letters to the Editor for Nov 11, 2010
TEA PARTY CALL FOR CALM The Tea Party is here. Lots of their folks have been voted into the House. So there are some religious nuts in the Tea Party, and we even have them ...
Letters to the Editor for Nov 04, 2010
TROUBLE WITH TEACHER One of the slogans in the MPUSD is “failure is not an option.” Ayear ago, the school administrators became upset with the number of failing grades being given to high school students. ...
Letters to the Editor for Oct 28, 2010
POLITICAL LULLABYE A little girl asked her daddy if all fairy tales begin with “Once upon a time… ” “No, dear,” he replied. “Many of them start with ‘If I’m elected… ’” Bill Cox | ...
Letters to the Editor for Oct 21, 2010
ESPRESSO FOR BRAINS I was sitting in one of those Lighthouse Avenue coffee bars the other day while a group of 20-something espresso heads were chuckling over Christine O’Donell’s latest bizarro pronouncement and generally feeling ...
Letters to the Editor for Oct 14, 2010
TOUGH LESSON I am a senior at Seaside High and a supporter of Measure P (See story, p. 10). For the past four years, I have witnessed a school whose foundation has nearly broken apart. ...
Letters to the Editor for Oct 07, 2010
FIRE WITH FIRE This week the Weekly featured a commentary by Seaside City Manager Ray Corpuz [“Peninsula city managers make the case for a fire merger,” Sept. 30-Oct. 6]. The Seaside Firefighters are one of ...
Letters to the Editor for Sep 30, 2010
DON’T ASK THE MEXICAN I’ll cut to the chase: There simply isn’t anything funny or entertaining about “Ask a Mexican.” My mother – a self-respectingMexican who used to pick the crops in Morgan Hill as ...
Letters to the Editor for Sep 23, 2010
C’MON, MEAT HEADS After reading “Perfect Pairing” (“The Highlands’ Paul Fried and Matt Bolton combine talents to deliver an impressive wine dinner series,” Sept. 16-22), an account of fancy multi-course meals offered at the Highlands ...
Letters to the Editor for Sep 16, 2010
Shelf the Library Tax No one disputes Pacific Grove’s library is the most used and best loved institution in our community. Battle lines are being drawn between proponents of a $6 million parcel tax to ...
Letters to the Editor for Sep 09, 2010
Sun Flowers Although I thought the article by Kera Abraham (“Monterey County was poised for a rooftop Renaissance. Then Fannie and Freddie crashed the party,” July 29-Aug. 5) was revealing about the workings of organizations ...
Letters to the Editor for Sep 02, 2010
Turn, Turn, Turn We have lived by the Carmel Highlands Inn for 20-plus years. We do remember the backups; however, after redoing the northbound Highway 1 lanes a number of years ago, our backups decreased ...
Letters to the Editor for Aug 26, 2010
Panoche Panache Congratulations on Kera Abraham’s SEJ award. We of Save Panoche Valley are so proud that yourhard workabout our plight in San Benito County (“Will Central California’s proposed place in the sun ruin life ...
Letters to the Editor for Aug 19, 2010
STEAMING MAD An irritating recent example of your leftward bias was the article (“Mad as hell and coming to a street corner – or voting booth near you,” Aug. 12-18) which described the [Monterey County] ...
Letters to the Editor for Aug 12, 2010
Carmel Misconduct As a Carmel city hall employee between 2004-2008, I was witness to events which culminated in Jane Miller’s sexual harassment and discrimination suit against the city. I was prepared to testify at trial ...
Letters to the Editor for Aug 05, 2010
RUHNKE’S FUNKY Henry Ruhnke’s downtown redevelopment ideas (“Blue-ribbon committee tries to cut through red tape,” July 29-Aug. 4) are good for Henry, because they would bring him lucrative design and development contracts. His ideas are ...
Letters to the Editor for Jul 29, 2010
HIP-HOP TO IT I appreciate you shining a light on what’s going on (“Despite obstacles, the Monterey County hip-hop scene keeps the faith,” July 22-28). I also really appreciated how you looked at it from ...
Letters to the Editor for Jul 22, 2010
SUPERVISORS’ STAND Ithink it is great that the Board of Supervisors adopted the resolution (“Monterey County supervisors denounce Arizona immigration law,” July 13.) Supervisor [Fernando] Armenta is to be commended for his courage to bring ...
Letters to the Editor for Jul 15, 2010
HOPE OR FEAR This Aug. 17 special election plays on the hopes and fears of local voters. We hope that our voters will elect a candidate who can catalyze positive changes in California. But for ...
Letters to the Editor for Jul 08, 2010
UNHEALTHY POLICIES During a visit on July 2 to my preferred provider, a medical doctor, for my annual physical I was told I needed to complete and sign an authorization form which stated that if ...
Letters to the Editor for Jul 01, 2010
NO CAKEWALK That was very disingenuous by [running my] letter that alludes to the Weekly being so left that conservative or Republican letters are rarely answered, or in my case, three-quarters of the content removed. ...
Letters to the Editor for Jun 24, 2010
WATER DISPUTE For many months now, as I cross over the Carmel River bridge at Quail [Lodge] from the 11th green to the 12th tee, I have observed a tremendous flow of water, estimated variously ...
Letters to the Editor for Jun 17, 2010
OPEN WOUND My name is Jennifer Skeen and my family resides in Pacific Grove. I’m writing regarding the U.S. Open shuttle service offered by the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce this week. For many years, ...
Letters to the Editor for Jun 10, 2010
BIG MAC ATTACK In reference to your ejection of black ink upon our Local Lunch at McDonald’s (“Squid,” June 3-10), I’d like to direct you to the statement of a newspaperman on Oct. 9, 2008: ...
Letters to the Editor for Jun 03, 2010
MONEY TALKS I’ve always thought that what’s not being taught in the schools but should is personal finance. There are many creative ways in which students of all ages can take a hands-on approach. Starting ...
Letters to the Editor for May 27, 2010
CODE OF DISHONOR As a former member of the Monterey County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Volunteer Team, I served over 12 years with the Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Volunteers; was elected volunteer of the year ...
Letters to the Editor for May 20, 2010
GREAT SCOTT Scott Miller has a proven track record of doing what is right, regardless of whether a particular action is politically popular or politically unpopular. The fresh perspective he will bring to the Sheriff’s ...
Letters to the Editor for May 13, 2010
FOOD FAN The piece on Coastal Luxury Management by Mark Anderson (“Window to the Future,” May 6-12) , is certainly more than fair – it’s excellent. I’ve read it through twice and have book-marked it ...
Letters to the Editor for May 06, 2010
MUSSEL BEACH Thank you for your fine article (“Bowing to History,” April 29-May 5) on Gerry Low Sabado’s efforts to recognize and celebrate the Chinese community, especially the ancestral village at Mussel Point (China Point), ...
Letters to the Editor for Apr 29, 2010
Dusting Off Finally! A green building article (“Sweet Home California,” April 15-21) that talks about asbestos! Beside other hazardous material one may encounter when conducting a renovation such as lead paint, lighting wastes, and mercury ...
Letters to the Editor for Apr 22, 2010
Water’s Worth Thanks to Kera Abraham and the Weekly for your coverage of the recent debate over how to solve our water supply problems (“Hot Water Battle,” April 15-21). I believe the Peninsula and the ...
Letters to the Editor for Apr 15, 2010
Conversation Aversion The Aquarium’s survey found that visiting downtown comes in at a dismal 10th place on tourist to-do lists, after (1) the Aquarium, (2) golf, (3) dining, (4) Pebble Beach, (5) Cannery Row, (6) ...
Letters to the Editor for Apr 08, 2010
WE’RE B-A-A-C-K Editor’s Note: We received a few responses to the April Fool’s issue (“End of an Era – Despite years of success as the county’s largest circulation newspaper, the Weekly ends its print edition ...
Letters to the Editor for Apr 01, 2010
JAIL QUESTIONS Great investigative journalism (“Kanalakis’ campaign treasurer represents property owners of potential jail site,” March 8-14). When the jail was built, the rotunda did not have the fencing on the second-tier officer-observation area; and ...
Letters to the Editor for Mar 25, 2010
MCCLOUD OF SUSPICION The Weekly’s endorsement of Carmel Mayor Sue McCloud (“Carmel at the Crossroads,” March 18-24) states that “McCloud will be re-elected.” Moreover, MCW apparently believes that Sue McCloud is “smart,” “shrewd” and intelligent, ...
Letters to the Editor for Mar 18, 2010
Not A Lunatic You left out a very essential statement from my e-mail in your article about possible privatization of the Pacific Grove Public Library (“Packard Grove Library,” March 11-17). “This is ominous if we ...
Letters to the Editor for Mar 11, 2010
CHANGING PLACES Only a few little words need to be said about Carmel’s April 13 election.: “It’s time for a change. We CAN do better.” (“Carmel Sea Change,’’ Feb. 11-17). I support Adam Moniz for ...
