Northcoast Journal editor again censors political opponent's letters to the editor

Here's the latest letter to the editor from Steve Lewis that Northcoast Journal editor Hank Sims censored as he does every letter I submit to the NCJ. The politicos posing as enviros and Progressives and even editors are not above closing off any imput avenue that allows opposition a voice in the community.

The censored letter:

Editor:

Here we go again with the self-congratulatory rhetoric of Earth First! hypocrites. Naomi Wagner's letter in the last issue only reflects another sales pitch for environmental stupidity in action. She really thinks enviro activists like herself have done something significant by sitting in trees and massing at rallies, but in the end the target of these failed tactics, Maxxam, did more or less what they wanted to whenever they wanted. In other words, Earth First!, EPIC, Humboldt Watershed Council activists did practically zip to save old growth trees from coming down by the thousands while Maxxam owned Pacific Lumber Company. And at the end, these same enviros applauded the new corporate raider who's finishing up what Maxxam started, the liquidation and divvying up of Palco assets to be sold off to the highest bidders. Meanwhile, no jobs in a Humboldt County economy that is desperate.

Naomi, we really do not need anymore politically compromised environmental protection activism that you and Earth First, EPIC, HWC, represent. You people all failed miserably to stop the massive destruction of old-growth owned by Palco. And all of us outside the radical activist cliques wondered for 20 years why you guys only attacked Palco when most environmentally conscious professionals knew that Simpson was by far the most wayward of the local corporate timber companies. But hardly a peep from Earth First! or EPIC as they were always headline seeking and Palco, with Maxxam and Hurwitz had the name recognition for fame junkie, headline hunting enviros. So Simpson got a pass and now enviros are seeking new targets to justify rather environmentally myopic activist agendas. It only took you 20 years to discover Simpson (Green Diamond) and if the past is any indication of the future, enviro political attacks on Green Diamond will assure this company another 20 years of barely noticing any slow-down of company tree extraction.

Some day enviro activists may realize that 20 years of siccing local activists onto Palco only insured the eco-destruction of all those endangered species habitats that were under the onslaught of homesteaders who funded enviros. 20 years of diverting eco-protection concern towards the political target cost the life of the Mattole River. How can enviros can continue to parade such environmental hypocrisy and stupidity in public letters would be a wonder except that it goes hand in hand with politically compromised activism that is blind to historical reality.