Letters/Online Comments

Letter to editor With absurd increases on sportboat ticket prices and increased parking fees, the landings are now charging a 3.50 percent credit card fees on ticket purchases. Although it might be “it is what it is,” H&M Landing is charging it on cash purchases, which I have been told is illegal. Point Loma and Fisherman’s Landing charge the same fees and when I inquired on why, I was told it is for credit fees. When you ask H&M they give you the run around on what the fee is for. These landings have monopolized the industry and are gouging the public. The blue collar worker can hardly afford to fish anymore and any penny saved is cherished but now we are being ripped off by H&M Landing for spending our hard earned cash by paying a 3.50 percent service fee. Any help, exposure or clarification is greatly appreciated. Sincerely, James Kent   RE: California Coastal Commission launches presentation series on sea level rise (issue Aug. 9-22) The Eel River is what created Humbolt Bay, it is now diverted to exit to the south not through Humboldt Bay. By not replenishing the silt that forms the basis for the wet lands you wind up with mud...