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helen.tomlin's avatar

Hi Barret!

I agree with Nick. You're a very good writer!

I've been writing for the "other" paper in Ridgecrest, the News Review, since last June. I'm not sure the Daily Independent scrubbed only the articles you listed. I've heard since they were sold, ALL past articles have been deleted, unfortunately.

I have covered the issue between Ridgecrest's city council members and the Kawaiisu tribe since the tribe's "Stop the Steal" protest at the Petroglyph Festival last November. I quoted you in one of those articles and gave you and your blog credit.

I am currently writing an editorial about a little skirmish at the last council meeting between the mayor and the Kawaiisu spokesman, Robert Blackwell. I'm calling it "Art Fight at the City Locale." I compare it to the "Gunfight at the OK Corral." :) Anyway, in that editorial, I will use some of your quotes but will, again, give you proper credit.

If you want to read any of the articles I've written, just go to the News-Review website and search Helen Tomlin or Kawaiisu. The one I'm writing now will be in the 2/16 edition if my boss approves it. She usually does :)

Take care and keep up the good writing!

Helen

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Nick Herman's avatar

Very interesting, as a person from SoCal, and whom has seen some ancient sites around the world, I agree with your conclusions. You might consider dividing some of these entires up into smaller, separate chunks, and/or editing more. You're one of the better writers I've come across on substack, but fair or not, I don't think most people are inclined to read posts this long.

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