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Label GMOs Signature Gathering Training
meetings / 4 p.m. Sun Yi's Academy of Tae Kwon Do, 1215 Giuntoli Lane, Arcata. Help gather valid signatures to get the 'California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act' on the 2012 ballot. E-mail northernhumboldtlabelgmos@hotmail.com. 223-0424.
Open Celtic Music Session
music / 3 p.m. Cafe Veritas/Mosgo's, 180 Westwood Center, Arcata. Informal monthly gathering of musicians playing Irish and other Celtic music. Hosted by Seabury Gould. seaburygould.com. 845-8167.
Nonviolence Action Camp
etc. / 10 a.m. Chinmaya Mission near Piercy. Weekend-long direct action orientation features workshops, role playing, seminars, ceremonies and field trips. Bring food, bedding, warm clothes, signs, banners, bikes, drums, acoustic instruments. Pre-register. saverichardsongrove.org. 932-5898.
Audubon Society Field Trip
outdoors / 9 a.m. Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge, 1020 Ranch Road, Loleta. Meet at Refuge Visitor Center off Hookton Road. Leisurely, two- to three-hour trip intended for people wanting to learn birds of Humboldt Bay area. 822-3613.
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THREE Comments
Comment / By unanonymous / Oct. 29, 2009, 8:14 a.m.
typical zealots, blame something 30-40 years old for you problems, ignore voters who said no to additional taxes by the largest margin I personally remember in CA and they say we’re confused. I believe that vote crossed over party lines and should be taken as one thing Californians can agree on regardless of party affiliation.
Comment / By can dream / Oct. 29, 2009, 8:11 p.m.
My personal experience does not go back to Regan but I do not feel undertaxed. There is sales tax, property tax, utility tax, gasoline tax,vehicle tax, income tax, fees for everything from visiting a park to having a septic inspected, bonds up the wahzoo, payroll taxes of various sorts, etc. And more people not working-low paying jobs abound but fewer and fewer quality jobs. So many people on disability, worker’s comp, welfare, Medical, food stamps etc. A demand for programs for every social ill, committees and boards for every resource, programs or idle passing thought, grants that are never reviewed for productivity- little ever accountable to anyone. I’m not a high income person yet 48% of my income goes out in fees and taxes to the Feds and the State as most taxes and fees are not indexed as to income.
How much more can you squeeze out of the few left paying? I swear that I do not have a secret cache of money which is what most Democrats seem to feel should be taxed. The people who have more have bought the politician’s care- that just leaves those with enough to get by but not enough to buy immunity from taxes. The State of California people have exactly what they demanded- every feel-good program without the pain. That it is an illusion of great tenacity is shown by this article.
Comment / By Eldon Phelps / Oct. 30, 2009, 6:56 p.m.
A flood tide of illegal aliens given free everything: education, food, medical care, housing, etc., combined with unbelievably punitive anti-business taxes and regulations, mixed in with enormous public servant benefits and pensions, and we have the present state of California. Get rid of ALL the dead wood, and we’ll rise again. Fail to correctly respond, and it won’t be long before CA defaults on its debt and cuts all obligations previously negotiated with public workers unions. Sink or swim time.