On this week’s NCJ Preview, News Editor Thadeus Greenson talks about the integrity of the elections process in Humboldt County and this week’s cover story “Powerful.” Arts and Features Editor Jennifer Fumiko Cahill then talks about the delicious things you can find at Old Town’s Taco Town Fruteria and the Fieldbrook Country Kitchen. Finally, Greenson touches on the local election results.
Find these stories and more in this week’s North Coast Journal.
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‘Powerful’
What’s Good? Back to Summer and Fieldbrook
Election Results Final Return: Local Measures
Election Results Final Return: Local Races
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This article appears in ‘Powerful’.
Blue Lake voting.
The ability to vote in Blue Lake city limits was problematic. The Post Office (mail in ballots) was the only way to vote on Election Day. That means you have to get it in by 5pm to get it postmarked correctly. Murphys Markets drop box is 2 miles out of town. With an election that features a city council race, shouldn’t a voting center be in town?
Humboldt County Registrar of Voters Juan Pablo Cervantes brags about having all paid election workers. But in doing so, he closed “under performing” voting centers like Blue Lake’s, (Saving money). Having an election run like a business is not Okay. And poorly informing Blue Lake voters of the change is truly unconscionable.
SCOTT OBERLIES. Blue Lake