According to Journal contributor Jennifer Savage, Elections Chief Carolyn Crnich is saying that it’s going to be a long night. The two-page ballot is a bear to scan, and turnout appears to have been crazy high. Prop. 19 is failing.
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FIRST RESULTS
Yes, absentee results skew conservative, but these are bad, bad numbers for progressives. Cleary excepted. DA Gallegos: 41.6% Jackson: 58.2% FOURTH DISTRICT Bass: 64.1% Neely: 35.1% FIFTH DISTRICT Cleary: 48.5% Sundberg: 51.2% ASSESSOR Wilson: 57.8% Rodoni: 42.1% EUREKA MAYOR Jager: 59.23% LaVallee: 35.49% EUREKA WARD ONE Glass: 35.74% Brady: 64.04% EUREKA WARD THREE Newman: 48.18% […]
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I Facebook-Friended Richard Salzman into a State of Terror, and I Am Sorry
Journal contributor Terrence McNally writes: I, Terrence McNally, recognizing that by several legal definitions I am a total jerkwad, hereby offer my apology to District Attorney Paul Gallegos’ political operative, Richard Salzman. Facebook friend-request terror victim Richard Salzman. When I received a phone call from Arcata Police Department Officer Altizer today, Nov. 2, telling me that […]
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Poor Amy Stewart on Prop. 19
The November installment of North Coast Almanack — famous writer Amy Stewart’s popular and utile guide to gardening, alcohol and alcoholic gardeners — won’t be published until tomorrow. We give you a preview today. Nov. 1: Tomorrow [today] you will be asked to make a very interesting decision. The appeal of taking an illegal operation and bringing […]
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Election Predictions!
It’s that time of year again — time for predictions, the fun part of election season! We’ll all be back tomorrow night to live-blog the holy hell out of the election night parties as the results pour in, but the blather begins now. I’ve given up hectoring people, but I will issue a friendly reminder. […]
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Fourth Down
With the possible exception of the race for District Attorney, nothing on the local Nov. 2 ballot is as hard-fought as the battle between Eureka Mayor Virginia Bass and six-term incumbent Fourth District Supervisor Bonnie Neely — and nothing has higher stakes. From a political point of view, Neely’s ouster would remove from office the […]
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The Vote in the Hills
Time moves more slowly up in the hills around northern and eastern Humboldt County, and political campaigns run more quietly. The race between businessman Patrick Cleary and insurance agent and tribal leader Ryan Sundberg to replace incumbent Supervisor Jill Duffy has been conducted at a far softer pitch than the race that’s centered around urban […]
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Jerry Brown, Comin’ to Town
California Attorney General Jerry Brown, the once and would-be future Governor of California, will be making an appearance at the Samoa Cookhouse on the morning of Halloween day, just about 48 hours before polls open. Local Democratic Party apparatchik Andrew Bird will be organizing Brown’s North Coast appearance, and confirmed the date to the Journal moments […]
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Old Town Carriage Company Clomps Around Town Again
Marty L’Herault is back shepherding tourists around Old Town following this summer’s horrific accident. But where is Cinnamon?
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First Big-Ass Storm Of The Year Nearly Here
A PACIFIC STORM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RAIN ACROSS NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA SATURDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY RANGE BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES. HOWEVER…TERRAIN FAVORED AREAS LIKE THE KING AND SOUTH FORK MOUNTAIN RANGES WILL LIKELY HAVE 5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN. THE RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES…AND MAY CAUSE PONDING…ROCK SLIDES…AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES. […]
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What’s Measure N For?
The politicos have been fighting over it for the last six years. The ground underneath it has been a city headache and a constant source of grief for at least a decade. Now, with Measure N on Eureka’s ballot next month, the public will have something to say about Marina Center, the massive waterfront development […]
