Remember Rep. Mike Thompson’s visit to Iraq back in 2002, just before the outbreak of hostilities? Remember how it solidified Thompson’s opposition to the war? Um, about that … Muthanna al-Hanooti, a former official with an Islamic charity in Detroit, Michigan, was taken into custody Tuesday night. Hussein’s spy agency secretly paid al-Hanooti 2 million […]
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SN Announces Layoffs
This just in from Security National VP Brian Morrissey: Eureka — Security National Servicing Corporation today (March 24) announced the layoff of 21 employees in their Eureka headquarters and a total of 31 employees companywide, due to a slow down in the mortgage loan servicing business. “We are saddened to let go some very talented […]
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Phil Crandall’s Finest
There’s been some clamoring of late for the Journal to publish its letters online. Folks, it’s coming. Trust me, it’s coming. In the meantime, we’ll give you a taste of how it’ll work by posting a letter we received about this week’s issue. Enjoy! Editor: In Hank Sims’ “Town Dandy” column of March 20, the […]
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Full Disclosure
It was an exciting Wednesday afternoon last week, as the crowd of people considering running for supervisor in the Arcata-centered Third District winnowed itself down to just three right at the deadline. The two last-minute candidates we wrote about last week, Lee Ulansey and Chris Lehman, de-candidated themselves right after we went to press. So […]
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Blog Fans: Help Is Here
Despite what you may have thought, the problem with the Humboldt County blogosphere isn’t that it’s too stupid. On the contrary, the problem is that it’s not stupid enough. Every day, all around the world, the bar for brainlessness is set a little bit higher, and as usual Humboldt County is behind the curve. We […]
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Do The Test
Here’s this week’s coolest thing. It was sponsored by London’s transport system, and it’s meant to raise driver awareness of bicyclists. It’s like something Green Wheels might do if Green Wheels had a budget. [vodpod id=ExternalVideo.487013&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] from www.dothetest.co.uk posted with vodpod
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Scratching That Itch
The Baltimore City Paper has a great exit interview with David Simon, creator of The Wire and former all-pro reporter, on the occasion of the end of the series. David Simon: Some people have critiqued the lack of presence of the internet in the Season 5 story. For them, allow me to offer the deleted […]
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Humboldt At War
This Thursday, March 20, marks the five-year anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. In Humboldt County, the occasion will be marked, this Saturday at 1 p.m., by the county’s annual peace march, which will start at the Eureka Municipal Auditorium. As always, the peace marchers will bring all sorts of issues to the event. Some […]
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Short Attention Span
A couple of weeks ago former Arcata City Councilmember Elizabeth Conner told us that she was "seriously considering" a run for supervisor in the wake of long-time Third District incumbent John Woolley’s surprising decision to take his name out of the running for this year’s election. We assumed that Conner was speaking euphemistically. Political language […]
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Earthquake
Lehman out, Wilson out. Mike Wilson: “I believe that there’s a lot of work to do, and I don’t need to be supervisor to get a lot of things done that we need to get done in Humboldt County. I believe we have a great candidate in Mark Lovelace, who’s been a great community organizer […]
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Third District Shockers
There’s crazy stuff happening in the Third Supervisorial District right up against the 5 o’clock deadline for filing. 1). Lee Ulansey is now out. Repeat: out. Yes, he did pull papers and pay his $750 fee, but he decided not to run after all. 2). Financial planner Bryan Plumley, a member of the Board of […]
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Conner Out; Ulansey, Lehman In
There’s a bit about it in this week’s paper, which is hitting the streets around Eureka and Arcata right now, but we’ll put it up here for debate and discussion. Former Arcata City Councilmember Elizabeth Conner has taken herself out of the race for Third District Supervisor. Lee Ulansey of Kneeland is in, though. He’s […]