OK, so here’s the corrected version of the Obama v. Clinton Google Earth overlay we trotted out a couple of days ago. Download it here . The old one wasn’t exactly wrong , per se — it was just off by about a tenth of a mile. Unless you zoom way down to street level […]
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Geographic Analysis of Humboldt County’s Hillary Smackdown
IMPORTANT UPDATE! See here . Bill came , he saw, but he did not conquer. When election day rolled around, Barack Obama stomped Hillary Clinton in Humboldt County, 53-38. That’s just a piece of the story, though. The county’s final precinct results, released Thursday, showed that Hillary Clinton was strong in some areas. Where? We […]
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On the Job
A lot went down at the crucial Pacific Lumber bankruptcy hearing we previewed last week. Most importantly, each of the four plans on the table were sent forward, and now all the various interests in the case — the owners of the company and all the people the company owes money to — will be […]
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Klamath Settlement on NPR
Here. It focuses on PacifiCorp. Strange that there was no mention made of the dissenters — neither the Hupa nor the enviros.
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Has Gallegos Appealed to the Supreme Court?
Seems like I’ve been saying this a lot lately, but I’ll say it again: Help me out. Lawyers especially, this time. Look at the last two items on the list, here. Is District Attorney Paul Gallegos trying to take his Pacific Lumber lawsuit to the California Supreme Court? Interesting, too, to note that the Appellate […]
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Where’s My Agenda!
The County of Humboldt, drunk with power and out for a heavy-metal joyride, today seems hell-bent on pushing the envelope of the Brown Act to its very limits. Here it is 4:30 p.m. Friday, and no agenda posted for the Tuesday morning meet. Where’s my agenda? Meanwhile, the City of Eureka is up and at […]
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Dramatic New Palco Plan
Judge Richard S. Schmidt only alluded to it briefly in Thursday’s hearing, but a new player has entered the Pacific Lumber bankruptcy proceedings. This party brings an audacious, out-of-the-box plan for the future of the 150-year-old Humboldt County timber company to the table. Rio Dell resident and Humboldt County blogospherian Steve Lewis has officially entered […]
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Scotia For Sale
Sharp-eyed Blogthing reader “Lou” — who wins instant promotion to our MVP Reader Team — noticed yesterday that nine commercial properties in downtown Scotia have been listed for sale on the Humboldt County Multiple Listing Service . (No direct links, unfortunately. Search for Scotia properties.) The buildings in question include the Pacific Lumber HQ, the […]
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Enter Vevoda
Looks like there’s going to be a real election in each of the three supervisorial districts up for grabs this time around. In the Arcata-centered Third District, you’ve got the four-way progressive mishmash coalescing around Paul Pitino, Mike Wilson, Mark Lovelace and Elizabeth Conner. Down in the Fortuna/SoHum Second District, it’s incumbent Roger Rodoni v. […]
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Game Day
All around the country, lawyers are burning the midnight oil in preparation for this Thursday, Feb. 28, when the Pacific Lumber bankruptcy hits the ninth inning. Sometime soon after court concludes on that day — or possibly even before it concludes — everything’s going to be laid out on the table. There’s going to be […]
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Virtual Candidacies
Most everyone up here in the Third Supervisorial district is keeping coy. You’ve got activist Mark Lovelace, Bay District Commissioner Mike Wilson and former Arcata City Councilmember Elizabeth Conner each saying that they are currently “seriously considering” a run for the Board of Supervisors seat being vacated by John Woolley. Only current Arcata City Councilmember […]
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Thompson Blasts Maxxam
… relatively speaking. Of all the position statements filed by politicos in the Pacific Lumber bankruptcy — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sen. Dianne Feinstein and now Rep. Mike Thompson — Thompson’s, submitted on Friday, comes closest to actually taking a position on the case. As with all political communications, you have to read between the lines. […]