With 2/3 of the precincts reporting in the Fifth Division, challenger Pat Higgins is way out in front of incumbent Charles Ollivier: PATRICK HIGGINS 1393 60.70% CHARLES L. OLLIVIER 902 39.30% It’s a bit closer down in the Second Division, but incumbent Roy Curless has a pretty commanding lead with 40 percent of […]
Hank Sims
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Elections SNAFU
Absentee results from today’s election have yet to be posted to the county’s website. I just gave a ring to the office. They say they’re working on it. I hope they’re not using Yahoo Pipes.
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Ceci n’est pas une Pipe
Last time it was Wordpress. This time it’s the Blogspot blogs borking the Pipe. Blogspot blogs are sidelined for the time being. Readers of a technical bent can follow the thrilling progress of the ticket here. UPDATE: Much love to wizard Piper Greg H for the workaround.
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Citizen Media Revolution
Love ’em or loathe ’em — and we don’t know anybody who actually loathes them, per se — there’s something undeniably inspiring about the folks at Green Wheels . These fresh-faced alternative transportation activists have exploded on the scene in the last few months, making themselves ubiquitous in every countywide discussion that even remotely touches […]
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Jive-Ass Ripoffs
Should be much love flowing from SoHum to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office today, as deputies foil some truly dangerous-sounding hombres from L.A. Palm Springs: Yesterday at about noon Humboldt County Sheriff’s Deputies were on patrol on Briceland Road near Redway. They saw a vehicle stopped at the side of the road with two people […]
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100 Watts of Goodwill
Sunday morning with an Indian Summer headcold. Feels like one has been very lightly novocained from the neck up. Times like this, nothing beats sitting around with a cup of VapoRub tea, shades drawn down, stereo tuned to Caltrans Radio KMKE, 98.1 FM. There’s something about blasting “The Mike,” as they don’t call it, that […]
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All Night Long
Reminder to candidates and their teams: If you’re going to be throwing an election party this Tuesday night, don’t skimp on the hors d’oeuvres and book your hall late. With one notable exception, the county in recent years has gotten used to getting its final election results by 10 p.m. or so. No more. In […]
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Caption Contest
Humboldt County government takes delivery of its new Toyota Prius, first in the fleet of hybrid vehicles it is looking to purchase. That would be one possible caption for this photo. Any others? Press release (.doc)
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Pipes Unclogged
See yesterday’s post. It’s all fixed now. Once again, all your Humboldt County favorites can be found in the same RSS feed. Thanks to Kevin and the Yahoo Pipes team for the fix! I get the feeling that it was more than a trivial bit of work.
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As Ol’ Salty Used To Say
Today’s Times-Standard editorial on municipal wi-fi takes the default T-S approach: On the one hand, X. But then again, Y. So let’s have all good people come together for a solution that will be mutually beneficial for all, because we hate having to choose sides. However, the editorial kicks off with an arresting bit of […]
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Polling the Proles
Proving again that she’s one of the savviest players around, Democracy Unlimited Director Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap waits until 1 a.m. on Nov. 1 to send out this press release. Thus avoiding the Halloween jokes. Or so she thought. EUREKA – Democracy Unlimited of Humboldt County’s (DUHC) mission is to create genuine democracy in Humboldt County. To […]
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Through the Looking Glass
Vigorously waving the white flag high over my head last Thursday afternoon, I stepped slowly toward the Scotia headquarters of the Pacific Lumber Co., scanning nearby rooftops for snipers. Every nine paces I unholstered my can of Silly String and sprayed the sidewalk ahead of me, scanning for invisible trip wires. All clear. Only when […]