This just in: Proclamation “To be presented @ 11 AM today at Mike’s office on 3rd and D street in Eurkea (sic).” PROCLAMATION of Congressperson Mike Thompson’s Awareness and Support of Medical Cannabis. Whereas Americans for Safe Access is the nation’s largest organization of patients, medical professionals, scientists and concerned citizens promoting safe and legal […]
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Daily Dose of Weird
I couldn’t tell you what it means — probably nothing — but does anyone else find it odd that mikeforsupervisor.org is hosted on the same server as the City of Arcata’s official website ? They’re housemates over at 72.51.37.112, an address on Sustainable Hosting ‘s air-powered server farm. Small world.
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Woolley Bows Out
Third District Supervisor John Woolley will not seek a fifth fourth term in office, according to a press released issued today. During the remainder of my term, I will continue to focus my efforts on the important issues facing our County. These include stabilizing services to meet the needs of the people of Humboldt County […]
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A Eck of a Sale!
According to the Sacramento Bee, the Van Eck Forest, which has sold carbon credits in the past to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez, “logged” its largest sale to date recently. Natsource Asset Management LLC, a New York firm that deals in credits for greenhouse gas emissions reductions and […]
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Chron weighs in on Palco bankruptcy
The bright side of bankruptcy — from Sunday’s San Francisco Chronicle editorial page: Redwood wrangle – It may be a new day for logging The fabled Pacific Lumber redwood company is teetering in a billion-dollar bankruptcy in a Texas courtroom, some 1,800 miles from its foggy stands of primeval trees near Humboldt Bay. It may […]
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A Standardized Test
Faced with dueling press conferences, yesterday we wondered — how many notables would attend the California Education Coalition’s emergency summit on the proposed $4.8 billion cuts to K-12 education? And how many would instead head over to Democratic Central Committee HQ for the Patty Berg-Wes Chesbro lovefest? Well, this reader-submitted photo tells the tale. At […]
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booyakasha!
Get out your calculators, y’all — it’s raining money ! Congress just signed on to the daft plan to cut a big fat check to everyone in the nation with earned income (sorry, Tad — 🙁 .) Looks like we’ll all be getting ours in May. We’re talking $600 per person, and $300 for each […]
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Push Comes To Shove
Via the Times-Standard: The California Attorney General’s Office said today it has officially declined to pursue charges against local businessman Rob Arkley stemming from Eureka City Councilman Larry Glass’ allegations that Arkley assaulted him on Sept. 5. “There was insufficient evidence to bring charges and, of course, we treated the matter seriously and looked meticulously […]
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Good God, Part II
Is it just our imagination, or are these kinds of things happening a lot more frequently of late? Eureka Police officers were dispatched to a residence in the 2500 block of K Street Tuesday at approximately 6:50 p.m. for a report of a burglary, assault with a firearm, and brandishing a firearm. Unknown suspects gained […]
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Good God
Superbad scoobies from this month’s Humboldt Economic Index , as evidenced in the graph above concerning lumber production: The index value of this sector is based on a combination of payroll employment and board feet of lumber production at major county lumber companies and is adjusted to account for normal seasonal variations. Lumber-based manufacturing generates […]
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Pass the Duchy
The officeholders’ latest stab at loosening term limits has officially bombed , so that means it’s time to dosey-do. Assemblymember Patty Berg and former State Senator Wesley Chesbro are holding a press conference tomorrow to make an “announcement regarding California’s First Assembly District.” Wild guess: The announcement will be that Berg, termie-termed out of office, […]
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Join the Meserves
He’s back, baby! Former Arcata City Councilmember Dave Meserve has written up a citizen’s initiative that would completely ban all military recruiting targeting minors [Thx, Shane!] within the Arcata city limits. He’s calling it the “Arcata Youth Protection Act,” and he hopes to get it on the November ballot. Will he be able to gather […]