I'm not a grower, but I think these taxes are way out of hand. And $7 million annually when the deficit is in the hundreds of millions?? How would these state officials like it if their income was suddenly lowered by $15k/year for an empty promise of smoother roads?
I'm so glad to see the Blue Heron boarded up. That place was like "welcome to Eureka, how do you like our slums?"
I don't get why some of you think it was an injustice to close that place down. I remember driving past it as a little kid going to and from the mall, always noting how filthy and destitute it looked.
Now I'm in my 30s, and I'm quite happy that such a place (which only enables people to continue living in squalor) has been boarded up. It was nothing but a festering eyesore for everyone driving through Eureka to see. It was bad for the city, as well as the poor souls who had to call such a place a home.
It has been a year and a half since this was first posted, so I hope that means people like Guy Anderson went on to get the help they needed.
Another protector lost. Rest easy brother.
Marina way would be good on the very short term, but not long term. Long term, the city of Eureka needs to Work on cleaning up and developing the waterfront. There's so much real estate right on the water that's home to derelict buildings, junk heaps, and empty lots of tattered unkempt grass. The whole stretch needs to be cleaned up and re-zoned. It would cost millions up front but that land could bring in many millions more, were it a pristine tourist destination. And to get back on subject, it would allow for the creation of hundreds of jobs.
Re: “Bluffing”
As a soon to be RN I was told by other RNs I've met in Humboldt, that this is one of the best places to earn an RN, but one of the least desirable places to use it. I'm glad I will be going back to Colorado for that reason.
This article about an unstoppable ethics nightmare of a man in charge of 80 nursing facilities in California, really reinforces that.