We went to parties; we talked to candidates; we clicked “refresh” on the county elections website about a hundred times; and we worked through the night to cram all of the late-breaking election results into this week’s print edition of the Journal, now on newstands.
Track down a copy and you can read all about how Prop. 30’s passage will affect local schools. Discover what Arcata’s grow-house tax — plus full-on legalization in Colorado and Washington — might mean for our county’s No. 1 cash crop. Find out what Linda Atkins said when she jumped in the air last night. Peruse charts, graphs and numbers for local, state and national results. We’ll even tell you what the folks pictured above were looking at when this picture was snapped.
It’s a virtual binder full of election coverage!
This article appears in Banished.
I assume that disappointed response from Brady, Chiv, Newman & Owen was from when President Obama was declared the winner?
All corrupt political systems require an absolute majority of team players. No expense is spared to that end.
Bonino’s loss means that there will be ONE unacceptable witness, (Linda Atkins), to the continuing charade that Eureka government represents its people, not the development community.
Atkins reelection against the most powerful political machine in this county, could inspire more dissent from others who oppose right-wing consolidation. And the possibility that more opponents will dare to run for office.
Thus, all dissent is feared by the benefactors of corruption shown in the photo above.
That’s the look when you realize you just lost a lot of money trying to buy an election. Sometimes it works, but sometimes it doesn’t. Wonder how Sheldon Adelson is feeling this morning.
That picture is just plain creepy.
They must have been watching Fox.
“That’s the look when you realize you just lost a lot of money trying to buy an election. Sometimes it works, but sometimes it doesn’t.”
It almost always works in this county…that’s why they do it.