After a process that some perceive as deeply troubling, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors announced Tuesday that it is tapping David Marcus, a Florida attorney, to be the county’s next public defender. The three-month search to replace recently retired Public Defender Kevin Robinson, who packed up his briefcase in December, caused controversy in local […]
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Former County Employee Wins Gender-Discrimination Case
Steve Hughes says there’s at least one positive outcome to his being passed over for promotion after a 26-year career with Humboldt County’s Employee Training Division. “I have an idea what discrimination feels like,” he says. Discrimination was something Hughes knew a lot about professionally. He was his division’s equal employment officer and disability program […]
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UPDATED: Supes Consider Post-Consolidation Pay Bump for Sheriff
UPDATE: The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors, after less than 15 minutes of discussion, voted unanimously to approve the pay increase requested for Sheriff Mike Downey to compensate him for the extra duties he’s taking on in the wake of his office consolidating that of the coroner-public administrator. Each member of the board stressed before […]