Professional real estate appraiser Jon Brooks will formally announce his candidacy for Humboldt County Assessor next Monday, Feb. 22 at 5:30 p.m. at the Hotel Arcata, according to a release sent to the Journal . In vying for the surprisingly competitive position, Brooks will be challenging Assistant Assessor Mari Wilson and former Second District County […]
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Hunter: ‘Time to do other things’
Dennis Hunter won’t be running for re-election to the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District, leaving his Eureka-based seat up for grabs in the Nov. 3 election. “I promised my constituents I would finish out the term,” Hunter told the Journal by phone Tuesday evening. “I think it’s time to do other things.” Former […]
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First Returns Mirror State
First Returns Mirror State: The first wave of Humboldt county absentees are in, and they pretty much mirror the state results thus far — all the Schwarzenegger/Democrat initiatives get a solid rejection with the exception of 1F, the feelgood stick-it-to-legislature initiative. UPDATE, 9:51 p.m. — First precinct results in — here — essentially no change.
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Diebold Election Audit Logs Defective
Diebold Election Audit Logs Defective: Slashdotted! Mitch Trachtenberg of the Humboldt Transparency Project wrote us (and Slashdot) about the California Secretary of State’s final report on the “Deck Zero” Diebold problem uncovered in the last Humboldt County election. The problems, it seems, are even worse than we