Sunday.The Economist: End the Drug War: “Next week ministers from around the world gather in Vienna to set international drug policy for the next decade. Like first-world-war generals, many will claim that all that is needed is more of the same. In fact the war on drugs has been a disaster, creating failed states in […]
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Coroner Still Independent (For Now)
With Supervisor Jill Duffy absent, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors moments ago deadlocked over the question of whether to merge the coroner’s office with the sheriff’s office. Supervisor Bonnie Neely and Clif Clendenen supported the motion; Supervisors Jimmy Smith and Mark Lovelace opposed it. The item will return to the board at a later […]
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Silver Slams Drug War
cafes. Former San Francisco Supervisor Carol Ruth Silver — a part-time or one-time resident of Myers Flat, I’m not sure which — has resigned from her job as Director of Prisoner Legal Services at the San Francisco County Sheriff’s Office to protest the war on drugs. “I find it difficult to discuss the financial or […]
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State Budget Tax Calculator
State Budget Tax Calculator: The hits keep coming from the Sacto Bee. At the link: An interactive calculator that will estimate the impact of the new state budget on your
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KEET to ignore analog extension
image ganked from popsci.com If you’ve been following the news this week you know that there’s been a lot of discussion about postponing the end of analog television and the coming switch to the digital age. It turns out that despite a lot of advance warning to get digital converter boxes before the big switcheroo […]
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State of California
(Click on the thumbnails to read the signs.) Today is the first day of the Governor’s imposed furlough for many state workers. Some of the “Closed” signs posted on the doors of state offices in Eureka explained the closure — fiscal crisis, big boss’ orders — and some apologized for the inconvenience. Some didn’t, including […]
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‘No Socialized Hobbies!’
That was the word today from Craig Tucker, Klamath Campaign Coordinator for the Karuk Tribe, as he explained why he, the Karuk Tribe’s Vice Chair Leaf Hillman and commercial fisherman Dave Bitts, of Eureka, are suing the California Department of Fish and Game. They filed suit in Alameda County Superior Court this morning. The complaint […]
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Nuke Fears Close Dump
Concerned about the potential of radioactive waste leeching into Humboldt Bay, county government has temporarily shut down the old Table Bluff Landfill outside of Loleta, the Journal has learned. Table Bluff landfill was open to the public between the late 1960s and late 1970s. Since closing, the county has continued to use it as a […]
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Avast, Ye Miners!
Aye, ye gravel grovelers, ye watery wastrels, ye ramblin’ rogues of the deep! I’ll sink yer dredges and steal yer gold, ye dirty river rats! Ye say yer dredges don’t hurt the fishes? Excuse me, but I think yer arguments are bullshit! Aaarghhh! And thus spake Sen. Pat Wiggins, although it’s true that we may […]
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Rep. Mike hits ground running
This just in from Mike Thompson’s office: Congressman Thompson Introduces Bill to Permanently Ban Drilling on North Coast WASHINGTON – On the first day in the 111th Congress, North Coast Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA) introduced a bill that would permanently prohibit oil and gas drilling off the coasts of Mendocino, Humboldt and Del Norte Counties. […]
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Thanks in advance!!
Associated Press Joining the cacophony of wants bouncing at Prez-Elect Obama’s ear is a request from the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy to consider the pedestrian, and the cyclist, when he puts together that economic recovery package during his first days in office. The package, says the RTC, is expected to devote vast funds to car-centric road projects. […]
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Second District Election Maps
Here’s a sneak preview of next week’s Journal , offered by way of contribution to a discussion over at Eric’s place . We know that Fortuna apple farmer Clif Clendenen won last month’s runoff election for Second District Supervisor. But where did he win, and how big were his gains (and his competitors’) from the […]