Humboldt County and Lee Ulansey — the recently appointed county planning commissioner and former director of the Humboldt Coalition for Property Rights — will argue a public records case before a judge this week. With the help of Eureka attorney Allison Jackson, Ulansey has been asking the county for attorney records for more than a […]
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Parks and Heck (and Roads)
Going to the Board of Supervisors meeting tomorrow? To, perhaps, hear the depressing report on the state of our state’s roads and their desperate repair needs? The report goes county by county, discussing embarrassing things like their PCI (pavement condition index, where a new road rates “100” and a failed road is a “0”). Humboldt […]
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North Coast Railroad Authority Dodges Legal Challenge, Supports East-West Study
Today’s meeting of the North Coast Railroad Authority’s Board of Directors saw plenty of impassioned arguments, lots of squabbling over legalese and at least two cases of hurt feelings. The two most notable results were these: 1) The board voted 8-1 to delete key parts of a 2011 resolution, thus invalidating an environmental impact report […]
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Getting Around In Rio Dell
That’s not getting around Rio Dell — please, the city would like you to visit. It’s getting around in Rio Dell. The City of Rio Dell Planning Commission will meet next Wednesday — March 27 — at 6:30 p.m. in the council chambers to talk about the draft “cirulation element” of the city’s general plan. […]
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Wage Hike Proposal Headed to Eureka City Council
Here’s a ray of hope for people working at Eureka’s Taco Bell. Or Wal-Mart. Or any other business* in the city that pays workers as little as the law will tolerate: A petition to boost Eureka’s minimum wage to $12 an hour has received enough valid signatures to be presented to the City Council at […]
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Ulansey Appointed to Planning Commission
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors today appointed the politically pugnacious property rights advocate Lee Ulansey to an at-large seat on the Planning Commission. In the pre-vote discussion, several supervisors alluded to concerns from county residents about Ulansey bringing an agenda to the commission. As chairman of the developer-friendly group Humboldt Coalition for Property Rights, […]
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The Yurok Casino Is ON
The Yurok Tribe’s special election closed yesterday evening and the unofficial results are in: There will be a new casino in Klamath. Yurok Tribe members voted 61 percent to 39 percent in favor of a proposal by the tribal council to take $9.6 million of a $27.5 million settlement from the United States government and […]
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Congressman. On the Bay.
“You can learn a lot about this community by spending a couple of hours on Humboldt Bay,” said Congressman Jared Huffman, who is here in Humboldt County for a quick President’s Week visit. After meeting this morning with Humboldt State University President Rollin Richmond and others at the college, he took a tour of Humboldt […]
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Huffman Giving Away Tix to Obama Inauguration
How cool is our new Second District U.S. congressdude? He jams with rockstars. He sends campaign materials that you can wash dishes with. And now he’s offering us, his constituents, a chance at free tickets to see President Obama’s second-term swearing in ceremony in D.C. on January 21. From his office: WASHINGTON- Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San […]
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Game Change (Update: $?)
(Update after the break.) On Jan. 1, the California Department of Fish & Game made the switch to its new name: California Department of Fish & Wildlife. New year, new name — and new game, perhaps? Actually, that old monicker was already a relic, according to our new congressperson, Jared Huffman, in a Los Angeles […]
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Paying for Redevelopment’s Funeral
All three of the Humboldt county cities that once had redevelopment agencies have been tussling with the state over how much money they should have to hand over and when, with millions of dollars at stake. Arcata was told it owes $2.4 million, and it has only paid a little over $300,000, the Arcata Eye […]
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One Big Billing Dispute
The city of Arcata is being dunned for just over $2 million by the state of California for improperly winding down its redevelopment agency, the Arcata Eye is reporting. The city has made a preliminary payment of $300,000 and is looking into ways of dealing with the rest, with Mayor Shane Brinton arguing the city […]