UPDATE: A second budget meeting, held last night, explored options to preserve funding for public safety, according to an article in this morning’s Times-Standard. Council Member Melinda Ciarabellini suggested halving funding for Eureka Main Street and the chamber of commerce and cutting funding entirely for such organizations as the Retired Senior Volunteer Program and the […]
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Police Promotions
Being a bit old school, I was put off at first. Eureka Police Chief Andy Mills was on the phone asking me to take part in a community panel that would help him decide who to promote to the position of EPD captain. The positions are critical to Mills’ plan for policing Eureka, which involves […]
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Eureka City Council to Issue Weird Non-Apology
In a special meeting Tuesday night, the Eureka City Council will promise to never again do something that it won’t admit to having done in the first place. As it’s phrased in the agenda, the council is scheduled to adopt a resolution “of unconditional commitment to cease, desist, and not repeat past action that is […]
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A Eureka Vision
Tempered disappointment and optimism. That’s the feeling du jour of some of Eureka’s elected officials, following Bill Panos’ short stint as city manager. And while it’s back to the drawing board for Eureka’s top position, at least this time the City Council goes into its manager hunt with a new top cop and a nearly […]
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UPDATE: Canceled! Eureka Looks to Ban Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
UPDATE: Scratch all that. Eureka City Councilmember Linda Atkins just called to let us know that the meeting is indeed canceled, as had been rumored and (we were told) debunked earlier today. What the heck is going on? “Hiccups and miscommunications and things,” Atkins said. Criminy. Who’s running this city? Original post: With less than two […]