Politicians are just like us. Who hasn’t been given $460 tickets to a Warriors or Giants game from a powerful state union or private corporation? The LA Times just released an article detailing the sports-related gifts handed to California lawmakers and there was our very own 2nd District Assemblyman Jim Wood, leading the state in […]
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Must, Need & Nice: Measure Z Committee Makes Its Recommendations
The Citizen’s Advisory Committee on Measure Z has finished sorting through the 43 applications it received for funding, breaking the requests up into three categories: “must,” “need” and “nice.” The process, which involved six meetings and a public hearing, short-listed the “musts” for inclusion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year, the budget for which will be up […]
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UPDATED Big Money in the Harbor Commission Race
UPDATE: The most recent campaign finance information for 5th District incumbent Pat Higgins and details of his late filing have been added to this post. PREVIOUSLY: The final round of campaign finance reports for the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District commission candidates were due yesterday, and they show a fairly spendy push to […]
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Before You Stiff Your Server
1. Are you in America? You should tip. At least 15 percent, 20 percent if you’re civilized and financially comfortable enough. Can’t do math? There’s an app for that. 2. Did your server a.) spit in your food in front of you? b.) use a racist term in addressing you? c.) lean over and grab […]
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Carless? Portland-bound? Bring a Pillow.
This is amazing/vexing. Journal homie Jonathan Webster put together this graphic (with inspiration from John Chernoff) illustrating the difficulties of traveling north from behind the Redwood Curtain without a car. Unless you’ve got a good amount of cash, you’re looking at 20 hours of travel minimum. You could watch every episode of Portlandia twice in […]
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Arcata’s $4.5 Million Payment Plan
The Arcata City Council approved a plan this morning to pay back $4.5 million to the state in misappropriated redevelopment funds. Hank Sims at the LoCO did a good job of recapping the issue yesterday, which has also been covered by the Arcata Eye and Journal. The city’s plan: Pay the state Department of Finance […]
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Building on Faith
Every day but Sunday, pickup trucks congregate outside Fieldbrook’s Volunteer Fire Department. Workers hang from the firehouse roof, demolish walls, climb scaffolding and mix concrete. It’s like a barn raising — a testament to what can be accomplished when a community works together. The project has been a long time coming. Firefighter and contractor Gene Callahan […]
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Eureka Wages Going Up?
The “Fair Wage Folks,” a local committee working toward raising the minimum wage in Eureka, submitted petitions yesterday with signatures of approximately 2,700 voters. Depending on how many of those pass muster, the Eureka Fair Wage Act could be on the ballot in June. “We look forward to about 1,400 of Eureka’s workers getting a […]
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Mega-bank Run Saturday
This Saturday, Nov. 5, has been designated “Bank Transfer Day,” a consumer activism event designed to stick it to the greedy mega-banks that nearly decimated the world economy, only to be bailed out by taxpayers. The idea — which has been claimed by L.A. art gallery owner Kristen Christian, though it was suggested elsewhere much […]
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Internet Outage Revenge
If you lost Internet, land line or cell service during the big silence on Friday, your carrier might — just might — give you a little refund. Only you have to ask. Which means you have to pick and poke through one of those annoying phone trees, possibly for less than the cost of a […]
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Humboldt’s ‘Million $ Man?’
Actually, technically and professionally speaking, Dean Christensen, CEO and president of Coast Central Credit Union, is Humboldt, Trinity and Del Norte counties’ man. As for the million dollars (or almost million dollars), that’s what a report last week by the Orange County Register said Christensen made in compensation — which is more than just salary […]