Politics

We’ll have more on last night in next week’s paper. How would you describe it in one word? Inspirational? Insanity? The word we want to use starts with “cluster…” and rhymes with “duck.” But this is a family blog. For now, we’ll just note that Darsh’s write-up over at the M-Town blog rang pretty true. […]

… a.k.a “Final Final Final Clinton Details.” It probably goes without saying, but you shouldn’t expect Bill Clinton to enter Redwood Acres at 6:30 p.m. on the dot tonight, no matter what advance folk are saying. Clinton has three scheduled stops today . He’s in Oakland this morning, Napa this afternoon and Eureka in the […]

It’ll be at Redwood Acres, in the Home Arts building, at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday, Jan. 8). Doors open at either 4:30 p.m. or 5:30 p.m. (Conflicting reports.) You’d better be there on time, we’d guess. Keep it tuned to the Blogthing for more details. UPDATE, WEDNESDAY 12:30 p.m.:  See here.

How to tell a visiting Secret Service agent from a Humboldt County resident, with help from Flickr user Chuck Patch : It’s not as difficult as you might imagine. On the left: Secret Service agent. On the right: Humboldt County resident. Let’s try another one, this time with an assist from Dave Whelan : Did […]

Says a for-the-moment unidentified but reputable source: All- Keep your eyes and ears open, BILL CLINTON is tentatively scheduled to fly up to Eureka on Wed. 1/15 landing around noon and traveling either to HSU or Stanton’s restaurant. We need to bring lots of people up to the airport to greet him and then follow […]

The state Fair Political Practices Commission will undertake an investigation of Fortuna Mayor John Campbell, according to a press release sent out this afternoon by Mark Lovelace of the Humboldt Watershed Council. The investigation, in response to an HWC complaint, will center on whether or not Campbell has acted improperly by failing to disclose retirement […]

The worst-kept secret in Humboldt County is officially out of the bag. In a decidedly Colbertian move, former KMUD Newsgoddess Estelle Fennell announced this afternoon that she will soon be announcing her candidacy for the Second District Board of Supervisors’ seat. Where: Redway Fire Department Building, 155 Empire Ave. Redway When: Monday November 12 th […]

This morning our Japhet Weeks conducted brief telephone interviews with each of the candidates in yesterday’s Bay District* elections. Here they are: Pat Higgins: audio player Charles Ollivier: audio player Roy Curless: audio player Carlos Quilez: audio player Steven Morris: audio player *Note: This time around, we made the conscious decision to switch to the […]

With 2/3 of the precincts reporting in the Fifth Division, challenger Pat Higgins is way out in front of incumbent Charles Ollivier: PATRICK HIGGINS   1393 60.70% CHARLES L. OLLIVIER   902 39.30% It’s a bit closer down in the Second Division, but incumbent Roy Curless has a pretty commanding lead with 40 percent of […]

Absentee results from today’s election have yet to be posted to the county’s website. I just gave a ring to the office. They say they’re working on it. I hope they’re not using Yahoo Pipes.