PART 1: Late last month, Claire Josefine got a phone call from an anonymous pollster. The woman asked Josefine to rank a list of issues (education, the environment, jobs, etc.) from most to least important and then asked who she intends to vote for in the 1st Supervisorial District, where Josefine lives. Recalling the phone conversation […]
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New Revelations About Congressional Candidates
A story in yesterday’s San Francisco Chronicle offers a bemused overview of the candidates running for the newly redrawn second congressional district, which writer Joe Garofoli describes as “a political world like no other … where all but the two Republican candidates are running to the left of President Obama.” Garofoli brings up the poor voting […]
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Vote for Me – But This Isn’t a Political Sign!
It seems like a simple thing to label an advertisement as political or not. There’s the message — on a political sign it usually goes something like, “Elect so-and-so for whatever.” Then there’s the color scheme — red, white, and blue seem to show up a lot. Last, take a look at the image on […]
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Thompson and Chesbro to Endorse Huffman for Congress
California State Assemblyman Jared Huffman will announce tomorrow that he’s nabbed two major endorsements in his run for U.S. Congress, the Journal has learned. Namely he has acquired the backing of fellow Democratic Assemblyman Wes Chesbro, who represents us here in the First Assembly District, and U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson. Thompson’s 13 years representing the […]
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Vanishing Congressman
OK, Mike Thompson’s running. But not here. And he’s sad to leave us. Read all about it in his press release: Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today announced that he will seek re-election from his life-long home in the reshaped Fifth Congressional district map. California Congressional district maps, drawn by a voter approved independent commission, were […]
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Eureka Stirs
Nearly 100 Eureka residents filled the basement of the Eureka Veteran’s Hall Monday night for a community forum scheduled to discuss the firing of former Eureka Police Chief Garr Nielsen. While praise for the changes witnessed under Garr’s tenure made up a significant portion of the sentiment, displeasure with the power wielded by City Manager […]
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Union Supporters Rally in Eureka
Guest post by Somes Bar resident Malcolm Terence: For Harriet Lawlor the connection was clear. On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King was standing up for striking sanitation workers in Memphis — workers whose union was AFSCME, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. So yesterday afternoon, Lawlor was at the Humboldt County […]
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Sundberg To Appoint Susan Masten to Planning Commission
By Hank Sims Follow-up to this week’s story on appointments to the Humboldt County Planning Commission: Supervisor Ryan Sundberg has just chosen former Yurok Tribal Chair Susan Masten to replace current Fifth District appointee Dennis Mayo. As noted in the press release below, Masten is ridiculously accomplished. One additional thing: Her husband is current Hoopa […]
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Committee Narrows Fourth Ward Choice to Bohn, Ciarabellini
A few moments ago, Eureka Mayor Frank Jager told the Journal the subcommittee that has been interviewing applicants to fill the vacant Fourth Ward seat on the City Council has narrowed the field to two: Rex Bohn and Melinda Ciarabellini. Jager said that he will announce his choice Monday, after which the City Council should schedule […]
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Saturday Night Funnies
• Journal contributor Amy Stewart tells an amusing tale about weed, literature and Eureka Books in tomorrow’s New York Times. • At the Humboldt Herald, Paul Gallegos supporter “Richard” (?!?) declares fatwah on Supervisor Mark Lovelace for the crime of supporting Paul Hagen. You got Geisted!
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12,960 Ballots Left to Count
… according to Humboldt County Clerk-Recorder Carolyn Crnich. That gives Patrick Cleary and other candidates still hanging on by a thread a tiny bit more cause to hope.
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A Lesson for Progressives
[… or, “How to Win an Election.” Journal contributor John Osborn’s thoughts below. — Ed.] The first reaction that came to mind after the initial absentee ballot results trickled in last night was this: It would suck to be Linda Atkins right now. That reaction didn’t change as the night rolled on. The moderate-conservative sweep across […]