(First in a series of 12,954.) So when it comes time to publish its “Rotary Wheel” newsletter in the Times-Standard advertising pages, the Mad River Rotary Club apparently spotlights the good deeds of one of its members. I say “apparently,” because somehow the thing has escaped my eye before today. Well, completely coincidentally, yesterday the honor fell […]
Politics
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Assembly Member Evans Endorses Cleary
Assembly Member and state senate shoe-in candidate Noreen Evans today announced that she is endorsing Patrick Cleary in his bid for Fifth District Supervisor. In a press release, Evans said Cleary has “the skills and experience to help Humboldt County create new, sustainable jobs and get our local economy back on track, while protecting our […]
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Pro-Marina Center Forces Gear Up for Ballot Measure Fight
Chris Crawford, local conservative politico, sent out a call-to-arms yesterday afternoon, rallying people to organize in support of Measure N, the Eureka city initiative on the November ballot that would change the zoning of the long-vacant Balloon Track property adjacent to Old Town. The zoning change would be a key step forward for the big […]
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Baykeeper, EPIC Sue Eureka Over Balloon Track Ballot Measure
… and the lawsuits keep coming! According to a just-issued press release Humboldt Baykeeper and the Environmental Protection Information Center have filed suit against the City of Eureka for sponsoring a ballot measure that would change the zoning of the Balloon Track — the old railyard where Security National wants to build its Marina Center […]
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Bass Fails to Top 50 Percent in Final Vote Tally
Eureka Mayor Virginia Bass was within striking distance on election night, but final returns from the June 8 election, which were just released, show that she failed to reach the critical 50 percent + 1 threshold against incumbent Fourth District Supervisor Bonnie Neely. The two will compete in a November runoff elections. Meanwhile, it’s also […]
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Lance Madsen Eyes Fifth Ward Seat
Lance Madsen, a long-time employee of the Eureka Housing Authority and a former two-term Eureka City Councilmember, formed a committee yesterday to probe a possible run for that city’s Fifth Ward seat this November. “There’s a real need in the council right now,” says Madsen. Madsen served on the Eureka council from 1989 to 1996, […]
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New Legalization Poll
A Reuters/Ipsos poll released today shows that support for this November’s Proposition 19, which would legalize marijuana in the state, is slightly trailing but within the survey’s margin of error — 48 percent for, 50 percent against, with a 4 percent margin.
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Crime and Politics
Today’s Times-Standard alerts us to the fact that the latest edition of California Department of Justice’s crime statistics for the year 2009 have just been released. That, plus a similar release from the FBI, tells us that it’s time to update the chart we published back at the beginning of May, in response to one of […]
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Ronald Reagan: The Humboldt Years
“[T]his is Reagan country and (applause), YEAH! And perhaps it was destiny that the man who went to California’s Eureka College would become so woven within and inter-linked to the Golden State.” — Fox News Personality Sarah Palin, addressing a crowd at CSU Stanislaus College of the Redwoods, which must get this every once in […]
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FINAL REPORT
Fifth District RYAN SUNDBERG: 39.43% JEFFREY LYTLE: 3.41% PATRICK CLEARY: 30.58% PAT HIGGINS: 26.46% District Attorney KATHLEEN BRYSON: 4.61% ALLISON JACKSON: 37.03% PAUL V. GALLEGOS: 39.72% PAUL HAGEN: 18.53% Assessor JON BROOKS: 26.08% MARI WILSON: 39.31% JOHANNA RODONI: 34.48% Fourth District VIRGINIA BASS: 48.83% BONNIE NEELY: 30.43% JEFF LEONARD: 20.43% Sheriff MIKE DOWNEY: 66.64% MICHAEL […]
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Elections Web Site Dead
“They’re trying to fix it, but no time frame,” reports John Osborn.
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Second Results
Nine precincts reporting out of 132. Bass loses some edge. 15,180 votes counted. The next report is going to be much bigger. ASSESSOR Brooks: 21.93% Wilson: 40.49% Rodoni: 37.49% DISTRICT ATTORNEY Bryson: 5.80% Jackson: 38.43% Gallegos: 36.51% Hagen: 19.18% SHERIFF Downey: 66.67% Hislop: 33.07% FOURTH DISTRICT Bass: 50.31% Neely: 30.31% Leonard: 19.02% FIFTH DISTRICT (no […]