Editor: The guiding principles of the General Plan draft were written by county staff in 2004 from input that was gathered at GPU meetings up until 2004 (Publisher, June 13). That means that the draft guiding principles are nine years old! Of course they need to be revised and updated. So what about the nine […]
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More Supes Disputes
Editor: We are happy to agree with Publisher Judy Hodgson’s statement: “Boards of Supervisors come and go. Public policy is made and remade.” We were less impressed with the remaining portion of your editorial (Publisher, June 13). We supported four of the five members duly elected to the current board, and we continue to support […]
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About That Supes “Coup”
Editor: “Leadership Seriously Lacking” could well read “Humility Seriously Lacking” re the county Board of Supervisors’ decision to betray and traduce the General Plan Update (“Publisher,” June 13). The wisdom of Thomas Paine is apposite again, these 2 ½ centuries later: The secrets of governments, like the secrets of men, are always their defects. As […]
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Correction
Last week’s “From the Publisher” column contained some factual errors. Rex Bohn was elected to the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors in June, and the board, rather than any one supervisor, voted to appoint Lee Ulansey to the county Planning Commission. Also, former supervisor Erv Renner smoked a pipe, not a cigar.
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Leadership Seriously Lacking
My mom used to say, “Judy Ann, if you can’t say anything nice about someone … .” You know the end of that sentence. I hope she will forgive me. I landed my first real job when I was 15. I fried taquitos and made banana splits in El Monte, Calif. My first professional job […]
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Be Like Mendo
Editor: Kudos to Ryan Burns for his excellent article (“Meet the County’s New Values,” June 6). As he clearly pointed out, the issues raised by the actions of the Gang of Four (Fennell, Bohn, Bass and Sundberg) are many. The most distressing issues are those of process and the totally new slant given to the […]
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Meet the County’s New Values
On Monday afternoon, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors gave themselves a new compass. This instrument is designed to help them navigate the treacherous waters of the general plan update, a complex voyage through highly contentious policy decisions. The primary destination is an updated general plan, the document that governs land use decisions in Humboldt […]