The Times-Standard gets one right

In case you missed it, the Times-Standard had a good editorial last week about some Arcatans who got ornerier than drunk dingoes when a local business proposed using agricultural land for its designated purpose. Apparently people in Arcata care only about jobs at recycling centers that are subsidized with public funds. Actual businesses that raise tax revenues [...]

Richard Salzman asks dumb self-promotional question about dumber self-promotional lawsuit

Recruiting ordinances officially killed in action

The 2008 measures ostensibly aimed at halting the military recruitment of minors were formally inducted into the crapheap of legal history after being shot down by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. No surprises there. The incompatibility of the “Youth Protection Act“ with the Supremacy Clause of the US Constitution was known before the ballots were even printed. Read the [...]

Dare to dream, Eureka!!

Brace yourselves, Eurekans, because word from the prog pond is that a certain former city councilman is planning to do us the great favor of running for mayor of our fair city. Yippee kai yay and shit, yes? Because when we look at the challenges facing Eureka, the first thought that springs to mind is, [...]

News and not-news: It’s all very zen

Inclusionary Zoning, a land-use approach that attempts to increase affordable housing by making housing less affordable, was passed today by the Three Stooges on the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors. Fourth District Supervisor Bonnie Neely led the fight, flanked by the Second District’s Clif Clendenen and the Third District’s Mark Lovelace. Lovelace explained his vote [...]

North Coast residents celebrate jobless jump

Confetti rained down on the Arcata Plaza yesterday in celebration of the nation’s double-digit hike in unemployment claims. Unbathed vegans and dogs in neckerchiefs turned out in droves for the event, sponsored in part by the Humboldt Watershed Council. “It’s a great day for the environment,” said Mark Lovelace, president of the council, as he [...]