Good thing we don’t have tornadoes around here

Where is that wascally wabbit?

Several of our SoHum friends were quick to notice that Planning Commissioner Ralph Faust, the Bayside resident who is so vocal in his opposition to people living in rural areas like Bayside, ditched out on the big planning commission shindig down in Garberville on Thursday. First he said he would carpool with other commissioners, then [...]

Oh THAT explains it

It’s beginning to smell a lot like Christmas

Who says government isn’t efficient?

Within 24 hours of the filing of the last of three appeals challenging the city of Eureka’s approval of the Balloon Track interim cleanup plan, the California Coastal Commission published a surprisingly thorough 82-page legal and environmental analysis of the plan, along with the expected recommendation that the appeals be heard. Weird, huh? You don’t [...]

Ralph Faust asks Coastal Commission to stop cleanup of Balloon Track–with meaningless updates

And he reportedly did so, unlike in this photo, with a completely straight face. Not that any of this is funny in the usual sense of the word. None of those pull-my-finger or naughty limerick jokes for him, the old coot. No, with this appeal Faust definitely employs the stodgier ironic form–on multiple levels and [...]

Four years already?? And us without a cake.

Is the Faustian reference a Freudian slip? Regardless, get your prog on and spend an evening with Pete Nichols and his two great loves: asking for money and talking about himself. The cost is only $45 and your last shred of self-respect. Enjoy!!

Marina Center cleanup moves forward on 3-2 vote

The cleanup is now set to begin, after more than 200 people packed Eureka city hall Tuesday night to urge the council’s approval of the Marina Center Environmental Impact Report. Public comments weighed overwhelmingly in support of the site cleanup and subsequent development. Some talked about the jobs the project would produce and the much-needed [...]

Quadratics, linears and complete morons

For those of you who have not yet drunkenly stumbled onto our Data page, the graphic below is the sort of thoughtful analysis our Vital Statistics Department will be posting there. This graph, for example, shows a propensity among our readers for hard-hitting journalism and soft-core pornography, although not necessarily in that order. And check [...]

The tragical history of Dr. Faust

Remember Faust? No, sillies. The other Faust. Goethe and Marlowe’s Faust, that German fellow with the awkward syntax who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for–well, something. We forget what. Knowledge. Power. An extra two inches. Does it matter? The story itself is your standard-issue dog turns into a devil, offers to serve Faust [...]

Oh, you decide.