The councilmember said that she’s speaking with an attorney what she may or may not say about the firing of former Eureka Police Chief Garr Nielsen, and reaffirmed her efforts to drive City Manager Dave Tyson out of that job. Audio follows.
UPDATE, 10:15 a.m.: Incidentally, if Atkins’ objection to being misquoted in the Times-Standard catches your ear — at right about 13:50 in the above interview — you might want to compare the T-S‘s version and her “corrected” version with actual video of the event shot by the North Coast Journal‘s Andrew Goff. The relevant bit is at right about 1:35:
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