The problem is more complex than that. The landlords aren’t making a killing, the insurance companies are. Arcata property taxes are very high also. As a homeowner in Arcata, I …

I have an idea Arcata make it illegal to charge more than 30 percent of minimum wage earners salary for rent. That means a person working for 16.50 will make …

Trump just signed an executive order that would allow homeless people to be incarcerated indefinitely. “Involuntary Commitment” we are moving away from housing first strategies to prison for profit. People …

Well it did get their attention!

Do you think that throwing a disruptive public fit is the most productive way to express their anger?It’s understandable for nationwide protests, but IMO it’s counterproductive in small town local …

Sure. They “know” it means “Free for me but not for thee.”

According to his firm profile:Ryan principally serves as City Attorney and Assistant City Attorney for multiple Humboldt County municipalities, and is General Counsel for several Humboldt County special districts and …

Trying to keep Old Town tidy sure seems like a sisyphean task. It’s particularly disheartening when you see trash on the ground mere steps from an available receptacle.My hat’s off …

Cuteness aside, systematic taxonomy sure has gotten complicated in the six decades since I started studying biology.

Half-thinker. People are angry about homelessness. You’re just angry about people.

People are angry at the state of our society and political systems.

Oh great, they’re going to push this lady on us again.We don’t need more of same. We need candidates who will try to enact actual change, and she isn’t it.

What I meant is that public comment is allowed before the council votes on an agendized item, which it wasn’t in this case.

they are acting on them tho.

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished.

The Invisible Man Syndrome?.Not Again!

But Jill has worked in the Cal Pers system and is/was retired therefore is restricted in the amount of hours and days she can work in a given year even …

This is incorrect. Councils and boards can put public communication on non-agendized items wherever in the agenda they like, and Arcata habitually splits them up, if they’re to go long. …

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Correct.

ALVIN!

I’ve known Jill for decades. She won’t take any of their crap. I’m shocked these goofballs were smart enough to hire her

Good thing you had 10 hours to paddle in

There is no 1000 foot tsunami

No.

Did they think that throwing a 2 hour panty tantrum was going to stop the city awarding the contract?

Executive orders aren’t laws though. They’re simply memos to his cabinet members. They don’t even have to act on them.

I choose 4.I felt very little fear, which was appropriate, because I’m 30 miles from the coast in the mountains. Still got woken up out of a nap by the …

FFS, do any of the people who cry about their First Amendment rights being restricted actually know how the First Amendment works?

As we were receiving the alert to move to higher ground, I did feel a lot of anxiety. I felt anxious because of listening to the grandparents tell stories of …