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Jada Brotman: The Downtown Smoking Ban Is Wrong On So Many Levels

By kevpod

I understand you don’t want to breathe my smoke, but look around you, lady – we are outside. No walls. Breeze. Calm yourself. I know Arcata seems like its own li’l island, but I promise you we are still in America. Something about freedom and rights and stuff? »

Brinton Is Arcata’s Mayor, Wheetley Vice Mayor – December 11, 2012

By kevpod

Mayor Brinton will preside over his first regular Arcata City Council meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. »

Democrats To Honor Thompson, Boyd, Brinton This Saturday, Sept. 22

By kevpod

  EUREKA – The Humboldt Democratic Central Committee (HCDCC) is holding its 28th “Democrat of the Year” dinner on Saturday, Sept. 22 at the Adorni Center. The honorees this year are Congressman Mike Thompson and Democratic activist Bette Boyd. At the same event, the North Coast Young Democrats will honor Arcata City Councilman Shane Brinton... »

Kevin Hoover: Public Involvement, So Crucial And So Stupidly Disregarded – September 17, 2012

By kevpod

These three supervisors asked everyone for their jobs. They ought to find a way to do them – for everyone. »

Why We Won’t Have City Council Ballot Choices This Fall – August 23, 2012

By kevpod

Winkler said he would use some of the the energy he would have put into his re-election campaign into promoting Measure I, the proposed tax on excessive electricity use aimed at abating illegal cannabis grow houses. Brinton also said he would make a push to get Measure I passed. »

All Three Council Challengers Fail To Qualify For Ballot, Election Still On – August 14, 2012

By kevpod

All three non-incumbents who had filed papers – Jolian Kangas, Valerie Rose-Campbell and Mark Sailors – did not meet the 20-signature threshold, and will not be on the ballot. »

Six Apply For City Council Candidacy – August 10, 2012

By kevpod

Six potential candidates have applied for the three open seats on the Arcata City Council – five men and one woman. »

Three Council Seats Open, Four Candidates Announced – July 12, 2012

By kevpod

The nomination period opens on July 16, 2012, and closes on August 10, 2012. Nomination papers can be picked up in the City Clerk’s office. Potential nominees must be registered to vote at the address at which they live, in Arcata City limits. »

Kevin Hoover: Funnel More Public Money To The Powerful – April 7, 2011

By kevpod

Maybe we should change the law so we can double or triple the City Council’s pay. »

City Council Affirms Anti-Panhandling Law (Updated) – March 25, 2011

By kevpod

The Council’s position is that the ordinance is fair and effective in achieving the goals of people of all ages to participate in social, recreational and business activities throughout the City. »