I Am Looking For Candidates for Next Year

 

 

I am looking for candidates to support in next years city council ward elections.

There will be three wards up for election next year,  and you must reside in the ward that you are running in.  I am looking for candidates that can support most or all of the platform below.

You should be prepared to run a Pitino styled campaign.  Previous political experience is not needed.

In fact it is a plus.

There are serious flaws in the election process in Eureka and it would behoove the Democratic Party in Humboldt to fix these problems NOW.  The absolute worst problem is the lack of a run-off in city elections.  This often results in a minority party candidate winning election as the majority party splits. If this is not fixed by next year there is a serious chance that more Republicans may win office.  If we keep electing Republicans then our city’s problems will never be solved.

The issues below are serious to me.  I think these are things the city must do.  If you are interested in running for city council next year and you live in one of the participating wards please email me at bill@eurekaworkers.org

I am not an absolutist, if we agree on most of the below we can work together.  We will do our best to win.

have a peaceful day,

Bill

City support for clean industrial development in Eureka.

City built affordable low income housing in Eureka.

Termination of the current city manager’s contract.

Implementation of a true ward system in Eureka with instant run-off voting.

Taxation of cell towers, big box stores and high fructose corn syrup.

A complete clean up of the Balloon Tract and preservation of “public use” zoning for that parcel.

A $12.00 per hour minimum wage in Eureka for businesses with over 100 employees.

Decriminalization of marijuana in Eureka.

A city owned and operated very low cost medical and dental clinic for the people of Eureka.

A city owned and operated free detox center for the people of Eureka.

A city owned very low cost dignity campground for poor people who find themselves without shelter.

A city owned and operated very low cost food kitchen for poor people.

 

 

People Project – Eureka Safe Sleep Zone

 

The PEOPLE PROJECT tarp shelter does not wait for grant money; it does not rely on paid employees and administrative costs; it does not force religion on participants; and it does not dictate what people should or should not be doing with their lives. The PEOPLE PROJECT tarp shelter is a grass roots, cooperative way of meeting an immediate need- shelter from the storm.

Please contact PEOPLE PROJECT either through phone, email, or a night visit to the tarp shelter at City Hall. PEOPLE PROJECT also has daytime meetings every Tuesday at Peoples’ Action for Rights and Community [PARC]. There is an ongoing need for sleeping gear, warm socks, jackets and sweaters, money for duct tape and other supplies, and volunteers to help throughout the nights.

Email: peopleproject@riseup.net

Phone: (707) 442-7465 [number at PARC, Peoples' Action for Rights and Community]

See the PEOPLE PROJECT blog http://peopleproject.wordpress.com/

Appeal to Eureka Mayor Bass – Big Winter Storm is Forecast for Humboldt County!

Big Winter Storm is Forecast for Humboldt County!

Let us remember the men, the women and the children, our brothers and sisters, our mothers and fathers, our sons and daughters who are huddled under a bush shivering in the rain.

Please join me in contacting Eureka Mayor Virginia Bass and requesting that she use the emergency powers vested in her to open an emergency shelter in a city facility for our homeless during this rainy period, and during the rainy periods to come this winter.

Mayor Bass Office: (707) 441-4200

Mayor Bass Email: virginia@ci.eureka.ca.gov

It is the responsibility of our government to care for the vulnerable among us.

please forward this email to anyone who cares!

Thank you,

have a peaceful day,

Bill

Is There Oil in Eureka?

Is there oil in Eureka?  I mean has anyone ever drilled a test well or performed seismic testing for the presence of oil in Eureka?  Maybe there is a little oil patch on the west side of town, in the tidelands area.  It wouldn’t be the only tidelands area in California that is oily.

Would an oil well or two be considered “mixed use” or “light industrial?”

Just askin’.

Because I found this from the Eureka Development Agency, about a 5 acre parcel just west of the small boat basin:

Eureka Redevelopment Agency

The property shall be developed in accordance with theadopted Local Coastal Program which designates the propertyas Coastal Dependent Industrial (MC). The following uses arepermitted in the MC Districts:(a) Boat repair and ship building(b) Commercial fishing facilities(c) Docks, piers and  wharves(d) Marine services(e) Marine oil terminals(f)OCS service bases and offshore pipelines(g) Seafood processing(h) Waterborne carrier import and export facilities

http://www.ci.eureka.ca.gov/civica/bids/inc/blobfetch.asp?blobID=3438

Natural Gas Resources in Humboldt County23There are natural gas deposits present in Humboldt County. Active gas wells areconcentrated in the Tompkin Hills Gas Field. Of the County’s 39 gas wells, 31 are currentlyproducing and 8 are considered shut in, meaning they cannot produce gas at their currentdepths and are sealed off in order to maintain the pressure on remaining deposits.3 In 2000,net gas production was 1,337,796 million cubic feet (mcf); this represents a 31 percentdecrease in gas production since 1992, when net production was 1,927,787 mcf. Also in 23

1992, 34 gas wells were in production and 5 were shut in.4 Humboldt County contains threeinactive oil wells and has not produced oil in at least the past ten years.FOREXCO, Inc. of Greensboro, NC, recently secured a 20-year lease (through 2022) toengage in the exploration of natural gas in Humboldt County on the east and west side of theEel River near Alton to determine potential natural gas reserves. As part of this lease, theyhave the rights to the exploration and operation of up to five previously developed well sitesthat have the potential for up to five wells per site. FOREXCO has proposed to construct anatural gas collection and transportation system that would cross the Eel River andinterconnect with the existing gas sales delivery point at the Pacific Gas and ElectricCompany’s (PG&E) natural gas meter station in Alton. The pipeline will be designed tooperate at a maximum allowable operation pressure of 1,360 pounds per square inch (psi). The design of the project allows for greater capacity for possible future development ofnatural gas reserves west of the Eel River.

http://www.co.humboldt.ca.us/planning/gp/meetings/natl_res/nr_report.asp

North Coast

The last proposed lease sale in 1987, thwarted by the moratorium, would have opened 6.5 million acres off the North Coast. Off Mendocino and Humboldt counties, the tracts for sale lay from 3 to 27 miles offshore, and some of the 24 planned platforms, some of them 300 feet tall and each with dozens of wells, would have been visible from land.

Tourism and commercial fisheries would have been affected, according to an environmental review then, while as many as 240 new oil tanker trips from Fort Bragg and Eureka to San Francisco Bay refineries were predicted under the full development scenario. The probability of one or more spills occurring would be 94 percent for accidents involving 1,000 barrels or more, according to documents.

Read more:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/28/MN4G14QMVE.DTL#ixzz0WKVRptL0

have a peaceful day,

Bill

Humboldt County California Online Scanner

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?ctid=194

Humboldt County  Sheriff — Eureka Police/Fire — Arcata Police/Fire — CHP — CAL-FIRE — City and Mad River Ambulance

Special Weather Statement – Redwood Coast

… Pacific storm to bring wet and windy weather early next week…

A strong Pacific storm system will move into the northeastern
Pacific Monday and move slowly inland by Wednesday. Southerly
winds will become strong and gusty along the coast and over higher
elevations beginning late Monday. Significant rains will also
accompany this storm with rainfall totals ranging from 1 to 4
inches across northwest California from Monday through Wednesday.
The combination of winds and heavy rains will bring the threat of
rock slides and localized low level and urban flooding. Interested
parties should continue to monitor National Weather Service
forecasts for the latest details regarding this storm.

http://www.wunderground.com/US/CA/001.html#SPE

A Trio of Humboldt Blogs – Linky Love

http://anunknownview.blogspot.com/

A look at Eureka and Humboldt from Chas.

http://kushboldt.wordpress.com/

Old newspaper clips from the War on Pot and some up to date medical marijuana news.

http://www.seven-o-heaven.com/

Humboldt’s own comic strip blog!

The Rains Have Come Early

The Rains Have Come Early

Let us remember the men, the women and the children, our brothers and sisters, our mothers and fathers, our sons and daughters who are huddled under a bush shivering in the rain.

Please join me in contacting Eureka Mayor Virginia Bass and requesting that she use the emergency powers vested in her to open an emergency shelter in a city facility for our homeless during this rainy period, and during the rainy periods to come this winter.

Mayor Bass Office: (707) 441-4200

Mayor Bass Email:  virginia@ci.eureka.ca.gov

It is the duty of government to care for the weakest among us.

Thank you,

have a peaceful day,

Bill

Support Brother Tad Monday 1 PM

Our brother Tad, community activist for the homeless poor and exposer of the corruption in Humboldt County government,  needs your support tomorrow at 1 PM on the steps of the Humboldt County Courthouse on 5th St.

Brother Tad also may need help with temporary care for for a few months his belovded Griz, a 7 yo St. Bernard mix, a 130 lb. male.  Please visit the Plazoid blog for details, and please be there tomorrow to support this non-violent beautiful person.

http://theplazoid.wordpress.com/2009/09/12/tad-found-guilty/

Help Needed Tomorrow (Wed) for Community Family

We need some able bodied community members for some volunteer (unpaid) labor tomorrow to help a family clean up their yard.  This will be physical labor (yard clean up) here in Eureka.  Contact me at bill@eurekaworkers.org or call PARC 442-7465.

 

have a peaceful day,

Bill