I am getting damn tired of the proponents of health care status quo in the U.S. who use outrageous scare tactics (e.g., aged or sick people will be put to death, etc.) and shameless lies (e.g., slandering the medical systems of countries like Canada, Great-Britain, etc.) “Don’t do this or we’ll end up with Canadian-style [...]
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Canadian-style health care: you should be so lucky
Posted in current events, family, tagged activism, canada, health care, humboldt, insurance, politics on 14 August, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Housing Element EIR recirculated
Posted in current events, local, tagged ceqa, housing, humboldt, impacts, local, planning, politics on 18 June, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Received from the Humboldt County Planning Division yesterday; if you’re interested in commenting, note the date of the public hearing, which is tonight in Eureka. This is a revised version from the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (EIR) that was prepared in February and circulated in April. According to its introduction, the Supplemental EIR was [...]
General Plan town hall meeting
Posted in current events, local, tagged california, housing, humboldt, landscape, local, management, planning, politics on 3 June, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Humboldt County General Plan Update news: the next “town hall”-style meeting is planned for June 11; it’s a continuation of the April 30 meeting. Land Use Element “Town Hall Style” Continued Planning Commission Meeting Humboldt County Draft General Plan – Land Use Element June 11, 2009 The Humboldt County Planning Commission will host a public [...]
GPU “town hall” meeting on Thursday
Posted in current events, local, tagged california, humboldt, landscape, local, management, natural resources, planning, politics on 28 April, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Humboldt County General Plan Update news: notice received Monday from the Planning Division of Humboldt County Community Development Services: Housing Element “Town Hall Style” Planning Commission Meeting Humboldt County Draft General Plan — Land Use Element April 30, 2009 The Humboldt County Planning Commission will host an informal public workshop on the Draft Land Use [...]
Melting glaciers mean redrawing border between Italy and Switzerland
Posted in current events, environment, tagged climate, environment, google earth, impacts, maps, politics on 25 March, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thanks to global climate change and the resulting world-wide glacier meltdown, Switzerland and Italy now have to redraw their border. The draft law has already been endorsed by the Italian Foreign Minister, Franco Frattini, and is expected to become law before the end of April; Switzewrland has already agreed to the new border. The current [...]
Morford dissects our disorder
Posted in current events, tagged economy, jobs, politics on 27 February, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I really liked Mark Morford’s column today in the San Francisco Chronicle: “Obama vs. the Fear: Grin and be enthralled, or tremble and stuff dollar bills into your mattress?” With his customary zest, he describes our alternating between fear of disaster and relief that someone competent and equipped with a conscience is at the helm [...]
Housing Element Draft EIR
Posted in current events, local, tagged ceqa, housing, humboldt, impacts, local, planning, politics on 17 February, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Housing Element portion of the Humboldt County General Plan Update has been released. The EIR is required under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). And to kick off this part of the planning process, I will discuss the basics of the CEQA process in upcoming posts, [...]
Marina Center DEIR comments posted
Posted in current events, local, tagged ceqa, humboldt, local, planning, politics on 13 February, 2009 | 3 Comments »
As the Humboldt Herald blog points out, the comments received on the Marina Center Draft EIR are now posted on the City of Eureka’s Website. It’s interesting reading, and I’ll write more on this later.
Act today to save the CCC
Posted in current events, environment, tagged activism, california, economy, environment, excellence, management, natural resources, politics on 12 February, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Remember last week when we talked about Governor Schwarzenegger’s decision to close the California Conservation Corps? The grassroots organization Save-the-CCC has started a letter campaign to protest the proposal. But even if you’ve already sent a letter, they need your additional help immediately: The governor and four legislative leaders are working behind closed doors to [...]
Keep the California Conservation Corps
Posted in current events, environment, tagged california, economy, environment, excellence, management, natural resources, politics on 6 February, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I would like readers to go check out Kym’s excellent post from yesterday, “Cutting the California Conservation Corps: Penny-Wise, Pound-Foolish”. She explains why Governor Schwarzenegger’s decision to close the California Conservation Corps is a bad one from the conservation perspective and from both the human and monetary costs point of view. And she urges you [...]
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