REX BOHN: Liar

OMG, Rex!  Haha!  You exemplify the term “mealy-mouthed” in this post about your two-faced campaign tactics on the North Coast Journal blog.

We called Bohn earlier today after seeing the top mailer [here] over at the Humboldt Herald blog. He claimed not to know what the Humboldt Herald is and said he couldn’t comment on the mailer because he hadn’t seen it. We offered to email him a link to the image. He said to send it to his campaign email address but warned he wouldn’t be able to look at it until “after 4:30 or 5 because I’m at work.”

We offered to send it to a work email. “I don’t use it,” he said. Then, “It’s for work only.”

He again said he couldn’t comment on the mailer because he couldn’t see it. Then he said, “I’m leaving here about 4 and I’m gonna go walk until about 5:30, 6 or 6:30.”

We offered to send him a link while on the phone. “Well I don’t work — pretty much — in an office. I’m out in the field mainly. I’m actually out in the yard on a piece of equipment right now.”

We offered to describe the mailer to him and then did so, mentioning the full slate of Democratic endorsements with his name in the middle of the flier. We read the phrase beneath his name: “Rex Bohn the Best Call! For ensuring jobs, public safety and preservation of the beautiful north coast environment.”

“Hmm, good statement,” Bohn said. But he still didn’t know whether or not the mailer came from his campaign, as it clearly stated. “I can’t say if it’s mine or not. I don’t know.”

After learning of the other mailers, we sent Bohn an email and left two message on his cell phone. We’ll update this post with his response, once we hear back.

Apparently Rex has so much money that he doesn’t know where it’s being spent, or that it’s being spent in a way to fool voters that he’s in line with the Democratic Parth. He also can’t check his email or answer questions about apparently dirty behavior by his campaign.

Just like Rex didn’t know who was behind the shadow group who put up full-sized billboards for his failed campaign for Eureka City Council in 2004.

Integrity is not Rex’s middle name, nor a platform for the $80,000/year job for which he wants your vote.

More Reasons to vote for Susan Adams

[Guest Post from Richard Salzman]

In the race for the 2nd Congressional District we have a unique situation with several interesting candidates and all four of the front runners in agreement on their key policy positions.

Voters should keep in mind that, for the first time, we have an open primary.  This means two Democrats in this very “blue” district may well go to the run-off in November.

Polls show Jared Huffman will get close to half the total vote and the eleven remaining candidates will split the rest.  In other words, Jared will definitely be on the November ballot — he does not need your vote.  Voting for him will have no affect on the outcome of the June 5th primary.  So if you want your vote to make a difference, use it to choose who should get the second slot on the November ballot.

I believe the best use of your vote would be support Susan Adams.

Here’s why: she’s the candidate who would present the biggest challenge to Jared in a run off and you’ll have from June to November to further vet both candidates and decide the best choice in November.

SEIDNER TO BOHN-HEADS: Shut it

Fear and bad behavior seem to be inherent in the Bohn for Supervisor campaign. Cheryl Seidner ain’t having it.

Robin Arkley listed among top CA political donors

Eureka’s Robin P. Arkley II was listed as the 27th largest individual political donor  in a report by California Watch:

http://rainmaker.apps.cironline.org/donors/robin-p-arkley-ii/

At $2 million and change he’s well below the top three, who gave $53 million, $23 million, and $17 million.  According to California Watch:

Arkley has given almost exclusively to Republican candidates, giving more than $1 million to the state Republican Party and at least $250,000 to committees supporting various propositions backed by former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

REX BOHN: Not a Democrat

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Rex Bohn’s slate mailer, currently arriving in your mail box, tries to trick you into thinking it’s an official Democratic Party mailing. No, it doesn’t say Democratic Party anywhere on it, so the mailer can stay on ‘the windy side of the law’ as Shakespeare put it. But the slate being endorsed includes the President, Senator Feinstein and other Dem candidates, and the word Democratic is prominently featured and there’s even a quote from Hillary. If it looks like a duck and quacks like one you begin to think that maybe it’s a duck – or a trick in this case.

Speaking of the windy side of the law – or not – Rex paid an outfit called Democratic Voters Choice for this mailer. Who are they? Why they’re the slate mailing arm of political consultants Durkee & Associates. If that name sounds familiar, that’s because it’s the business of Kinde Durkee. If you don’t know her name, you’ve probably heard about what she did:

Kinde Durkee, once a go-to campaign treasurer for Democrats in California, pleaded guilty Friday to five counts of mail fraud after an FBI investigation found she stole more than $7 million in political funds from at least 50 clients, including U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

LA Times March 31, 2012

I’m pretty sure giving this woman money wasn’t the best call.

County served with summons and complaint by courthouse “occupier”

[Press Release]

LAWSUIT CHALLENGES ORDINANCE

A lawsuit challenging Humboldt County’s urgency ordinance was filed May 24, 2012 by Janelle Egger with the 9th Circuit Federal Court in San Francisco.  Yesterday afternoon Robin Donald visited the Humboldt County Courthouse and served the summons and Complaint.  Both are members of the Occupy Civil Liberties Working Group.

A Divided County, A Divided Country

Every now and then, someone with whom I disagree produces something that offers me the opportunity to see the world through someone else’s eyes.

Occasional Herald commenter Ponder z did that in a comment he (she?) left last evening on the Pelican Bay thread.

While Herald readers may wish to respond to it, I hope we can also reflect upon it, recognizing that this is the way a substantial number of Americans feel about the world.  It’s rather long, but I think it is well-worth reading.

Here’s the link. http://humboldtherald.wordpress.com/2012/05/31/lawsuit-filed-against-pelican-bay-solitary-con
finement/#comment-172211

Lawsuit Filed against California for Pelican Bay Decades-Long Solitary Confinement

Exercise yard at Pelican Bay SHU

The Center for Constitutional Rights has filed a lawsuit against the State of California, alleging that holding prisoners in solitary confinement for decades is unconstitutional as “cruel and unusual punishment.”

Coverage of the suit is at the Guardian.

The Guardian article points out that more than 500 of the prisoners held in Pelican Bay’s secure housing unit (SHU) have been there for more than a decade.

While a person must be convicted in court to be sent to prison, no such requirement exists for prison officials to send prisoners to the SHU, where they spend at least 22 hours a day locked in cells and are kept under conditions of extreme isolation.

Summer Arts and Music Festival This Weekend

What: The Most Comprehensive Celebration of Art & Music on the North Coast
When: Saturday & Sunday, June 2nd & 3rd, 2012 / Open 9:30am – 10pm
Where: Benbow Lake State Recreation Area, Southern Humboldt County, CA
Tickets: $15 per day / $25 for the weekend

Sponsorship Info     Advertising Info     Vendor Info     Volunteer Info

See the Summer Arts and Music Stage Schedule!

Look for the Official Festival Program Guide, out now at local news stands and available as an insert in the Redwood Times (5/22/12), Willits News (5/23/12), and the Arcata/ Eureka boxes of the North Coast Journal (5/23/12).

Coming up on the weekend of June 2nd and 3rd, 2012 the Mateel Community Center will kick off the summer festival season with the 36th annual Summer Arts and Music Festival at Benbow Lake State Recreation Area.

A beloved local tradition to celebrate the arrival of summer, this favorite family event will again offer the most comprehensive and affordable celebration of arts and culture in Humboldt County, with more than 100 diverse performances on 4+ stages, over 150 handmade craft and food booths, an all-media Fine Arts Showcase, Outrageous Kid Zone, Belly Dance Temple, the Generation Green Tent, and so much more.

Admission for the festival will be at the gate only for price of $15 per day or $25 for the weekend pass. Kids 12 & under are free. Gates open at 9:30am both days and the fun wraps up at 10pm. Free shuttle service is offered continuously from Redway, Garberville and both Benbow Lake and Richardson Grove campgrounds. A limited amount of paid parking is also available in Benbow.

More info.

Persistence in the 3rd — make that 4th

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A local Facebooker posted the above image after finding a campaigner for Humboldt County Supervisor candidate Karen Brooks had marched past her yard sign promoting incumbent Mark Lovelace to hang some pro-Brooks propaganda on her door handle..

Turns out the house was booted from 3rd District after last year’s redistricting, making both the yard sign and the doorknocker out of bounds for the Lovelace-Brooks contest.