Humboldt County’s mud wrestling a la Maxxam, development, real estate, and the Board of Supervisors gets ink on the super high profile blog Daily Kos today. From the looks of the comment thread it’s not just we fog lovers behind the redwood curtain that pay attention to the ever crashing waves of local politics. We’re not so hidden as some think.
A snippet:
Even as it schemes to push through its development proposal, Pacific Lumber claims to be committed to “dialogue and transparency.” If that is the case, the company could begin by publicly disclosing the extent and value of its timber inventory, which it refuses to do, so that its plans and forecasts can be evaluated for their effects on the local economy and environment. And then there is the matter of the hundreds of millions of dollars “downstreamed” to Maxxam’s coffers in Houston rather than servicing the substantial debtload which Maxxam’s timbering subsidiaries have been carrying all these years; once that is admitted and established, there can be a real community dialogue with a goal of creating the conditions for a responsible and profitable company not dependent on overharvesting to pay the next quarter’s interest. So far, Hurwitz has been able to capitalize on secrecy and 11th-hour hardball to get what he wants. Now that the forum is a Houston bankruptcy court, it remains to be seen whether he can once again force his predatory business model onto the people of Humboldt County.
November 12, 2007 at 1:20 pm
Many of the people leaving comments at DKos have ties to the area, some way or the other. However, the consensus is very clear, Hurwitz and his goons made a mess of PALCO.
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November 12, 2007 at 1:33 pm
If you get a dkos account you can recommend it up.
November 12, 2007 at 5:31 pm
You know, we usually cry foul when newspapers report on what other newspapers are reporting on. Of course bloggers, being pathetic wanna-be journalists, fall into the same pit.
Heraldo, when you get something original or exclusive, post it. If you don’t, then please don’t make us sit through your usual “here’s what other people are saying” drivel. I’d rather see no posts here at all.
If it wasn’t for PALCO or Arkley this blog would be a ghost town…
November 12, 2007 at 5:48 pm
Perhaps Heraldo should just simply send out his message by tracking all I.P. addresses.
“Please don’t make us sit…”
Will I go to jail if I don’t visit this blog at least once a day?
Heraldo,you are one powerful individual.
November 12, 2007 at 7:01 pm
Newspapers report on what other newspapers report on all the time. As long as the original material is fully cited, as Heraldo did, it’s a very common practice. As a matter of fact, it’s very satisfying for a journalist to have a rival newspaper quote her or him.
November 12, 2007 at 7:08 pm
Humboldt County is meriting some national attention. That IS news. Heraldo, you are doing the local rags’ jobs for them. Way to go!
November 12, 2007 at 8:15 pm
Do doubt Anon 5:31 would rather see no posts here period.
November 12, 2007 at 9:28 pm
I agree 7:08. Long Live Heraldo!!
November 12, 2007 at 9:48 pm
If the TS or the Arkley paper limited themselves to things nobody else was reporting on, they would only need to be printed on an 8.5 by 11 sheet. And some days that printing would only need to be on one side.
November 13, 2007 at 12:07 am
You know, we usually cry foul when newspapers report on what other newspapers are reporting on. Of course bloggers, being pathetic wanna-be journalists, fall into the same pit.
Heraldo, when you get something original or exclusive, post it. If you don’t, then please don’t make us sit through your usual “here’s what other people are saying” drivel. I’d rather see no posts here at all.
Daily Kos isn’t “another blog.” It’s the largest political blog on the planet.
November 13, 2007 at 9:18 pm
I hope Rich Somerville reads the Daily Kos–he might get caught up on some local issues and add some depth to his editorials! At least he’d learn how to spell “Hurwitz.”