Comments on: Second District Supervisor Race News

By: kmudtech

kmudtech — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 23:00:39 +0000

Audio from Sunday 4/15 debate at Mateel has been re-uploaded to http://archive.kmud.org and re-labeled as Supervisor Debate at Mateel Community Center. It’s downloadable.

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By: immigrant

immigrant — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 01:53:21 +0000

So, how is Charley Custer affiliated with HumCPR? I assume he gets paid for writing articles for their newsletter, does he get paid to do a radio show for them?

By: suzy blah blah

suzy blah blah — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:19:43 +0000

-whoops, maybe this … will close the italics.

By: suzy blah blah

suzy blah blah — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:15:41 +0000

“somes is balls and somes is strikes, but until I calls em, they ain’t nothin.”

-i have to admit that explanations of wave/particle duality and theories that Nuttin really exists are over my head, suzy’s still tryin to figure out who’s on first.

By: Eric Kirk

Eric Kirk — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:24:36 +0000

I guess a better question would be: WAS Garberville in the STIP plan for pavement.
If yes, the secondquestion would be: Why isn’t it now?

You mean the proposal? Because if I’m understanding Kym’s article, there’s no “plan” with approved financing, only a proposal for funding, revised to maximize the possibilities of getting any of the funding.

An old umpire saying, “somes is balls and somes is strikes, but until I calls em, they ain’t nothin.”

By: Ernie's Place

Ernie's Place — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:54:13 +0000

I guess a better question would be: WAS Garberville in the STIP plan for pavement.
If yes, the secondquestion would be: Why isn’t it now?

I don’t understand where the money went. If the county is supposedly getting more money than it would have gotten before giving it to the Safety Corridor, why are they not not paving Redwood drive?

Follow the money.

By: eddenson

eddenson — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:22:29 +0000

Well, all Supervisor decisions are “open book” in that they get input about decisions that they need to make, and then they make them. I don’t think we want a supervisor that shoots from the hip and then gets the facts straight. ICU812 did not like the quality of the answers. Without joining in it as I did not actually hear all the answers, it seems to me that is a legitimate critique of the candidates, and one which this type of “debate” with advance knowledge of the questions, is well-suited to allow. In a way it displays the kind of thinking that will lead to their decisions if elected.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:32:43 +0000

Exactky ed and tra. This was a shake down debate. It was an open book test, it doesn’t test your knowledge, just your ability to access knowledge. After the fact that estelle is wrong about the STIP funds, basically says that estelle can’t even pass an open book test. estelle needs to be sent back one grade.

By: eddenson

eddenson — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 04:07:22 +0000

tra – I was surprised to hear about the advance notice to the candidates, too. You notice the one time someone was puzzled it was one of the add-on questions. All in all, I think advance info gives better answers to every question except one: “How well does the candidate think on his/her feet? ” which may not be a crucial quality for a supervisor to have.

By: Anonnymoose

Anonnymoose — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:59:06 +0000

Check out LostCoast Outpost for a very relevant piece on the STIP money and the Eureka/Arcata safety corridor. Boiled down to the essence, Clif was right and Estelle was wrong. 16 million would not have been available to fix county roads but would have gone to other State highway projects.