TAKE ACTION TO TELL SACRAMENTO:

Take the Road to A More Caring California & Fight the State Budget Cuts!!!

HOW CAN YOU PARTICIPATE? HELP US LINE ROUTE 101 FROM EUREKA THROUGH ARCATA WITH SIGNS. WE WANT VISIBILITY FROM OLD TOWN THROUGH HSU! SOME SIGNS CAN BE PROVIDED OR BRING YOUR OWN WITH A PERSONAL MESSAGE.

WHEN: 5:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m., Fri., June 26
WHERE: Various locations along Rte. 101, including Broadway/5th Street in Eureka

It’s time for a shift of direction in this State and for elected officials to stand up for seniors, children, veterans, people with disabilities, care providers, social service providers, educators and all the people, services & programs that make this a great place to live for everyone! We need elected officials who will look at all options for a balanced budget, including new revenue sources.

The massive cuts being proposed by Gov. Schwarzenegger & supported by many in Sacramento will gut our social services, education, care for our most vulnerable and much more AND WILL NOT BE COST-EFFECTIVE EITHER!!!

IF YOU AREN’T PART OF THE CHANGE, YOU’RE PART OF THE PROBLEM!

To participate, volunteer, or for further information, call Tri-County Independent Living at(707)-445-8404

Parking abuses - Second Time Regarding this issue

During the past couple of weeks, I have heard comments at various meetings regarding the need for more “disabled parking” throughout Eureka. It triggered more of a thought from a commentary I listened to on KINS Radio for more disabled parking in Old Town.

It is not more “disabled parking” that is needed, but less abuse of the “parking privilege” that is needed. One only needs to look closer and you see individuals jumping out of vehicles parked in the disabled parking that have no obvious need (Yes, we have good and bad days.). Disabled parking was originally started for those with mobility difficulties.

Instead of looking for additional parking for the disabled, why not address the need for more public transportation that provides a more convenient use in the Old Town area (throughout the community as a matter of fact)? Promote the addition of feeder routes to the larger system, as well as having the transit system provide more service during the hours of operation.

The addition of disabled parking in Old Town is not needed; but the addition of a transit system that is used and supported by the community is what is needed.

Two Newspapers...

Here in Eureka, we have two newspapers, the Eureka Reporter and the Times Standard. The Eureka Reporter is published and distributed throughout Eureka free, though I believe you can have it delivered to your house for a fee. The Eureka Reporter is owned by the Arkley family and was started in 2003. The Eureka Reporter covers the Greater Eureka area and county news. It is independently and locally owned and features a local publisher/editor and writers. It has a daily publication in print and on the Web site, which is updated on a frequent basis throughout the week for articles of a timely nature.

As for the Times-Standard it has a much longer history and its distribution is throughout the county. it is now owned by a corporation that owns other papers and claims to servie the northcoast by covering local news because they’re a community newspaper — our community’s daily newspaper.

Well, be it true for either newspaper, I find the Eureka Reporter covers more local information/news and as for the Times-Standard local coverage is limited.

What are others thoughts?

http://www.times-standard.com/

http://www.eurekareporter.com/index.htm

Hwy. 101 Corridor

I notice in today's Times Standard, that both the City of Eureka Council and County of Humboldt Supervisors chose alternative 3 of the dEIR for the Hwy. 101 Corridor.

I find this interesting, for even choosing this alternative, it seemed that most agree that the document did not actually give much choice, or alternatives to the public. It was as if Caltrans and a few local representatives came up with these as the final choices and there were no other alternatives.

Since then there have been other alternatives presented that provided for a greater increase in environmental protection through the Green Wheels group, as well as a couple others. Our local governments have stated it is now the decision of HCAOG on what alternative will be approved and this will not be made for maybe a year (Funny how they state the decision is now placed on HCAOG. Isn't HCAOG made of the local government? - sounds like the decision has been made, yes?).

Highway 101 will need a lot of improvement to meet the demand of the future and the increase of traffic from a soon visiting crowd coming from the east over an improved Hwy. 299. It also needs to address commuters that move to the east and are buying property and homes in the Klamath-Trinity Area and commuting to work on the coast.

The pedestrian need is also not addressed in alternative 3 of the document, though HCAOG has addressed this need in the form of a bicycle trail along the bay. This should be included in the Caltrans dEIR and provide for alternative travel methods that will be used in the future.

Below is the dEIR address for reviewing the alternatives and information about the Humboldt Bay Trail HCAOG has put together.

http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist1/d1projects/envdocs.htm

http://www.hcaog.net/

Before any of these projects are approved, I believe that more consideration needs to be placed on alternative transportation and other avenues to meet the demands of the future. Even if the current plans are approved, they will not met future needs because by the time these projects are completed, they will be out of date. The projects need to look further than 20 - 25 years ahead, more like 40 - 50 years ahead the best possible.