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Vol. I
No. 4
Friday,
October 7, 2005
From all corners of the county:
NewStory
HSU President Blasts Arcata's
Support of Medical Marijuana
Sex, Drugs and Military Recruitment
High School Board Candidates, Part I
Competing Visions in Eureka's
Bay Race
Harbor District Candidates, Part I
University Cops Enforcing Their
Laws in Arcata?
Old Town Security Partially Privatized
Permitting Process Reorganized
Under Fire
Pulp
Mill Pollution Dominates Discussion
The Development Fight that Wasn't
A Night of Violence in Eureka
Peace Rally Reveals Underlying
Conflict
In the Know
Creative Venues:
Auberjonois Gives Liquid Performance
in Ferndale
Famed 'Deep Space Nine' vet gives tear-jerking 'Love Letters'
CD Preview:
Way Beyond the 'Yellow' Song
Coldplay breaks hearts again with 'X & Y'
Artistic License:
Spirit and Free Will Persevere
Through Poetry
Christa Larrit recites deeply personal 'Figures upon Figures'
Film in Focus:
This Corpse Has a Pulse
Burton's 'Corpse Bride' Does a Double-Take on
Romance
Poet in Residence:
Carnielon Stones
Opinion
Editorial:
Skateboarding is Not a Crime
Eureka Councilmembers should think twice before criminalizing
youth and repeating rent-a-cop experiment
Guest Opinion:
Rogue Soldiers or Rogue President?
Scapegoating the small-fry
Getting Graphic:
Recruiting Now for the Titanic
Artists take empire to task
Perspectives on Globalization:
AIPAC and Espionage: Guilty as
Hell
Pentagon analyst plea bargains, threatens to expose Israel's
Washington cabal
Vagabond Journalist:
Replacing the Press with Police
Musical chairs in Arcata City Hall
GreenView:
Media Reform Seems
to Interest All Sides
The letter Shawn Warford wouldn't print
Calendar: 10/7-10/13
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Reform Seems to Interest All Sides |
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| The letter Shawn Warford
wouldn't print
GreenView
By Paul Sanderson, Heidi Calton and David Giarrizzo
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It seemed only fair to take Shawn Warford up on his
offer and make another attempt to share our perspective.
The entire point of the Eureka Greens' stance on media
reform is to encourage dialogue, and since Sept. 1 there's
been quite a bit of back and forth on what constitutes
fair use of media. |
When we reiterate the Green Party's platform about how "access
to information has profound consequences to our democracy,"
we do so in the spirit of encouraging better access both public
and private to the airwaves, Internet and newsstands. If one
thing is clear from the passionate statements of the past
week, it is the serious interest in honest media by many Humboldt
County residents regardless of their party or paper of choice.
In this spirit, we hope the upcoming General Assembly at Humboldt
State will endorse a local media reform conference, where
we'd like to include other local political parties and many
media institutions in public debate.
We do regret the talk of legal action flying around in a
flippant manner. To our knowledge, no Greens have made any
such accusations, and are seeking change purely through lobbying,
legislation, public relations and political campaigns. This
talk of our supposed threat of a 'boycott' was entirely concocted
outside our circle. No statement by any of our members, and
no Green resolution, press release or other document has ever
called for this. We merely seek to persuade a change in policy.
From all appearances, the Humboldt Advocate is disclaiming
any participation in further inaccuracies being spread about
the Greens, which means our call for slowdown and scrutiny
has met its objective. We look forward to making this clear
in writing when our general membership next meets, where we
will also discuss the latest revelations regarding abusive
or misattributed communications being used to manipulate our
local media. We're confident our members will agree about
the need to discourage the use of threats in any situation,
in keeping with nonviolence.
Paul Sanderson, Chair
Eureka Greens
Heidi Calton, Vice Chair
Eureka Greens
David Giarrizzo, Local Delegate
Eureka Greens
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Other
Opinions:
Editorial:
Skateboarding is Not a Crime
Eureka Councilmembers should think twice before criminalizing
youth and repeating rent-a-cop experiment
Getting Graphic:
Recruiting Now for the Titanic
Graphic artists take empire to task
Guest Opinion:
Rogue Soldiers or Rogue
President?
Scapegoating the small-fry
Vagabond Journalist:
Replacing the Press with
Police
Musical chairs in Arcata City Hall
Perspectives on Globalization:
AIPAC and Espionage: Guilty
as Hell
Pentagon analyst plea bargains, threatens to expose
Israel's Washington cabal |
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