Humboldt County Supervisor Bonnie Neely's campaign office is at the Freshwater Tissue pulp mill. It is a "gift in kind" from Bob Simpson. Humboldt County is one of the agencies that must issue a permit for the operation of the mill. Will Bonnie remember her old friend Bob when she votes? Conflict of interest?
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Frank
4/27/2010 06:36:11 am
Rob Simpson's 'gift' to Ms. Neely should be paired with the fact that her opponent Ms. Bass was employed by Evergreen Pulp for a period while she served as Eureka councilwoman(or mayor?). This is further evidence that communities depending on single industries-like coal in West Virginia-develop industry-friendly socio-political structures designed to protect such industries from criticism and effective regulation.
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Snoopy
4/27/2010 04:24:29 pm
Maybe this is the only way she will get a whiff of it when it fires up. cough cough. Hurray for Bonnie putting herself in the shoes of the workers. Then what?
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Eureka
4/28/2010 04:28:48 am
I thimk you will find that the large conference and office space. Has been used for a numer of "Venues".Sense the closure of the mill 18 months ago.
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Louise
4/29/2010 03:38:55 pm
Very very sketchy!
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