Humboldt Progressive Democrats Vote to Endorse Local Candidates in November Elections

This is a press release from Humboldt Progressive Democrats:

At its lively Wednesday evening meeting, held September 19th in Eureka, the Humboldt Progressive Democrats Club considered and voted to endorse local candidates in the November elections. Candidates spoke directly to the progressive values of the Club, and answered questions from the membership.

The Humboldt Progressive Democrats are pleased to support and endorse the following candidates:

G. Mario Fernandez – Eureka City Schools Board Member, Trustee Area 3

Richard Marks – Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District, Division 4

Pat Kanzler – Humboldt Community Services District Governing Board Member

Susan Seaman – Eureka City Mayor

Natalie Arroyo – Eureka City Councilmember, Ward 3

Kim Bergel – Eureka City Councilmember, Ward 5

“The candidates endorsed represent the most democratically Progressive values of all the candidates in their respective races.” – Michele Walford, HPD Vice-Chair

Allen McCloskey from NUHW also shared planned actions in the wake of the health care and human crisis caused by recent staff cuts at St. Joseph and Redwood Memorial Hospitals. Allen urges the community to join the protest and informational picketing: “Join me and stand up to the corporate machine, stand in solidarity with our local healthcare workers on September 25th 2:00pm to 4:00pm at the entrance of St Joseph Hospital Eureka and together we will demand that workers be reinstated and our hospital be safely staffed.”

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Mr Right
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Mr Right
5 years ago

Kim Bergel is a traitor to the country, the county and the city. She supports “sanctuary” cities and other lethal ordinances. She’d rather see young women murdered by illegals than stop the flood of alien criminals. Disgusting.

No Joke
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No Joke
5 years ago
Reply to  Mr Right

but murders of young women by red-blooded american males are just fine!

stuber
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stuber
5 years ago
Reply to  No Joke

Women who carry guns and have NRA training are much safer than those who don’t.

TRUMPTASTROPHE for the GOP in November 🍄🍄🍄
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TRUMPTASTROPHE for the GOP in November 🍄🍄🍄
5 years ago
Reply to  Mr Right

John Fullerton is a traitor & A LOSER. 🐘

Spotted owl.
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5 years ago

We’re all imagrants just not all ignorant

Guest
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Guest
5 years ago
Reply to  Spotted owl.

The question has always been which one is ignorant. The ignorant don’t frequently self identify as such and believe that the person contradicting them must therefore be the ignorant ones. What is universal in that identification is that the most ignorant always resort to personal insult when ideas get beyond their grasp.

Their truculence is the sad burden that must be born with stoicism by the rest of us if such are not to become the rulers of the world.

TRUMPTASTROPHE for the GOP in November 🍄
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TRUMPTASTROPHE for the GOP in November 🍄
5 years ago
Reply to  Guest

Speaking of tremendous truculence, did you see that idiotic orange 🍊 fool totally blow up Kavanaugh’s last chance at surviving a Senate vote during Demented Donald’s press conference fiasco yesterday? What a moron! Donald Trump is literally the stupidest “man” on Planet Earth! 🌏

# THAT I CAN TELL YOU

Maniac
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Maniac
5 years ago
Reply to  Spotted owl.

The problem is illegal immigrants. You have to differentiate between illegal and legal. Why is this so hard for you people? Build the wall! You’re destroying a great country.

stuber
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stuber
5 years ago
Reply to  Spotted owl.

I am not an immigrant. I was born here.

Ben Round
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Ben Round
5 years ago

Thank you to this (relatively) new and important organization in our community!
One of the best opportunities for Progressives to achieve their agenda is to get like-minded candidates into positions of local influence and power!

DELLIB
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DELLIB
5 years ago

Is there only 1 party left in Ca? Isn’t that dictatorship? What happened to the other party and a choice if you don’t like the agenda?

Jaekelopterus
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Jaekelopterus
5 years ago
Reply to  DELLIB

California is the most prosperous state in the union. It must be those darn voters voting for the wrong party all the time. How did the George W. administration pan out for the country again?

THC
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THC
5 years ago
Reply to  Jaekelopterus

Is that why California has the most people in the country on welfare and is trillions of dollars in debt?

Jaekelopterus
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Jaekelopterus
5 years ago
Reply to  THC

Because we have the most people. If you look at our per capita spending rate, it’s not too far off everyone else’s.
https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/compare_state_spending_2017b40a

Also, according to Fox Business of all organizations, California has a 6.1 Billion dollar budget surplus. California is among the least federally dependent states.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.foxbusiness.com/features/jerry-browns-legacy-a-6-1-billion-budget-surplus-in-california.amp

DELLIB
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DELLIB
5 years ago
Reply to  Jaekelopterus

Duhe… The Ca gold rush brought the wealthiest families in the nation to settle here; back in the late 1800’s. Ca can always look good on paper, even when it’s bleeding like a cut pig throat. As soon as the pot market goes bust, and silicon valley fades, one will see the new ugly of the state. Look at the homeless population today! What will it look like tomorrow….I see Ca turning into the old Chicago, except we have all of the illegals and drug cartels too! I would be doing some doomsday preppin’ !

Jaekelopterus
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Jaekelopterus
5 years ago
Reply to  DELLIB

All your fantasy world needs is for people to stop smoking pot and using the internet. Good luck with that.

DELLIB
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DELLIB
5 years ago
Reply to  Jaekelopterus

Great Comment, you may have inadvertently derived the root problem with current society from our comments! I laughed so hard. We are a free people, not like communist china.

Jaekelopterus
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Jaekelopterus
5 years ago
Reply to  DELLIB

Weed is illegal in China, and the internet is throttled behind a firewall. What point are you trying to make?

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5 years ago
Reply to  DELLIB

Ah. The State of California’s economy. It’s a tricky proposition. The State was blessed by great natural resources (mostly temperate weather and deep water sea ports). It is a very attractive place to live. And since population and productivity combine to create what is called an economy, simply having lots of people is the first step in having the “biggest economy”. As California has that in spades, it has an edge in terms of “economy” ratings.

It also was a center of innovation at a time when innovation in computing was driving increased productivity in every aspect of every business. So that people’s productivity- the other factor in determining GDP (called the economy by the media) – increased radically. Should make for rich populace. But now comes the reality on a personal level.

The down side of course is that all those people use services, need places to live which is why a full 21 percent of its GDP is in real estate- trading, insuring, rents. That sector has become the real drain on the individual. Which is one big reason that, while California has a big economy, that benefit is not widely distributed to workers. Too much of their income is spent on housing for many people. And this funnels the benefit of the California economy to a remarkable few people. So a few are obscenely wealthy while many are poor.

The other thing that creates poverty in California is the rate of taxation. And California excells at taxing the crap out if its people too. Even a person not deathly by any standards gets taxed and Fed’s to death. And is why in many other places people are much wealthier on much less income, even if the official “economy” is much, much smaller.

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5 years ago
Reply to  Jaekelopterus

The second biggest recipient of Federal military dollars is California. A progressive Democrat no-no? Only Virginia, a bedroom State for Washington DC, gets more.

Jaekelopterus
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Jaekelopterus
5 years ago
Reply to  Guest

We have the largest population and put in the most money. How does that not make sense?

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5 years ago
Reply to  Jaekelopterus

In terms that a conservative would use, it makes sense, except for the disproportionate high levels spending. In terms of a California Democrat, it seems rather disingenuous of the progressive liberal to rejoice over that contribution to their touted “6th largest economy.” But then they rejoice in the high rents, food service low pay, being home to many financial disreputable corporations, etc too. All those contributors to the California economy, which the most productive parts of which exist despite their values.

STUBER
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STUBER
5 years ago
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I love reading your stuff. Very good.

TRUMPTASTROPHE for the GOP in November 💰💋🍄💋💰
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TRUMPTASTROPHE for the GOP in November 💰💋🍄💋💰
5 years ago
Reply to  Jaekelopterus

Why, thank you sir! 🍄👍🏿

# IMPEACH TRUMP 🏌️‍♂️🇷🇺💰🐘💩⚖️🚔

Guest
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5 years ago
Reply to  Jaekelopterus

No. California has not just the most in poverty but the highest rate too.

Jaekelopterus
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Jaekelopterus
5 years ago
Reply to  Guest

That would be Mississippi, followed by Louisiana. Ca’s not even in the top 10.

Guest
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Guest
5 years ago
Reply to  Jaekelopterus

Or not. http://www.ppic.org/publication/poverty-in-california/

https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/07/20/walters-diving-into-californias-shameful-poverty-crisis/

The trouble with your (and the cited government stats) vision of dollar value poverty is that you can buy so much more in, say, Mississippi with your poverty level dollars while the same amount in California won’t get you much of anything except starvation under a tarp on the street.

Jaekelopterus
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Jaekelopterus
5 years ago
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This Berkley study you guys keep referencing calls for more public assistance, more low-income housing and regulation of real estate speculation. Not areas in which Republicans are much help.

Guest
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5 years ago
Reply to  Guest

Yes but that is the knee jerk reaction to any problem with liberals- spend more. The facts are one thing, the conclusion is another. That is one of my deepest objections to liberalism as is currently practiced. There is a disconnect between the negative results of their policies and the conclusions they derive.

There seems to be an auto pilot with liberals. They half assed devise programs that cause problems, blame people who were excluded from developing the programs for the problems then double down on the same bad idea.

Jaekelopterus
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Jaekelopterus
5 years ago
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So you accept the study’s results, but not its methodology? Isn’t that totally backwards?

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5 years ago
Reply to  Guest

No-o-o-o… the conclusion is not a fact. Nor are the many interpretations along the way to the proposed solution. The methodology is not in evidence in the article at all. There is a bunch of stats for which I can’t vouch. From these stats, which seem reasonable on the surface, first there is an interpretation and then, From the interpretation, there is a proposed solution.

For example it says that “According to the CPM, 19.4% of Californians (about 7.4 million) lacked enough resources to meet basic needs in 2016—about $31,000 per year for a family of four, nearly $7,000 higher than the official poverty line.” Now I feel somewhat ok that there were 19.4% of Californians earning under $31,000 per year. That is a fact. Then saying that $31,000 is $7000 over the official poverty line is also a fact.

Next there starts being a trip into supposition (or interpretation) that this family can not meet their basic needs from this wage. Some families can, some can’t and it presumably discounts the various subsidies such families can get or their situations.

Then you say that “Just the Facts”, a dubious claim anyway, indicates more is needed, which is not on that page at all but I can see that would be the natural result from who is making the claim but it is not a fact at all. It is a conclusion, a very questionable one.

Other conclusions are just as appropriate from the facts but being unpalatable to liberals who have guaranteed hefty salaries, they will not be mentioned.

Maniac
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Maniac
5 years ago
Reply to  Jaekelopterus

He needs to increase taxes across the board to reduce the budget deficit. Good luck with that.

Jaekelopterus
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THC
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THC
5 years ago
Reply to  Jaekelopterus

[edit]Yes California has a surplus as of this year, for this year’s budget. But California is still trillions of dollars in debt. This must be why so many people in this country cannot balance their monthly budget, they’re under the impression if they make their minimum monthly bill payments and come out a few dollars ahead for that month they somehow have a surplus, even though they’re still in debt. Yes honey we paid all this bills this month, I put it on the Visa card LOL

shak
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shak
5 years ago
Reply to  Jaekelopterus

Most prosperous for politicians, Hollywood elites, and information collection centers yes.
For the daily avg worker? Only if sleeping in cars, on friend’s couches, or under tents is considered prosperous.

http://www.dailycal.org/2017/10/04/california-highest-poverty-rate-u-s-states-report-finds/

https://thehill.com/policy/finance/406595-california-has-highest-poverty-rate-in-us-feds

TRUMPTASTROPHE for the GOP in November 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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TRUMPTASTROPHE for the GOP in November 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
5 years ago
Reply to  Jaekelopterus

How did ENRON work out for the state of CA? The Bush Crime Family is going straight to hell! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

DELLIB
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DELLIB
5 years ago
Reply to  DELLIB

I thought of this comment aft; we do have a 2 party system in Ca, the old school Dems your parents voted for and the new communist-socialist dems from within the same party. Only in Ca, where your choice can vote for a democrat, or it’s rival, a radical democrat. Call it a two headed snake.

Guest
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5 years ago
Reply to  DELLIB

Does create a race to extremism, doesn’t it. Where to compete in an election means to distinguish yourself by going further than your opponent down the same road.

Jaekelopterus
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Jaekelopterus
5 years ago
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The race to extremism already happened to the right. Bernie Sanders’ policy proposals are to the right of FDR, we all know he was a secret commie, right?

Guest
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Guest
5 years ago
Reply to  Jaekelopterus

Do you really think that being just as extreme as the those you hate is where you really want to go?

And, no, FDR was a lot less freewheeling liberal than you assume. “”The lessons of history, confirmed by evidence immediately before me, show conclusively that continued dependence on relief induces a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fiber. To dole out relief in this way is to administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit. It is inimical to the dictates of sound policy. It is a violation of the traditions of America.”” FDR 1935 State of the Union Address

In fact Democrats have drifted so far into socialism, they don’t even have a point of comparison to relate to FDR.

Jaekelopterus
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Jaekelopterus
5 years ago
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The top tax rate was more than 50% in the 40’s and 50’s. Think about that.

Guest
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Guest
5 years ago
Reply to  Jaekelopterus

Why? But I will say that the war debt was very high then, which might have made it necessary. At the end of WWII, the US was probably the only real functioning big manufacturer left. That caused a real spreading of wealth with the high wages. A vigorous economy created by industry needed to rebuild much of the rest of the world allowed high taxation that would normally strangled an economy. Thinking that high taxation resulted in a vigorous economy, or even normally can survive it, is a logical mistake of thinking coincidence is cause. If that’s where you were heading.

Jaekelopterus
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Jaekelopterus
5 years ago
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Okay, so it wasn’t communist when FDR did it cuz war. Did you forget the USA has been at war for the last 17 years? Countries like Iceland and the Nordic countries have progressive tax rates comparable to the US in the 50’s, and they didn’t have to level Europe to achieve it either. Their poverty rates are low and their standards of living are high.

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5 years ago
Reply to  Guest

First, what has gone on recently can not compare to WWII in which civilian manufacturing was largely turned over to military war production. During that time the war was the economy. Even current debt levels have just recently come close to that period. And that should scare the crap out of you.

Second the vaunted Nordic Countries’ high standard of living, with the exception of Sweden, is pretty much funded by Baltic oil or natural gas sales across borders. Iceland uses geothermal power which allows it to have low cost manufacturing to sell overseas, supported by their huge fishing fleet. Without these things, their max 50% tax rate could not pay for their social spending.

BTW, debt and subsequent taxation is simply a fact and not a matter of right or wrong. My personal feeling is that it was good to pay off debt, something neither party has managed or even seems interested in doing recently.

Crusty
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Crusty
5 years ago

There is always North Carolina for folks that don’t like our way hear in Cali They don’t believe in global warming so it not gonna happen there Only calif will be hit hard because they do do not think its a joke. Ha ha

STUBER
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STUBER
5 years ago
Reply to  Crusty

There are 760 million cars on earth. They produce 78,500 tons of pollution a year. There are 90,000 container ships, they produce 20 million tons of pollution. The fuel container ships burns is the most polluting fuel there is, and each ship burns 380 tons of fuel a day, or about 7500 gallons of fuel an hour. The fifteen largest ships burn 260 times more fuel than the entire worlds auto fleet. The container ships, collectively, burn 7.29 million barrels of fuel a day. South Korea has orders for 3,600 new ships, these are huge. Just these ships alone will pollute to the equivalent of 29 billion cars. Their engines are 5 stories high, and they are filthy. I believe in climate change, and global warming. Perhaps we should consider making a lot of things here, that would cut down on shipping, which slows the pollution causing climate change. The automobile is not the culprit, the shipping of consumer products is. Buy local, buy American, stop pollution.

The elite
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The elite
5 years ago

Stuber good post, people should buy local and American made to support our economy also

eff you and eff the po-lice
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eff you and eff the po-lice
5 years ago
Reply to  The elite

Yep. This is the real work involved in climate change. America likes the comfort of offshoring the pollution involved in production. Best place to make changes is the Belgian court of trade. If environmental and labor costs could be used in setting ‘fair competition’, we could bring some manufacturing home and still be viable. As it is, prices must be competitive without consideration for these expensive matters. Its been driving jobs oversees for 30 years.
Another benefit would be the US government would be forced to streamline to keep from adding costs to production. File that last one under: what I learned from mj legalization.
People say, ‘well it’s about time you come into the “real economy”.’ I say “no, you should never be subjected to this mess.”
Set standards, explain the standards, and then people will meet the standards. There’s no reason for multiple exorbitant fees and fines, except that half our money is in the hands of 12 billionaires.

In my 1911 I trust
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In my 1911 I trust
5 years ago

Thanks for the list of who not to vote for.

Old mendo fart
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Old mendo fart
5 years ago

“Progressive Democrat” is an oxymoron.

Maniac
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Maniac
5 years ago

I’ll be there. Now for a famous quote from our past leaders…

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people. The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.

TRUMPTASTROPHE for the GOP in November 🏌️‍♂️🇷🇺💰⚖️
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TRUMPTASTROPHE for the GOP in November 🏌️‍♂️🇷🇺💰⚖️
5 years ago

Keep hating, Republicans. It won’t save you from the voters in November. 🇺🇸

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TRUMPTASTROPHE for the GOP in November 👍🏿🇺🇸
5 years ago

And neither will “Aunt Lydia” Rachel Mitchell. What a mistake that was, Senate Republicans! 🐘💩🔥. Who needs you? Who needs any of you, if you aren’t men enough to ask questions? ❓

Today will be remembered as the effective end of Republican Party rule in America. It’s only downhill for the GOP from here on out. They’ll never recover.