Announcements
The League is proud to present our 2010 Civic Contribution Awards to Rose Baker, youth advocate, and to the Humboldt Community Breast Health Project. Read more about them in the March VOTER. Also, get an early peek at the six initiatives that made it to the June ballot and the League's positions. The November ballot is going to offer a number of choices to voters, both in the form of initiatives and candidates. Volunteer to help at a candidate forum this election year: your help will be needed. The work isn't difficult, but it is necessary. Join us for a brush-up/intro to candidate forums at the League office on Monday, March 22 at 6 P.M. or leave a message offering to volunteer, 444-9252.
Plans for the February membership meeting on the 2010 Census are continuing on track. We are joining with the National League to encourage full participation in the Census. We hope that those who attend the forum will carry Census information back to other community groups to help raise awareness in our area.
Phillip Smith-Hanes, our County Administrative Officer, will be one of the featured speakers. He will describe the importance of full Census participation and tell us how
the Census data benefits local governments. Elaine Dempsey, the local Census Program Specialist, will share information about how the Census will take place locally.
Linda Clark will be coming from the Census regional office in Seattle to speak about the importance of the Census and how the data is used.
There will be an opportunity to ask questions of these experts. Join us from 6-8 P.M. on Thursday, February 25 at The First Congregational Church, 900 Hodgson Street in Eureka. Invite your family, friends, and neighbors and encourage them to be counted!
The next interview in the Making Connections series is with the County Administrative Officer, Phillip Smith-Hanes. He discusses pressing issues at state and local levels with our president, Dr. Sharolyn Hutton. The June election will be a big one for Humboldt voters. All eight of the executive officers are up for election, as well as two supervisors and two judges. This means candidate forums and lots of them. Find out how you can get involved, have fun, and help make this key voter service activity happen.
The latest VOTER can now be accessed at:
The upcoming program planning meeting on January 25 is an important meeting. We need your presence to ensure a broad spectrum of views on each position. Remember, the recommendations from this meeting will be presented at our 2010 annual meeting in May for action by the entire membership.
To prepare for the meeting, please look at the ‘Local Government Financing in Humboldt County’ and at the ‘Eureka Redevelopment Agency’ positions. These positions may be found respectively on pages 14 and 15 and pages 16 and 17 of your Annual Meeting Kit.
The second interview in the 'Making Connections' series is with
Assemblymember Wes Chesbro. Read the latest VOTER for his views on water
issues, constitutional conventions, and the upcoming 2010 Census. Exciting
news, the LWVHC is planning a STUDY. It has become clear at our annual and
membership meetings that our local League is not clear and united about
local transportation issues. Find out how YOU can be a part of our
transportation study, and much more.
Halloween is nearly past, the candidate forums are done, and the election
will soon be over, but this VOTER marks a beginning: a new interview
series. During the coming months, the LWVHC will interview local public
officials with questions of importance to the League and to our community. Our first interview is with Supervisor Jimmy Smith, Chair of the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors.
Voter Service Co-Director Nan Nieboer attended a LWVC Regional Workshop
hosted by the Sacramento County LWV and shares what she learned. Read
about it all in the November VOTER, and of course, don't forget to VOTE on November 3 if you haven't already.
KHUM Radio broadcast the event live and now you can listen to the League-moderated forum at the KHUM Web site:
Harbor District Candidate Forum, 10-7-09
Find out what your candidates have to say. As always, you can find more nonpartisan news and information about the contests at the LWVC's SmartVoter.org:
The November 3 election is getting closer, and your League is in action again. Three candidate forums have been scheduled for October. Two community forums and one televised on KEET-TV. Call 768-3118 to volunteer for these invaluable Voter Service activities. Voter Education attended HCAR's conference on Voting and Self-Advocacy, and plans to attend the LatinoNET Health Fair on Sunday, October 11. Volunteers are requested, volunteers bilingual in Spanish especially welcome.
Though the event is not until April 16, the State of the Community Luncheon committee is already hard at work as well. A Civic Contribution Award nomination form can be found included in this VOTER. Who will you nominate?
The League of Women Voters will hold a series of candidate forums for the upcoming November 3, 2009 election.
On Wednesday, October 7, the League and Humboldt Bay Stewards will co-sponsor a forum for the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District, Divisions 3 & 4. The forum will be held from 6:30-8:30 P.M. at the Humboldt Area Foundation, 373 Indianola, Bayside. Division 3 Candidates are Mike Wilson, incumbent, and Dan Hauser. Division 4 Candidates are Susan Penn, Richard Marks, and John Ash.
On Tuesday, October 13, a candidate forum for the Manila Community Services District Board will be held from 7-9 P.M. at the Manila Community Center, 1611 Peninsula Drive, Manila. Candidates for two seats are Michael Fennell, Nick Walker, Robert Rose, Dendra Dengler, and Zachary Thoma.
The public is encouraged to attend these candidate forums. Written questions will be accepted from the audience.
On Wednesday, October 21, KEET-TV will co-sponsor a forum with the League at which the candidates for the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District, Divisions 3 & 4 will answer phone-in questions from viewers. Viewers are encouraged to phone-in questions beginning at 6:45 P.M.
