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Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Just askin'

It is ILLEGAL to commercially sell Sport-Caught Salmon, right? Non-profits have to buy the fish they serve at local fundraisers, by law. Does Pete Nichols/Baykeeper have a Commercial Fishing License? How about a sales license? How does this work exactly? And, will the DA prosecute his campaign manager's husband?
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From: pete@humboldtbaykeeper.org
Save the Date: 2008 Birthday Bash
Join us for our third annual benefit dinner and dance on Friday, September 26 at the Arcata Community Center. We're aiming for yet another incredible night of dining, dancing, and celebrating our coastal waters with the people who make Bay protection come to life - that means YOU!

This year's event will feature Alaskan Copper River salmon, personally caught (gill netted?) by Baykeeper director Pete Nichols - a fabulous silent auction and benefit drawing with incredible prizes - the third annual Waterkeeper of the Year award presentation - dancing to the sounds of the West African Highlife Band - and much more!

Menu by Hurricane Kate's will delight you with:
Salmon - fresh-caught from Alaska's Copper River;
Beef - last year's offering was sirloin steak; or
Vegetarian - last year's offering was African chickpea and sweet-potato stew
(Check back soon for full menu)

Download a ticket order form at right to purchase tickets for dinner by September 22. Music tickets are available in advance or at the door ($15-$25, sliding scale.)

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Pete Nichols, Executive Director
Humboldt Baykeeper
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Related info:
About Copper River Salmon - Hundreds of fishermen try their luck, flooding the local Alaskan fishing town of Cordova in a "salmon rush" frenzy. The 500 some gill-netters fish the 35-mile wide Copper River Delta (mouth) where depth and sandbars change yearly. The rushing waters of the Copper River empty steeply from the mountains above while breakers pound in from the ocean. Parralled with unpredictable weather and tides makes fishing the "Flats" of the Copper River a bit dangerous at times. But the catch is well worth it.
admin.adfg.state.ak.us/license/prices.html
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Federal Wildlife Laws - Lacey Act
Lacey Act Amendments of 1981

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Anonymous9/09/2008 11:33 AM
I guess he is a "different" and "more special" non-profit than the others that have to buy their wild game from commercial outfits. What's next, is baykeeper going to be selling abalone dinners too?
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Rose9/09/2008 12:26 PM
And by the way - every single donor to this fundraiser - every single "corporate" donor needs to be looked at - because if ANY of them violate Measure T, that should be an issue.

These are people who make their larcenous living off of trying to hold other people accountable to small legal details.
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samoasoftball9/09/2008 7:27 PM
You are so lucky Rose. I never get this stuff sent to me! Maybe it is the Pulp Mill worker thingy.
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Anonymous9/09/2008 9:16 PM
You sound jelious Rose

Go enjoy a glass of wine-
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Rose9/09/2008 9:38 PM
Jelious? How many have you had?
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Anonymous9/09/2008 10:27 PM
It's probably not wine he's ... enjoying
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The Humboldt County Grand Jury found that "Weak leadership and poor managerial practices" have undermined the office... Implicit in all evidence gathered by the Grand Jury - including interviews with the D.A. (Paul Gallegos) - is the unfortunate truth that the D.A. (Paul Gallegos) exhibits a limited understanding of how things are done in the department" Gallegos "lacks the global perspective needed to keep the department operating efficiently," and quotes an unnamed staff member as saying, "The D.A. (Paul Gallegos) does not fully understand the functionality of many of the things we do here" - Years later, in his own words: "I’m not an administrator, they didn’t elect me to be an administrator, they elected me to make sure this office runs..."

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Gallegos has taken what was "arguably the state's best small DA's office, with a cutting edge CAST program that "trained the trainers"... into a bunch of time serving bureaucratic wannabee brown nosers, lightly sprinkled with a couple of earnest learners who are sure to split as soon as possible.

One weeps for Max Cardoza who won Angellel, and for Maggie Fleming who won so many impossible victories. Mired in Humboldt for personal reasons, they have to suffer the ignominy of working for Paul, with Yougo, yes, yougo who has freed more people as a prosecutor than he did as a defense attorney. As has Paul. Anonymous comment

Gallegos has answers for everything. I’ve never met anyone whose answers came so quickly, with such polish - except about his law school(s). He likely sounded the same way when promising to get prosecutors off their anachronistic “at will” status and onto civil service status. It never happened. Indeed, he told them, “Disloyalty will not be tolerated” – a real morale builder.

He sounds great. What progressive doesn’t want to believe in him? But it’s a myth. He’s an intellectual lightweight and self-aggrandizer who tries to please everybody with glib answers. Jim Fahey for The Arcata Eye

The Humboldt County DA's office is one of the most exciting prosecutorial
offices in California.

Its District Attorney, Paul Gallegos, is willing to charge anyone who commits
wrongdoing--no matter how wealthy, sacrosanct, or ruthless. He believes in total equality before the law. He also plans to be innovative in promoting programs of prevention and treatment. He wants to make it the best prosecutorial office of its size in the nation.... Gallegos' Help Wanted ad

Gallegos' OWN Quotes

★ ...District Attorney Paul Gallegos said he believes the statute of limitations clock, even on misdemeanors, doesn't start running until law enforcement knows or reasonably should have known of the offense. In this case, Gallegos said, that means the statute of limitations would not run out at least until Feb. 8, 2009, or one year after Gundersen's arrest and the discovery of the photographs in question...

★ "...some people actually molest out of different feelings, some times out of feelings of love....” DA Gallegos explaining why Child Abuse prosecutions were down

★ “I never said that the information was not available under the Freedom of Information Act. Quite the contrary, I informed you that our use of force policy is not a public record.” Paul Gallegos to the Times Standard 5/25/07

★ ...“One is that I do everything to make people happy which means I don’t stand for anything except for just something,” he said. “The other is I stand for something and I try to be a leader and take some people, a group of people, a community someplace and I say guess what folks, this is who I am. I stand for your beliefs. We share these beliefs or we don’t. You get the option to judge that. This is who I am and I am committed to leading us this place, wherever it is...." Eureka Reporter Gallegos defends record, looks ahead 7/3/2005

★ Note the difference between what he SAID, and what he DOES..."...So what are these issues? Top on Gallegos' list is the proliferation of "garbage cases," small-time crimes and overcharged cases that he said are clogging up the court system.

Garbage cases, said Gallegos, come in two forms: Cases that would lose if actually brought to trial and cases that are overcharged for the crimes committed. The idea behind filing both kinds of garbage, he said, is to get the defendant to plead guilty, netting a conviction without having to go into court.

Again, the IRONY is astounding! Look at what he SAYS, and then think about what he DOES! "Probably 95 percent of the cases that are filed plead guilty. In fact, there are a lot of cases that are filed on the assumption they will plead guilty, because of the time and expense involved in defending them. But these cases shouldn't even be filed in the first place, because if they were challenged, they would lose," Gallegos said. Better yet: If they weren't filed at all, it would save the county time and money...." North Coast Journal 2/21/02 Too bad he didn't take his own advice.

★ “Tim’s a stud,” he said. “He really is; anyone would be stoked to have him.” Gallegos on his second in command right hand man Assistant District Attorney Tim Stoen. (Former second in command right hand man to Jim Jones/People's Temple.)

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Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Just askin'

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