We don't need a parklet or an Economic Commission, we need 4 Eureka City Councilmembers to get a clue

The new progressive majority on the Eureka City Council, citing budget issues, cuts police and fire services but they do have money to experiment on parklets. Their idea to improve the local economy is to create a new Economic Commission.

That's just what we need, more ideas.

This is what happens when you have three Councilmembers who don't own a business and one who has a primarily a government service employment background. Only Councilmember Marian Brady owns a business, has built a business and gets what a small business owner trying to survive goes through.

Parklets will reduce parking which is already a problem for customers and employees but provide more places for tweakers, bums and drunks to camp out in Old Town. Anyone who lives and works in Old Town is used to the all night ranting, screaming and property being used by miscreants. Raise your hand if you clean up trash and other "crap" literally on a daily basis and if you dare go out and confront these individuals, they get attitude. They aren't sleeping, they are drunks, day and night, who will not take advantage of resources offerred or go look for services available. Is this what I get for my business license fee going up twice as much?

The solution to Economic Development is not to create another bureaucracy of seven advisors, it is for the City of Eureka to be more business friendly and look at their permit, fee and regulation process.

The new Eureka Council majority has been an utter failure at reducing homelessness, nor do they have a clue about creating jobs. What decision of substance has the new majority of Eureka City Council made? Those that voted in the new Council remain silent as usual because their electeds have done zip, nada except increase the burden on the few businesses that pay taxes and hire employees.

See the video for City of Eureka's Design and Review Meeting from August 12, 2015. http://eureka.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=451

The Design and Review Guidelines portion of General Plan Update is $50,000 for a consultant. In light of recent cut-backs to police and fire, Community Development Director Rob Holmlund's plan is to shove it down the Taxpayers throats regardless of financial realities & community needs, ignoring what the Design and Review Committee members think. Is this how the City of Eureka treats it's "advisors" on Commissions, who volunteer their time?

The rest of the media does not question these things or do any investigation, just reports on the meetings. So much for informing the public. That is what you get when you have media that is used to getting fed press releases instead of developing their own stories.