Gill's By the Bay is for sale, this time with an agent

 

I was talking with someone today about several local businesses recently up for sale and some that have been on sale for years. This is someone who provides a service for businesses, restaurants and the hospitality industry. We were speaking about my posts on Harbour and Mazotti's

and Gill's By the Bay came up in conversation. 

I did one post in September that Harbour is up for sale. I did another post earlier this month that it sold and the new ownership. Harbour is closing a week earlier than expected for the transfer. The new owners are not keeping any of the current staff. 

The way this closure of Harbour has been handled both by outgoing owners with no official communication or note to customers that tomorrow is the last day shows complete disregard for those who regularly supported them and unprofessionalism. The business was barely open over a year. For months, abrupt change in hours, inconsistent hours, not ordering supplies, owners not being present is not a way to run a successful business. I knew from the first few months that this was inevitable and did everything to support the business. 

On Sunday, 10/22 around 6 p.m., there was a post on Harbour's Facebook about the closure and once again, changes from yesterday about when the place may reopen.

Just like the former Wine Spot, people open a business with good intentions, a place for people to hang out, it becomes cliquey like everything in Humboldt, and people who encouraged opening the place do not support it enough. Harbour was fortunate to have people with good ideas try and help but one has to be willing to listen and implement. Like many local food or coffee places, I went there because of the employees. At least, the Wine Spot lasted a few years.

Gill's had been on sale for a while, then pulled off the market. Now they have an agent, of course one of the good ole boys. Country Club Market is for sale, another liquor store for sale, Mike Munson's The Jam is up for sale. Is Munson going to blame parking for that closure? Does Munson's price include the alley special of drunks and stabbing that end up making headlines and feature frequently in court cases? I have never patronized either the Jam or the AA.

You can be local and good at your job; you can be the best but you won't necessarily get the listings, the court cases, the contracts unless you are willing to play the Humboldt game and stay quiet. 

The good ole boys who have the "I got mine, screw everyone else , chase competence and competition out of town and only do business with their small arrogant, incompetent clique. You don't have to be good or even mediocre at your job. You just have to be connected in some way to the Humboldt cabal or be a sycophant. The poor choices by local good ole boy and the politicians they fund are the reason Humboldt is stagnant and dependent on government money. COVID just hastened the inevitable closures. Some P

people who got PPP loans and still couldn't keep the doors open had issues before the COVID closures.

Maybe Munson, Rollin and others who regularly rail against the people they look down on should look at their role in why people need government assistance. And the good ole boys should return any money they made off welfare checks and government subsidies. Humboldt needs new leadership and businesses not run by the good ole boys to move forward and prosper.

Most of the local media in this town is owned and controlled by the good ole boys. Despite the perception, they cater to a small clique and they exist because they are funded to provide distraction and content no one cares about, no one bases their votes on and they are ineffective because the same entrenched systems and people have been around for decades. They put out sensational drivel that puts people out of work. What have the good ole boys achieved besides being a roadblock and driving every industry into the ground?

More than a handful people have to make money, have disposable income for a thriving economy.  As long as the same good ole boys are in charge of government, business, casinos and media Humboldt, the chances of seeing pigs fly is more probable than the change needed in Humboldt County.