Laurie Barnwell PRA about Mercer Fraser; you won't see that on Rex Bohn's Facebook page

 

I have been covering these two related lawsuits since 2025 and was the first one to report on both. Brandon Barnwell is one of the parties and his family took on Mercer Fraser in the original lawsuit I reported on in 2025.

I noticed this PRA by Lauri Barnwell.

There was an exparte hearing on in the lawsuit the California Department of Forestry filed against Chalk Mountain and Mercer Fraser. The court minutes are in draft form and not complete as of the end of day on 5/28 or 5/29. I checked several times on 5/28 and 5/29. I checked again on 6/1 and court minutes finally entered after I mentioned it today in my post.

An Order to Show Cause - preliminary injunction is scheduled for 6/12. A Case Management Conference is scheduled on 11/2.

Most of my readers read me daily and have read these posts and know the relevance of the PRA.

If you haven't, you can google or search my blog for details and court records.

If you do not want to because you are lazy and refuse to pay me for a convenient summary, you can just look at the PRA. That alone should be sufficient.

Here are some of the declarations included for the 5/29 hearing. And some of the photos included. I checked and most of photos have a time stamp of 5/22/26.

This information from the PRA about Mercer Fraser is not something you will find on First District Supervisor Rex Bohn's Facebook page where he constantly sings the praises of Justin Zabel and Mercer Fraser. 

I don't have a problem with the May 23 donation by Mercer Fraser because it honors veterans but Rex only gives shout out to certain people. There are many who do good in Humboldt and quietly without recognition. 

The problem is that certain people get these "recognitions" from elected officials and other local "media." They are not held accountable when necessary or written about unless I call the other local media out who then do a token follow up and a sloppy, inconsequential "write up" after I took the risk and wrath.

I do my job and I pay the price every day.

Mercer Fraser and the Barnwell family are opponents in one lawsuit and the PRA is relevant not just to the lawsuit but it is Humboldt County in a nutshell.

One set of rules for the good ole boys and gals and another for the rest of us. Selective hate, selective enforcement and selective targeting and selective protection.

6/1/26: The court minutes are in draft form and were not complete as of the end of day on 5/28 or 5/29. I checked several times on 5/28 and 5/29. I checked again on 6/1 several times and court minutes finally entered this afternoon after I mentioned it today in my post.