Three years into legalization, the globally renowned mecca for cannabis cultivation and culture, Humboldt County, CA has more notices to abate and warnings for the alleged nuisance of cannabis cultivation as it has in parcels lawfully allowed to cultivate. Before legalization, an estimated 10,000-30,000 marijuana farms were scattered over the hills and in the backyards… Continue reading Humboldt County Cannabis Abatement Program: 3.7 Million in Fees and Penalties on the Books and Counting
Biden Bullies
If I hear one more elder try to guilt the younger generations (etc.*) into betting on Biden instead of voting for our values, I’m going to be sick. This is NOT about trump. Trump is only a symptom of the root issue that BIDEN IS ACTIVELY PERPETUATING. This IS about the democratic/ republican establishment and… Continue reading Biden Bullies
A Candle in the Darkness
As society collapses all around us today it’s important to remember that there are alternative systems for human organization that effectively serve our species (and others) surviving, and even encourages our thriving! Can you imagine thriving? What that would look like? I know it’s a challenge, as it is in such contrast to our current… Continue reading A Candle in the Darkness
Hindsight is 2020?
There is so much propaganda peddled today in the mainstream media about “Bernie Bros” brought to you by establishment interests and their fear of loosing their stranglehold on the people and planet. It’s about as logical as claiming Bernie condones sexual harassment (because of a staff member conflict), pedophilia (because he supports voter rights of… Continue reading Hindsight is 2020?
Connecting Dots with Ayanna Pressley
In a Democracy Now interview with Ayanna Pressley, she states, “I would just again underscore that our destinies and our freedoms are tied. And what I want us to get to is — and you already do it, but we need more, more folk to be intentional and inclusive in our movement building and our… Continue reading Connecting Dots with Ayanna Pressley
“Persecuted by Thieves”
(“Persecuted by Thieves” – Rod and the Ideals) (photos featured here are all screenshots from a public records request of an abatement hearing order, poorly cropped and redacted) “One has not only a legal but moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws,” Martin Luther King Jr.… Continue reading “Persecuted by Thieves”
BRIEF UPDATE
For longtime readers- Hello again friends! I am back from a break creating and nurturing a seed of potential for our future. I’m going to post a few more things I’ve published recently but I just want to post a brief update on the happenings in Humboldt County, specifically Southern Humboldt. Without a doubt it… Continue reading BRIEF UPDATE
Recall, Repeal, Refund And Resist!
(Featured in Greenfuse Newspaper September 2018- http://www.greenfuse.work) On August 23rd, The Civil Liberties Monitoring Project and other organizers gathered alongside the highly educated, conscious, earth honoring farming community of Southern Humboldt, at the Mateel Community Center to voice their total dissatisfaction with the County’s cannabis permit process, ineffectiveness of protecting the environment, and abatement actions.… Continue reading Recall, Repeal, Refund And Resist!
Eugene Denson, Cannabis Advocate and Attorney’s, FULL LETTER Sent to Humboldt County Board of Supervisors Regarding Measure S Commercial Marijuana Tax Illegality
EUGENE C DENSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW POB 158, Alderpoint, Ca 95511 USA 707-923-4764, Fax 707-926-5250 edenson@asis.com. http://www.marijuanadefenselawyer.com Jan 8, 2018 Humboldt County Board of Supervisors 825-5th St Eureka, Ca 95501 Dear Board Members: In November 2016 the voters of Humboldt County approved Measure S, The Commercial Marijuana Tax Ordinance. December 13, 2016, you incorporated… Continue reading Eugene Denson, Cannabis Advocate and Attorney’s, FULL LETTER Sent to Humboldt County Board of Supervisors Regarding Measure S Commercial Marijuana Tax Illegality
Devil Weed Meets Corporate Cannabis
It is that time of year again… or is it? Happenings in Humboldt County today, especially for farmers, are hardly recognizable. Even for non-farmers there certainly must be a noticeable stench in the air. Have you noticed it too? You can see it in the long change machine and DMV lines, the sticky-armed workers, and… Continue reading Devil Weed Meets Corporate Cannabis