 |
| Main Menu | |
| Tell Your Story! | |
| Email Newsletter | |
| Fun Stuff | |
| Donate Now! | |
| Old Articles | |
| Tuesday, March 02 | | · | Recall targets California prosecutor who took on lumber in Redwood Country [AP] |
| · | The Secret Policemen's Ball [Arcata Eye Editorial] |
| Sunday, February 29 | | · | Something's Cooking [Arcata Eye Editorial Cartoon] |
| · | Firm Sued by D.A. Funds Bid to Recall Him |
| · | Humboldt D.A. fights to keep job [San Francisco Chronicle] |
| Friday, February 27 | | · | Not for Sale - NO on F [North Coast Journal Editorial] |
| · | A House Divided [North Coast Journal Editorial] |
| Thursday, February 26 | | · | A legal and academic view of the DA recall [Times-Standard] |
| · | No on the recall, but DA needs to mend fences [Times-Standard Editorial] |
| Wednesday, February 25 | | · | THE DA recall's rotten roots are mired in money [Arcata Eye] |
| · | Brace Yourself [Arcata Eye Editorial] |
| · | Maxxam-Palco give another $75K to recall [Times-Standard] |
| · | Good Ol' Girls, Boys Oppose DA Change [Eureka Reporter Editorial] |
| Sunday, February 22 | | · | Palco pours another $85K into recall effort [Times-Standard] |
| Wednesday, February 18 | | · | The Pacific Lumber County [Arcata Eye Editorial] |
| · | DA’s Office Says PALCO’s Attorneys 'Are Petrified' [Eureka Reporte |
| Monday, February 16 | | · | Don't Miss BEYOND RECALL |
| · | Humboldt DA: Lumber firm's out to get me [Sacramento Bee] |
| Sunday, February 15 | | · | Pacific Lumber Co.’s Actions Are Shameful [Eureka Reporter Editorial] |
| · | PL Behind Recall, Make No Mistake [Eureka Reporter Editorial] |
Older Articles
| |
| Site Search | |
| |
 | N. Calif. DA survives recall election [AP] |
March 3, 2004
EUREKA, Calif. -- A prosecutor in California redwood country easily survived a recall election Tuesday that was largely funded by a lumber company he sued.
With all precincts reporting, 61 percent of voters decided to keep Humboldt County District Attorney Paul V. Gallegos.
The Pacific Lumber Co., through its corporate parent Maxxam Inc. of Houston, contributed $229,000 to the recall effort.
The company, which employs 800 people in the county, and other Gallegos detractors accused the district attorney of being too lenient with criminals, too friendly with radical environmental activists and too accommodating to marijuana smokers who say they use the drug for medicinal purposes.
The district attorney's supporters contended the recall was retaliation for the lawsuit Gallegos filed against Pacific Lumber soon after he took office last year.
The county claims that the company submitted false data for a 1999 environmental impact report that allowed Pacific Lumber to harvest 100,000 trees and bring in an extra $40 million a year. The logging caused landslides and resulted in environmental damage, according to the lawsuit.
|
|
|
|
| |
| Options | |
|
|
|
