Posted on 02/17/2006 4:29:53 PM PST by FairOpinion
Amid a flurry of issues taken on by the Arcata City Council, including a report on improving police coverage on the Arcata Plaza and the city’s midyear budget adjustments, the council unanimously approved sending a letter to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger requesting he bring back the members of the California National Guard currently stationed in Iraq.
Arcata City Councilman Dave Meserve, who authored the letter, said that it was originally intended to be a resolution, but the City Council suggested a review by the city’s Nuclear Weapons Free Zone and Peace Commission, who then made the recommendation that it be drafted to the governor in the form of a letter.
Meserve, a member of the Redwood Peace and Justice Center, has vocalized his objection to the U.S. presence in Iraq.
Recently, Meserve gathered majority support from the City Council for a resolution calling for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, based on how the administration responded to Sept. 11, Hurricane Katrina and for initiating a war in Iraq under false pretenses.
Following the announcement, which caught the attention of national news media, Arcata Mayor Michael Machi, who voted against it, said he was both concerned about the impact on the city’s image as well as whether the city should be investing its time on issues he believed should be left to greater representative bodies.
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The City of Arcata, incorporated in 1858, is located on California's redwood coast, approximately 760 miles north of Los Angeles and 275 miles north of San Francisco. The nearest seaport is Eureka, five miles south on Humboldt Bay. Arcata is the home of Humboldt State University. The 2000 Census data shows the total population of Arcata at 16,651.
What a bunch of whackos. Arcata's a pretty little town, but they sure don't have enough to do up there.
I suppose a civics lesson is out of order, but how about defining the word "National" when asking a state official?
Arcata is scenic but the people there are moonbats. Beyond any hope.
This is what happens when you put bong toking Socialists in charge of a town... inefficient use of taxpayer money.
"The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States;"
The Governor has no authority over the National Guard that has been called into the actual service of the United States.
I believe that the largest group of aged Volkswagon busses reside in Arcata! And--it is a perfectly gorgeous little town!
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