Richardson describes Delineations as a “wild ride and a cosmic gut punch,” similar to simultaneously sitting through a meeting of the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) while reading the Humboldt County General Plan and listening to the audio of the annual McKinleyville Community Services District Audit Report, but even better.
Trump-era ‘Animosity’ rover touches down, rampages across Arcata
Crafted as a gaudy robotic extension of the deposed dotard himself, the rover’s $480 million cost gained funding following a promise that “Arcata will pay for it.” Its mission: to carpet-bomb a left-coast liberal enclave with molten MAGA magic like no one’s ever seen before.
Peace Pole powers back online
As puzzled Public Works techs pored over the schematic diagrams in Book 19 of the 63-volume Peace Pole Operator’s Manual, the rampaging Animosity Rover hove to, slapping at the powerless pole and bellowing, “You’re a disgrace!”
Watson sets up posh gentlemen’s club at City Hall
A stringent code of conduct is enforced. All participants must pledge to open doors for all non-Mister’s members, to rarely if ever steal tip jars and to change underclothes on some sort of routine basis.
Trinidad’s font fiasco
The two fonts and their backers are competing for the seaside village’s lucrative whimsy contract, valued in the high five figures.
City Council requiring all residents to evolve into luminous, floating orbs of love energy by 2029
Weary of passing ordinances and fine-tuning the Arcata Municipal Code to manage the ever-changing vagaries of human behavior, the City Council last week decreed that all Arcata residents simply assume the form of glowing orbs of love energy by decade’s end.
Eateries including face masks in take-out fare
“With masks now a routine sandwich filler, why stop there?” Balvorzick conjectured. “Why not hand sanitizer smoothies, or Pfizer-pistachio ice cream? Seriously, the road to health passes straight through Flavortown!”
Tension, paralysis reign at Sunny Brae intersection
“You can go,” he mouthed theatrically, motioning toward Samoa Boulevard. This yielded zero response, exacerbating his urgent appeals. “Go, lady!” yelled an exasperated Blamfring out his window. “You were here first!”
NOAA serves cease & desist order on Shoshanna over weather impacts
It commands her to “refrain from extended bouts of spinning, whirling or rotating at speeds likely to disrupt high-level wind patterns.” The order further discourages the Arcata Main Street enchantress from “implementing any mystical, magical, metaphysical or otherwise supernatural tactics as our investigation proceeds.”
News Briefs, Week of April 1, 2021
NEW FOR 2021 Rotary Club of Crannell President Irv Wombatt has decided to adjust his public image. Henceforth, his facial expression in group photos by go from “confident grin” to “life-affirming smile.” Wombatt is presently calculating the optimal amount of tooth enamel to expose in the revised expression.
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