Blog Jammin’ POLITICS / COURTS / BY RYAN BURNS / MONDAY, NOV. 4 AT 3:46 P.M.
Arnie Klein to Take on Gallegos
FAWKES AND FRIENDS. PHOTO BY RYAN BURNS
COMMUNITY / BY RYAN BURNS / TUESDAY, NOV. 5 AT 11:54 A.M.
Fawkes & Friends
A group of anonymous protesters in Guy Fawkes masks just politely rang the doorbell at NCJ HQ and handed us a flier that enumerates the ways our government is trampling on our constitutional rights, and damned if it wasn’t the highlight of our day. “We’re not trying to be intimidating with the masks,” explained Zeppelin-shirt Fawkes. “The point behind the Anonymous masks is we’re not standing for ourselves; we stand for America, for everyone.” The protesters helped us remember
(remember?) that it’s the 5th of November, day of the Million Mask March! Some things we learned from the flier: Our president “has forced obamacare [sic] into act, and not listened to any of Americas’ [sic] outcries on our disapproval. “The Government has continuously attempted to take away the rights of americans [sic] to own firearms, to protect their families and homes, as well as provide food with their firearms.” President Obama is requesting a third term in office and the flier writer(s) would like to know how he’s justifying that request. ●
His campaign Facebook page has been up for almost two months now, but Arnold “Arnie” Klein is about to make it official: Next Wednesday, after more than four decades practicing law and nearly two years of “retirement,” the 71-year-old attorney will announce his campaign to unseat Humboldt County District Attorney Paul Gallegos. Known as a dynamic and effective showman in the courtroom, Klein spent the bulk of his career in Los Angeles, first as a deputy DA and later as a defense attorney with his own practice. His highest-profile case came in 1986, when he successfully defended the special effects coordinator from Twilight Zone: The Movie. (During that film’s production, a helicopter accident killed actor Vic Morrow and two children.) In 1999 Klein went back to the prosecutor’s side of the aisle, taking a job with the Tulare County District Attorney’s Office. In 2006 he moved up to Humboldt County, where he spent five-plus years
as a deputy district attorney. (Journal Publisher Judy Hodgson got to see him in action as an alternate juror in a 2008 case.) In a Times-Standard profile from January of last year, former colleagues called Klein “a real gentleman ... with a wicked sense of humor,” “a magician in the courtroom” and “the best trial attorney in Humboldt County.” Klein will announce his candidacy Wednesday at 12:15 p.m. on the county courthouse steps. ● EMERGENCY / BY GRANT SCOTTGOFORTH / FRIDAY, NOV. 1 AT 2:48 P.M.
Caltrans Worker Hit by Car
A Caltrans worker is in intensive care in a Sonoma County hospital after being hit by a car in McKinleyville yesterday. According to a Caltrans press release, Equipment Operator Edward Holgersen was flagging at the Murray Road overcross at U.S. Highway 101. Holgersen, a father of four, is in stable condition. Drive safe, folks. ● continued on next page
northcoastjournal.com • NORTH COAST JOURNAL • THURSDAY, NOV. 7, 2013
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