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Former Eureka City Manager David Tyson, who retired last December after 12 years in the position, has been temporarily rehired to help Interim City Manager Mike Knight. FAIR BOARD BAR. PHOTO COURTESY OF CAROLINE TITUS With the abrupt exit of Tyson’s successor, Bill Panos, who resigned on Oct. 4 after less than Titus, whose husband Stua year on the job, Knight said Tyson has art Titus was ousted as general been brought out of retirement “to assist manager of the fair board me with implementing some of council’s earlier this year, said she visioning policies because we’re shortdidn’t know whether Rodoni staffed.” consumed alcohol — or even Since his retirement, Tyson has been attended — this social hour working with the Land Bridge Alliance, Monday night, but she said one of a handful of regional groups bent drinking is common at these on establishing an east-west railroad gatherings, which have beconnection from Humboldt Bay to the come a regular post-meeting national rail system. occurrence. While Tyson hasn’t been given an In fact, Titus felt compelled official title or specified duties, Knight to snap a picture (above) of said he’s being paid as an assistant city libations on a bar top at a fair manager, a position with a starting salary association meeting this past of $53.41 per hour, or $9,257 per month. spring. The terms of his resumed employAt 10:30 p.m. Monday, ment are still being negotiated. The city Rodoni was pulled over by retained recruiting firm Peckham & McKa Ferndale police officer on enney to search for Panos’ successor, but State Route 211 near Substation Knight said the firm isn’t planning to start Road, between Ferndale and interviewing until after the holidays. Fernbridge — roughly three miles from the fair associa● tion’s office. According to FPD Sgt. Adam Strieker, Rodoni was GOVERNMENT / CRIME / BY RYAN BURNS pulled over for failing to stay / WEDNESDAY, OCT. 30 AT 4:28 P.M. in the correct lane and was subsequently booked into the Johanna Rodoni was at Humboldt County jail. County Fair Meeting before Following the death of her DUI Arrest husband Roger Rodoni in 2008, Johanna Rodoni, a local cattle rancher, Johanna Rodoni was appointed executive director of the Buckeye Conto fill his 2nd District seat on servancy and a former county supervisor, the Humboldt County Board attended a meeting of the Humboldt of Supervisors by then-GovCounty Fair Association Monday evening ernor Arnold Schwarzenegbefore getting arrested for allegedly ger. She mounted a reelecdriving under the influence. Rodoni is a tion campaign as a write-in longtime member of the fair association’s candidate that year but lost a board of directors. tightly contested three-way The board meeting adjourned at about race to Clif Clendenen. In 2010, 8:30 p.m., at which point the public was Johanna Rodoni ran for county asked to leave while board members assessor. held a “private social hour,” according to A call to Rodoni was not Caroline Titus, editor/publisher of the immediately returned. Ferndale Enterprise, who attended the meeting. ●