Keyontae Lamar Taylor, 15, and Joaquin Fitzgerald, 16,

◼ 2 Teenagers Charged as Adults in Man's Slaying

March 03, 2006|From Times Staff and Wire Reports - LA TIMES
Two teenage boys accused of killing a 38-year-old homeless man near Humboldt Bay were charged as adults with murder Thursday, prosecutors said.

Keyontae Lamar Taylor, 15, and Joaquin Fitzgerald, 16, appeared before Humboldt County Superior Court Judge John T. Feeney on Thursday, but their arraignment was postponed until Tuesday.

Authorities said Taylor and Fitzgerald encountered Tracy Daniel Reynolds along the railroad tracks, and the three drank some beer together before the teens left. They allegedly returned a short time later to rob Reynolds, first shooting him once in the leg, then once in the heart.

Taylor and Fitzgerald both face charges of murder, robbery, torture and animal cruelty, which was added because the two allegedly shot cows nearby as well, according to Assistant Dist. Atty. Wes Keat.
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Oct 5, 2006 - 'Please don't kill me; God, don't kill me'
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Boy testifies against pal about deadly day

EUREKA -- The boy who was originally charged as an adult in the killing of Tracy Daniel Reynolds had his adult charges dropped Wednesday as he took the stand in the preliminary hearing of his one-time friend.

Keyontae Lamar Taylor was the only witness Wednesday, testifying against Joaquin Fitzgerald Jr. Both boys are now 16.

The two were originally arrested the same time, within days of Reynolds' body being discovered Feb. 24 on rocks along railroad tracks between the Elk River Slough rail bridge and the Humboldt Bay Power Plant.

Taylor's attorney, Glenn Brown, sat next to him on the witness stand as he answered questions from Deputy District Attorney Stacey Eads.

Taylor described when the two boys first came across Reynolds on the rocks.

”He was older, had a lot of facial hair,” Taylor said. “He was not so tall. Talkative. He just wanted someone to talk to. It seems like he'd been out there a while.”

The boys left Reynolds and continued to Fitzgerald's home in Fields Landing to get a .22-caliber rifle they planned on selling to someone.

Taylor said he met Fitzgerald's parents, who could see the rifle and also testified that Fitzgerald's mother joked about not shooting anyone with the gun.

On the way back to Eureka, along the same railroad tracks, the two boys loaded the gun and shot it numerous times, Taylor said, including shooting a cow.

Fitzgerald shot a cow eight to 10 times, dropping it. Taylor said he told Fitzgerald he had to go back and kill the cow to put it out of its misery.

”He went up, pulled the trigger, with the gun pointed in the cow's eye to kill the cow,” Taylor said.

To prove to his friends he killed the cow, he went back to it and cut off its ear, Taylor said.

Taylor said he also shot a cow from a distance but that the cow didn't move.

The boys came across Reynolds again, with Taylor sitting down asking him why he was still out there.

He said he put the rifle down and didn't see Fitzgerald grab it.

”Joaquin stepped in front of both of us with the rifle in his hand and shot into the water,” Taylor said. “He said (to Reynolds), give me everything you got in your pockets.”

Taylor tried to play it off as a joke, but Fitzgerald shot Reynolds in the shin, Taylor said.

”Joaquin kept asking him for the stuff,” Taylor said. “He (Reynolds) eventually pulled it out of his pockets and handed it to Joaquin,” Taylor said.

Fitzgerald then became mad at Reynolds for touching him and ordered him to put his hands up. Taylor said Reynolds grabbed the barrel of the gun and the two struggled with it.

”He (Reynolds) was repeating over and over, 'Please don't kill me, God, don't kill me,'” Taylor said.

The rifle went off and Reynolds grabbed his chest, rocking back and forth.

Neither Taylor nor Fitzgerald immediately spoke about what happened as they left the scene, but it was Fitzgerald who spoke about it first as they neared Eureka.

”He stated, 'That was two bodies on the gun for the day,'” Taylor said.

Over the course of the next few hours, Taylor learned Fitzgerald received a lighter, some cigarettes and about $2 from Reynolds.

At first, according to Taylor, Fitzgerald wanted him to keep quiet about the shooting.

”But he kind of bragged about it later on,” Taylor said.

Fitzgerald's attorney, Neal Sanders, asked Taylor about the condition of the rifle, which didn't have a trigger guard and was held together by a leather strap.

He also concentrated a lot of questions on how many times Taylor smoked marijuana before the killing.

Sanders is expected to continue questioning today.
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Oct 5, 2006 - Keyontae Lamar Taylor was the only witness Wednesday, testifying against Joaquin Fitzgerald Jr. Both boys are now 16. The two were ...

Criminal History Of Keyontae Lamar Taylor - Medford, OR
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Keyontae Lamar Taylor was detained in Medford, Oregon on November 23rd, 2012. View the full details here.

Shasta County Mugshot http://california.arrests.org/Arrests/Keyontae_Taylor_8645819/
Full Name: Keyontae Lamar Taylor
Date:09/25/2012
Arresting Agency: RPD
Total Bond: $25000

◼ Man Crashes Car and Jumps Off Bridge - KOBI-TV NBC5/KOTI
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A man who tried to escape police officers crashed a stolen vehicle he was driving and then jumped into the icy waters of the Rogue River....

Fallon Wallace was heading home when she saw a commotion on Rock Point Bridge in Gold Hill about midnight. "There were 6 state troopers and there were flares everywhere," she says.

Police say a man stole his ex-girlfriends 2003 Mitsubishi Gallant, wrecked it Thursday on the bridge. Witnesses report he then jumped into the the Rogue River in an attempt to escape.

"Everything was blocked," Wallace continues.

We now know the man's name: police have been searching for Keyontae Taylor since last week when the vehicle was reported stolen. After tracking Taylor for three miles with a dog, he is now in police custody.

"I just turned around and went into Gold Hill and came back," says Wallace. Despite a wait she's just glad she found a way home.

Taylor is charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, fourth degree assault, and harassment


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Nov 28, 2012 - Keyontae Lamar Taylor was booked into the Jackson. County Jail after allegedly crashing his ex-girlfriend's car at Rock Point Bridge on.

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Nov 24, 2012 - Keyontae Lamar Taylor was taken into custody on charges of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, first-degree criminal mischief, attempt to ...

Man on the run behind bars today - KTVL 10 Medford
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Nov 23, 2012 - By Jessica De NovaKTVL.comGOLD HILL, Ore.-22-year-old Keyontae Lamar Taylor escaped the scene of a c.

relating to eureka coalition for jobs

◼ Alone, Measure T would increase dirty campaigning

My Word by Andrew Bird
POSTED: 05/19/2006 04:27:35 AM PDT0 COMMENTS
UPDATED: 05/19/2006 04:27:35 AM PDT

Measure T has a major problem: Without an accompanying legislative fix, the measure is likely to encourage more of a particularly sleazy type of campaign ad that it seeks to ban.

Measure T is the initiative that Humboldt Coalition for Community Rights qualified for the June ballot. It seeks to ban non-local companies and organizations from contributing to local campaigns.

The ballot argument for Measure T cites a series of cloak-and-dagger hit ads that targeted Chris Kerrigan in the 2004 Eureka City Council race as a reason to vote yes.

The sad fact is, because of a particularly onerous state appellate court ruling that the Legislature has failed to correct, if Measure T passes we are likely to see more of these ads in local campaigns. And local authorities would be powerless to stop them.

This is because the court ruling, which allows such campaigners to remain secret, would usurp any local law.

Late in the 2004 Eureka City Council campaign, a series of very negative ads -- slick mailbox brochures and television spots -- targeted Chris Kerrigan, blaming him for just about every problem Humboldt County faces.

The ads were signed by “Eureka Coalition for Jobs.” No individual names were signed to any of them.

I was a reporter for this newspaper at the time. We quickly learned that Eureka Coalition for Jobs was not a registered campaign committee. Next, we tracked the ads to an influential Sacramento lobbyist -- Wayne Ordos, a former executive director of the Fair Political Practices Commission, or FPPC, the state agency that enforces California campaign law.

Ordos had been paid to hire a San Francisco agency to create and place the ads. However, Ordos refused to reveal who had paid him.

Full of vim and vinegar, I demanded of Ordos how he figured he could get away with violating California's Political Reform act, the law that requires campaign committees to register with the secretary of state.

Ordos, a polite man, gave me a crash course in the current state of campaign law in California.

In 2001, an out-of-state group calling itself “American Taxpayers Alliance” started running a series of television ads sharply critical of Gov. Gray Davis. The ads blamed Davis for the state's energy crisis, and coined the term “grayouts.”

As it was a year before Davis was up for re-election, the ads did not advocate a vote for or against Davis. Nevertheless, the Davis campaign sued in an attempt to force the group to reveal its backers. A San Francisco Superior Court judge sided with the Davis campaign.

But the California Court of Appeals, 1st District, sided with the American Taxpayers Alliance, in a ruling that opined so-called “issue advocacy” ads are protected by the First Amendment and that forcing the group to reveal itself would have a chilling effect on free speech. (The Governor Gray Davis Committee v. American Taxpayers Alliance, A096658.)

Ordos used this ruling to justify keeping “Eureka Coalition for Jobs” under a cloak. To this day, the cloak has never been lifted.

Indeed, the Eureka Coalition for Jobs ads did not advise a vote for or against Kerrigan. But they were exceedingly deceitful, mendaciously accusing Kerrigan of being responsible for the North Coast's economic woes.

This newspaper filed a complaint with the FPPC, seeking to force Ordos to register “Eureka Coalition for Jobs” as a campaign committee, thereby revealing those who paid for the ads. The complaint pointed out a huge difference between Davis in 2001 and Kerrigan in 2004: Kerrigan was a candidate and the election was less than a week away when the ads first appeared.

But the FPPC sided with Ordos, refusing to act on the complaint.

Also in 2004, State Sen. Dean Florez, a Democrat from Shafter who'd had an experience similar to Kerrigan's, introduced Senate Bill 36, which sought to close this loophole.

At this newspaper's request, North Coast Assemblywoman Patty Berg signed onto the bill as principal coauthor. However, SB 36 was drafted as an “urgency” measure, which would have made it effective immediately, and it failed to muster the required two-thirds vote in the Senate last summer.

I understand what the supporters of Measure T are trying to accomplish. But without a legislative fix that has passed court muster, Measure T would encourage those who are shut out of open campaigning to hide behind a front man and sling the sleaze, like the Eureka Coalition for Jobs did against Kerrigan.

I am for more local control in local elections, too. But not at the risk of more of this most vulgar type of campaigning in Humboldt County.

Andrew Bird, a former Times-Standard reporter, is a Eureka resident.

The opinions expressed in My Word pieces do not necessarily reflect the editorial viewpoint of the Times-Standard.

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NO mention of course of all Richard Salzman's groups - Alliance for Ethical Business, etc. No mention of Humboldt Watershed Council's "Fraud is not a victimless crime" ads... Richard knows how to play this game, and it is disingenuous to pretend otherwise.

"They all do it" What are you upset about?

kerrigan wins

◼ Kerrigan exuberant 11/04/04

Bohn supporters 'shocked' at landslide loss

by HANK SIMS and EMILY GURNON

When the first vote returns came in a little after 8 p.m. Tuesday, Chris Kerrigan couldn't know that he had a small lead. He was sitting in council chambers with the rest of the Eureka City Council, taking a look at a first draft of some revisions to the city's architectural design standards he has been championing over the last few months.


Victorious Eureka City Council candidate Chris Kerrigan (left) prepares to thank hhis supporters while Mayor peter La Vallee stokes up the crowd at the Lost Coast Brewery.

But just over an hour later the 25-year-old was standing on a chair upstairs at the Lost Coast Brewery, ready to deliver his victory speech to a screaming crowd of about 75 of the people who contributed to what he called "the best grassroots campaign that Eureka has ever seen."

"We countered the big money, and we did it with manpower and good old grassroots democracy," he said.

Though an unknown number of absentee ballots remained to be counted, Kerrigan had racked up a convincing 59-41 percent victory at the polls.

Kerrigan said that when he went door to door in his campaign, talking with citizens, he found consistent support for the main issues of his campaign -- good jobs, smart growth and community design standards.

"Tonight, almost 60 percent of Eureka embraced that message, and we are going to continue to go forward and work for those goals," he said.

Kerrigan went on to thank challenger Rex Bohn for what he called a "spirited campaign."

His supporters, though, were clearly more interested in celebrating their candidate's strong success in what was assumed by many to be a close race.


Eureka City Council candidate Rex Bohn, left, chats with backers Willie (center) and Royal McCarthy at OH's Town House Tuesday night after election results came in.


Charlene Cutler-Ploss, a member of Eureka's Design Review Committee who went door-to-door to advocate for Kerrigan, said that she was proud that voters rejected a challenger who she thought was put forward and propped up by special interests -- the county's developers.

"We feel phenomenal," she said. "It reaffirms my belief in the electorate and in the best man winning. It shows that I'm not the only one in Eureka who feels that my vote cannot be bought."

Mayor Peter La Vallee, a strong Kerrigan supporter, said that though he was disturbed at the rising costs of running a City Council campaign in Eureka -- in the end, the two candidates raised and spent over $100,000 -- he, too, was overjoyed at the election's result.

But La Vallee had some choice words for whoever was behind the anonymous group calling themselves the Eureka Coalition for Jobs, which had put out a flurry of last-minute anti-Kerrigan ads and mailers. The mayor said that by choosing to hide their identities, backers of the ads demonstrated that they lacked the courage of their convictions.

"To the guys who did that ad, the Eureka Coalition for So-and-So?" he shouted. "Grow some balls."

It was early in the evening when a crowd of Rex Bohn's supporters at OH's Town House heard the news that their guy had been defeated -- badly. They weren't happy.

"Well, I guess Arcata runs Eureka now," said Janeth Mariante, Bohn's campaign treasurer. "This really, really sucks."

Bohn himself stepped up to the microphone at 9 p.m., delivering some of his characteristic humor. "I want to thank everybody for coming to the Virginia Bass-Jackson re-election party," he said laughing, referring to the Eureka City Councilwoman and OH's Town House owner who ran unopposed in Ward 2.

"It's been a fun ride," Bohn, 50, continued. "The voters have spoken, but that does not mean we cannot make Eureka a better place. We ran a good, clean campaign. We ran it on issues and ideas, and I'm proud of what we did."

Supervisor Roger Rodoni, in his trademark cowboy hat, shouted out, "Run again. I did!" to applause from the crowd.

Many of those at the restaurant, decorated with red and blue balloons, said they were surprised that the election was so decisive.

"I'm shocked. This is stunning," said Bohn supporter Jeff Lang. "This election broke right down party lines. People don't necessarily look on who the best candidate was. They look at what party they are. To me, man, that is the biggest atrocity of this vote."

Marian Brady, who volunteered on Bohn's campaign, agreed with Lang that the "go-clean" approach may have backfired. "We went too nice," Brady said, referring to Bohn's commitment to avoid negative campaigning. Lang said Bohn "had a folder full of dirt" on Kerrigan that he never used. He did not elaborate.

Others at the gathering included Bohn's campaign manager, Chris Crawford, Councilwoman Virginia Bass-Jackson, and Eureka City Manager David Tyson, who rebuffed a reporter with "I'm off the clock."

Sporting a "Proud to be a Bohn-Head" hat, Royal McCarthy, who said he had gotten to know Bohn through Ducks Unlimited, said he was "stunned" at the vote. "I had no idea that it would go this way, really," McCarthy said.

Bohn told the Journal that his plans for the future were uncertain. "I want to make sure that the promises made to the city of Eureka are followed through. We need to find some real jobs for our kids. I had a lot of support from the young people because they wanted to stay here. I'm not gonna stop trying to do that."

Would he make another try at politics? "Never say never," Bohn said

Just like Humboldt Watershed Council and the so-called Alliance For Ethical Business, eh, Richard?

◼ SECRET GROUP BEHIND ATTACK ADS: The Journal 11/04/04

A group calling itself Eureka Coalition for Jobs funded a last-minute burst of TV ads and mailers attacking City Councilman Chris Kerrigan, who was running for re-election. Accompanied by ominous music, the ad said that Kerrigan "promised to fight for good-paying jobs, but where are they? Our economy is shrinking, and major employers are slipping away. Wages are falling. No more empty promises. We want jobs." Kerrigan's opponent in the Ward 4 race, Rex Bohn, immediately distanced himself from the ad campaign, saying he was not behind it and had no idea who was. Why didn't the group file a campaign finance form identifying contributors? It may not have had to. According to the Fair Political Practices Commission in Sacramento, the group would qualify as an "independent expenditure committee" if it spent $1,000 or more to oppose a single candidate or ballot measure. But it gets more complicated: The ad in question must be one that "expressly advocates" the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate or measure, or "unambiguously urges a particular result in an election" Kerrigan campaign advisor Richard Salzman said he believes that under the courts' interpretation of the Fair Political Practices Act the anti-Kerrigan ads would not, unfortunately, require disclosure of the funders. "Nobody with this kind of money is gonna hire an incompetent lawyer," Salzman said. The backers "know how to walk just half a step behind the line."

good ol' doggerelface, Salzman-ish gibberish

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Rose is a railer just like Captain Ahab on his whaler
August 4, 2008


In every situation Rose is a reliable corporate hailer

Salzman’s name is central in elaborate conspiricies she’ll tailor

Her grip on reality it couldnt be much frailer

It’s if she was smoking crack like Lawrence Taylor

She hopes all the trehuggers get run down by a tractor trailer

Hurrying to deliver plastic crap to her favorite WAL-MART retailer

Against Local Solutions she is an incessant railer

Bellowing like Captain Ahab from the deck of his whaler

About throwing R. Trent in the can, just like was like a drunken sailor

And hoping that he gets beat senseless by an irate jailer.

Compared to hers, his trangressions seem much paler

just minute trifles, that would blind an auto detailer

Ideological constipation that’s the affliction that ails her

Reading the latest Eureka Coalition for Jobs mailer

Made Rose so verklempt she needed to use an inhaler

It claims Richard Salzman is just like Vlad the Impaler

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R. Trent gets outspent
July 7, 2008




There once was a fellow who called himself R. Trent

In letters to the editor he’d often vent

Right wing foibles he’d always lament

Unfortunately his name he’d sometimes misrepresent

That doesn’t invalidate the rest of his argument

To his subjects the letters caused such anguish and torment

That they called the local police to register their discontent

They said he’s committing a breach of trust with fraudulent intent

Never mind that anonymous lobbyists pumping $$$ get their assent

So that at campaign time all the liberals are sure to get outspent.

They were beside themselves with phony outrage over a non event,

Because they always need another straw bogey man to invent.

Treats minor chicanery like a seismic event.

Anyone who thinks I’m “Sarah” must be sniffing rubber cement

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More re Eureka Coalition for jobs

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Local Democrats want Eureka Coalition for Jobs to come clean

Oy Moyhan Vogel Ths Timus-Standard
Tuesday, November 02, 2004 -

EUREKA " The Humboldt County Democratic Central Committee Is calling for a full and open public disclosure 01" those
behind the Eureka Coalition TO;- Jobs.

The mystery group, which is being represented by Sacramento attorney and lobbyist Wayne Ordos. has launched a media
attach against Eureka City Councilman Chris Kerrlgan in the last few days before the election. Ordos has refused to disciose
his client. 01 clients. A television ad, which was paid tci by tho coalition, claims Kerrigan is reRponsiolo tor a downturn n the
local ecoromy.

On Saturday. Eureka residents also received ma.-l from the Eureka Coalition for Jobs. The mailer Quotes Times-Standard
headlines and articles out of context, and claims Kerrlgan is responsible for running pbs out of town, A local media firm.
which did not produce the mailer, estimated it cost a little mo'e than S10.000 to design, print and mail

Rsx Bohn. who is running against Kerngan Tor Eureka's 4th Ward seal. held a press conference as soon as he found out
about the 'elevlsion ad. Bohn said he was shocked by the ad. and had no idea where it came from-

This ;s not good for anyone." said Chris Crawford. chair of Friends for Rex Bohn "It certainly has no; he.ped oui campaign.
Whoever is doing this is running the ad because they know it will hurt us. or they're trying to help us EiSher way, we neither
seek npr appreciate the'r help."

noh." said he doesn't want the ad to polarize the community.

"I wish tnis ad had never showed up. because it's no! do'ng anybody any good/' he said, "1 wan1 people to vote for the
person they think could do tne best job."

The Hjnboldt County Democratic Centra! Committee :s calling for loca. political parties and action groups to dencunce the
ads and to p'ess the Fair Political Practices Commission to conduct a full investigation of the anonymous group.

'These aos are misleading, unethical and wildly inaccurate,'' said Committee Chair Patrick Riggs In a press statement. "They
represent the woist kind of negative campaigning by special interest groups afraid to let the public know v/ho they are."

in light of tho ads. the committee 's also reiterating iis endorsemen' of Kerrigan.

"I ie has worked to bring living-wage )obs to ETiureka. foi affordable housing and health caie. and to keep our local businesses
grov.'.'ng." r^iggs said- "We feel it is important to make this public statement a; this time to make sure our Democratic voters
are not misled by these sneak attack ads "

On F.'.day. KEET-TV. the North Coast's public television station, issued written requests that the ad be pulled from the air
because it contains copyrighted footage of Kerrigan at a KEET debate. Js'ing copyrighted material is in violation n* Fedo-al
Cc'nmunicaiions Commission's standards.

Also on Friday. Bob Browning, station manager of KIEM Channel 3. said his station wou!d not be pulling (he ad. Instead.
Browning said. it would be replacing the KEET footage v/ith images obtained from Co'sky Media o: Sar: Franc^co, which
placed *he ad with local television stations

On Monday. Browning said Colsky Media purchased KIEM foctage of Kerrigan to replace the KEET footage in the ad, KIEM
then re-edited the ad Re-editing is a standard service KIEM provides. Drowning said. He would not disclose how much the
station v/as paid for the re-edit, but said a premium was paid because of the short notice-

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Allegations re: The Eureka Coalition For Jobs

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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT

825 FIFTH STREET
EUREKA. CALIFORNIA 95501
PHONE: (707) 476-2384 FAX: (707) 445-7299

December 1, 2004

Enforcement Division

Fair Political Practices Commission

428 "r Street, Suite 620

Sacramento/ CA 95814

FAX: (916) 322-1932

Re: Election Campaign Issues In Humboldt County
To Whom It May Concern:

The election of November 2004 in Humboldt County raised questions about
disclosure requirements for entities purchasing advertising concerning issues and
candidates that appear on a local ballot.

Two entities purchased advertising for Humboldt County issues and at the same
time have refused to disclose information as to who contributed to the funding of these ads:

1. An entity named "Eureka Coalition for Jobs" purchased air time and sent a
mailer which showed Cnris Kemgan, a candidate for Eureka City Council/ in a negative
light. This advertising occurred only days before the election.

When asked by the media to disclose who purchased these ads/ the Eureka Coalition
for Jobs representative Wayne Ordos/ asserted that the Eureka Coalition for Jobs "is a
representation of a number of people in the area who are concerned about the State of the
economy/ but I am not at liberty to tell you their names." (See Eureka Times Standard
article of November 10/ 2004/ by Andrew Bird). Mr. Ordo has stated that the applied the
reasoning from Davis v. American Taxpayers Alliance, 203 Cal.App.4th 449 to conclude that
the Eureka Coalition for Jobs ads did not trigger disclosure requirements because "none
of the language in the ads or mailers advocate a voice for or against Kerrigan or his
opponent. Rex Bonn." (See Eureka Times Standard article dated November 2, 2004, by
Andrew Bird).

Attached to this letter are printed articles that appeared in the local media that
discuss the Eureka Coalition for Jobs ads.