Jeff Pelline's Sierra Foothills Report

Nevada City Seafood has closed its store in Nevada City, a blow to the city’s plan to revitalize itself.

Meanwhile, a plan to open a California Organics at the foot of Broad Street has slipped past its completion date but is still in the works.

The popular fish store will continue to operate at its longstanding Grass Valley location.

“The Nevada City Seafood Store in Nevada City is now closed! In an attempt to get as low in the foxhole as possible we are consolidating our operations to the 1020 Whispering Pines , Grass Valley location!” said owner Eric Juell in an email.

(I ran into Eric at the SPD Market yesterday afternoon and urged him to clear the air with customers: rumors were swirling that he was going to close all together. I’ve been a big supporter of Eric’s venture from the get go, seeing a demand for fresh fresh in the foothills. Eric told me he was planning to cut prices on some items, too, in light of the recession).

“In the Nevada City location we had been anticipating the opening of the
Nevada City Marketplace and our potential together, to provide a unique local shopping experience. As of yesterday no tentative opening date for the Marketplace is set.

“It is very unfortunate , we love our little Fish Shop, but we must do what is right for our customer’s as well as our creditors, if we go out of business, we lose the potential to sell to and pay those that have helped build our Humble little Fish Shop!”

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This weekend I wrote a blog item about why Obama wasn’t getting credit for all of his new policies, pointing to an article from the Sacramento Bee.

Barry Pruett, who handily lost his bid for clerk-recorder and is the spouse of Tom McClintock’s local staffer, is now suggesting there a media coordination to “support the left,” including a listserv that people depend on to “stay on message.”

“Even our local liberal blogger got into the action asking why no credit for all the President has done. The timing of all of these reports is not a coincidence. This theme is obviously an Obama talking point…it came from his website.”

Obviously. First, I am not “liberal,” I am middle of the road. No I am not a member of the listserv; I just noticed the Bee story on the weekend and pointed to it. It raised some valid points. (Oh, and I’m not Gloria Zane, either).

In our county, Pruett lost by a landslide to the incumbent; the people whom McClintock endorsed, such as Pruett and Rick Keene, lost too. The people have spoken, but far right keeps chugging along like the Energizer bunny, still slinging mud.

The damage to the local Republican party is becoming talked about more and more around here. I keep wondering when our moderate Republican leaders will step up and find new spokespeople.

Perhaps I was wrong. Perhaps there is no such leadership. Meanwhile, Jerry Brown is gaining in the polls and AB32 continues to lose.

Barry is a local Democrat’s best friend.

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