As a former Arcata resident currently living in New York city, I found this "news" report quite funny. The quality of life in Arcata is superb. So much so, that the rest of the country could learn a thing or two by looking at what Arcata does right. Nowhere in this report does it describe the redwood community forest, the arcata marsh, the ban on chain-resturaunts, and the myriad of other things that make Arcata such a wonderful place to live. Perhaps its for the best. Who wants FOX viewers as neighbors anyway?

You know, I've been to Arcata. I've vacationed there, I've worked there, I considered going to school there. It IS what America would be like if the far left were in power. The school systems are well funded, and teachers fight to work there. There are huge, well maintained parks and nature preserves, and beautiful public beaches. The grocery stores are full of local, organic, sustainably farmed, and most importantly high quality food. About half of the police reports deal with bongo-related noise complaints: http://www.arcataeye.com/police/ (this is an awesome site) The DA does not prosecute any case involving less than three pounds of marijauna. People are incredibly involved in local politics, and recycle everything. It is an expensive place to live, even if you live cheaply, which is why I live somewhere else.

Congratulations, members of the arcata city council. I agree that its is brave. They are probably all under surveilance right now.

My favorite part though, is Brit Hume's rhetorical tool of slandering something or someone by saying that "others may say blank, but we don't." As in "others may call the west coast the left coast but we don't." No, you just did. And what is telling about the political agenda behind that comment is that they didn't feel the need to explain what left coast means or why it might be considered bad.

was one of the most corrupt, incompetent presidents the U.S. has ever endured. No wonder Fox thinks defacing his statue is a scandal.

Fox News's account of Arcata, California's city government is a nearly perfect example of how conservatives pass along to each other, without ever actually citing any evidence, their fear and suspicion of all things liberal.

The two-minute segment *implies* that life in Arcata is somehow worse than in other towns because three of Arcata's City Council members are from the far left. And what, exactly are these ultra-liberal council members up to? Why, they're openly disapproving of the Bush administration! I'm shocked - shocked to discover that there's dissent going on in this establishment!

Reporter Claudia Cowon seems to be *implying* that the "growing list" of "radical publicity stunts" by the three leftist mavericks on the Council constitute some sort of emergency, although no emergency is actually cited. She then mentions the "repeated vandalism" of a statue of William McKinley in the town, *implying* that these same City Council mavericks are the perpetrators. Clearly, no investigative reporting has occurred, since it would doubtless yield the much more obvious and pedestrian explanation that the vandalism is almost certainly the handiwork of frat boys at Humboldt State University, which is located in Arcata.

Surely, if they really, really tried, Fox News could think of something more interesting, more relevant, and oh by the way, more factual to report?

Sounds like they were elected and thus have a mandate.

How is that spelled? A-R-C-A-T-A?

I'm looking it up in my road atlas, because now I know where I want to move to. Sounds like heaven to me. Looks pretty good in that report, too. I wonder if FOX realized they were shooting a promotional video for Arcata, CA?

So the Arcata Green majority City Council chooses to condemn the war on Iraq and to think the Tyrannic Duo should be impeached? According to the latest Zogby polls, they're closer to mainstream America than is the Democratic party.

Frank Smith

Bluff City, Kansas

"They oppose the Patriot Act, oppose the war in Iraq, and think that President Bush should be impeached..."

Who would have thought that American politics could move so far right that Bob Barr would be seen as a crazed liberal.

Anarchy? Au contraire, mon ami

Supporters of Patriot Act, Iraq War, and Bush admin. are supporters of despotism

"They oppose the Patriot Act, oppose the war in Iraq, and think that President Bush should be impeached..."

The White House propaganda arm, Fox News, ignores the fact that a number of people who would classify themselves quite far to the right of the Greens also hold the opinion quoted above. Bush's poll numbers show most Americans are not at all comfortable with the direction this president if leading America. How can the "far right" Republicans be called mainstream? If that were true, then what exactly is to the right of them?