Author: Linda Sutter
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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS? FLIP FLOP HOWARD & ANTI-TRANSPARENCY HEMMINGSEN
By Linda Sutter – September 28, 2022 The board of supervisors meeting held on September 27, did not go without constant battles. The first battle was between Chair Gerry Hemmingsen and a Del Norte County resident, Brandon Bieber. There were several items on the consent agenda which had 22 items listed. Some that had not…
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TWO DAY BUDGET WORKSHOP
By Linda Sutter – September 22, 2022 Sue Masten and Valerie Starkey were the only Supervisors who had the fortitude to conduct a Budget Workshop for the public. The rest of the supervisors showed their true intentions of ignoring how defective this county is and why it is. There was only one other public member…
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TRI-AGENCY RECEIVES LETTER: FIRST AMENDMENT COALITION IS WATCHING
By Linda Sutter – September 6, 2022 The Tri-Agency Economic Development Authority received a letter from the First Amendment Coalition regarding their lack of compliance with the Brown Act as well as the Board members inability to allow uninterrupted speech. Here is a copy of the letter sent to the Tri-Agency Board Members on September…
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DEL NORTE CHILD CARE COUNCIL WOES
By Linda Sutter – September 1, 2022 Director Conger of the Del Norte Child Care Council is not someone who is kind to newspaper reporters. In fact he literally stated in an email he did not want to answer anything from the Crescent CityTimes, but he stated you can tell people who have concerns to…
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COULD TRI-AGENCY FILE CHAPTER 9 BANKRUPTCY?
Commentary By Linda Sutter – August 31, 2022 The lessons to take from this information is that Chris Howard and Darrin Short have continuously pushed our local government agencies connected to the Tri-Agency, “bail us out.” They want to use public money to get bailed out only to continue using the Failed Tri-Agency again causing…
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Chris Howard’s Off Camera Abuse
By Linda Sutter – August 25, 2022 There are no camera’s, no recording devices and microphones were shut off. But there was plenty of yelling and screaming directed at me; “You’re a liar!” screamed Chris Howard. By his side was Darren Short also representing the County who despite sending a Cease & Desist letter previously…
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DEL NORTE GOP HOSTS FUTURE GOVERNOR BRIAN DAHLE
Commentary By Linda Sutter – August 21, 2022 Much thanks for DNGOP Karen Sanders for bringing our Future Governor to Del Norte County. Sadly Mrs. Sanders will be retiring from her job and from the DNGOP this year. She and her husband plan to move from California. Brian Dahle is running against Newsom for Governor…
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BEHIND THE SCENES
DIRTY POLITICS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Opinion By Linda Sutter – August 18, 2022 If you think all is warm and fuzzy amongst our elected, send in a California Public Request for Information and you will discover just how ridiculous they are. What do they talk about? Most of the time they are looking…
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HARBOR MEETING
EXPENDITURES OUT OF CONTROL By Linda Sutter – August 18, 2022 The Crescent City Harbor District is in grave reprehensible repair. In their most recent published audit report conducted by Stephen Denny it was determined there has been no oversight, no transparency, and the financial reports in the meeting materials do not reflect the Harbor…
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BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: SHRUGGIES SNACK SHACK
By Linda Sutter – August 12, 2022 Shruggies Snack Shack is located in the lot across the street from Surfside vacation rentals on Highway 101 South right by 2nd street. There is an Orange Sign advocating for Food Vendors. I pulled into the lot close to the snack shack and it sort of reminded me…