Author: Linda Sutter
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Narcan Saved Life
By Linda Sutter – May 16, 2022 The Yurok Tribe Police Department has been assisting the Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office with shift coverages due to low staffing levels. Sunday morning, May 15, at approximately 6:00 am, while conducting an arrest of a warrant subject that was in the possession of drugs, Officer Gibson came…
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WHY REALTORS ENDORSING 3RD DISTRICT SUPERVISOR CHRIS HOWARD WAS A MISTAKE
Opinion By Linda Sutter – May 15, 2022 The Del Norte Association of Realtors endorsing candidates is a waste of time because the determination was made before the debates. During their debates they cited many issues concerning realtors with laws affecting the community as a whole. However, in the last four years, I have not…
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DEL NORTE SHERIFF RESPONDS TO 5150 INCIDENT RESULTING IN DEATH
By Linda Sutter – May 13, 2022 On or about May 9, 2022 at approximately 0900 hours on Peveler Avenue in the Bertsch tract, it is alleged the Del Norte Sheriff responded to a 5150 call which resulted in death. The sheriff’s office to date has not sent out a press release. The residents of…
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“No Contest” Means Randy Waltz Guilty
By Linda Sutter – May 12, 2022 Former Sheriff Waltz pled no contest to three charges regarding falsifying his place of residence while running for Sheriff Judge Goldberg read his rights to waive trial for the felony criminal charges. Waltz pled no contest to make it sound as though it was a minor infraction, however,…
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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING
By Linda Sutter – April 26, 2022 The chambers were packed today awaiting to discuss the agenda item number 19 regarding the Hunter Valley Community Services district and the Yurok Tribe over an owned parcel of land by the county who was giving this land as a donation. Two members of the Yurok Tribe spoke…
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Princess Tea Party Provided by Tsunami Cheer
By Linda Sutter – April 23, 2022 Emma-lee Byrge and Rexy Nusser display their princess gowns at the Princess Tea Party held at the Del Norte Fairgrounds. There were a total of 87 princesses at this tea party in an effort to raise funds for Tsunami Cheer who received an invitation to participate in the…
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Our Measure R Funds at Work?
By Linda Sutter – April 22, 2022 Deplorable unsafe conditions! The pictures you are looking at is one cell in the Del Norte County Jail. The inmate who resides in this cell is mentally ill. In the pictures you can clearly see approximately 20 milk cartons, and 10 trays which implies this has been built…
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Del Norte County GOP
Opinion Piece by Linda Suter – April 21, 2022 Corruption doesn’t fall far from the tree. Today in the mail the Republican Party endorsed three people who are running for Board of Supervisors. Chris Howard in District 3, Patty Adams for District 4, and David Jones for District 5. The Chair of the Republican Central…
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TAXPAYERS BURDEN
By Linda Sutter – April 18, 2022 Local governments have been placing sales tax measures on the ballot in response to alleged “budgetary problems.” Such “budgetary problems” are often a result of wasteful or excessive spending by local government officials, including high pension costs and excessive personnel costs. Local governments also like to play budgetary…
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WHILE YOU WERE WORKING
Opinion Piece By Linda Sutter – April 12, 2022 Board of Supervisors Meeting April 12, 2022 The Board of Supervisors proudly and boastfully made clear that although the current Repeal of the 1% sales tax was placed on the ballot, it will not repeal the sales tax. Joel Campbell-Blair stated the repeal only repeals the…