Author: Linda Sutter
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$25 Million School Bond Waste
Commentary and Opinion By Linda Sutter – March 24, 2022 Open Letter to School Board Member Angela Greenough Since you are on the Board of Trustees for the DNUSD, It is my intention to apprise you of some information. On October 1, 2020 during a Citizen’s oversight Committee meeting the following was stated, “The COVID-19…
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Last Stage of Citizens Oversight Committee Writ of Mandate
By Linda Sutter – March 20, 2022 Friday March 18, 2022, at 10:00 am was set in Del Norte Superior Court to hear a Writ of Mandate filed against the $25 Million School Bond Citizens Oversight Committee (COC). After listening to a judge on the telephone who sounded similar to the teacher on Charlie Brown,…
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District 3 Supervisor Position: Chris Howard v Hank Akin
Opinion Piece By Linda Sutter – March 19, 2022 Chris Howard has been in his position 6-8 years. He was first appointed not elected but won in his re-election. Chris Howard proclaims he is Republican but his decision making is not the value of Republicans. In other words, Howard is in favor of higher taxes…
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Justice Delayed is Justice Denied
By Linda Sutter – March 9, 2022 The Del Norte Board of Supervisors voted to delay the repeal of sales tax until November 2022. Their reason to delay was for them to conduct a study which takes 30 days. This denial is a slap to the voters whose signatures of nearly 900 which was double…
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HOW ABOUT SOME PPP?
By Linda Sutter – March 3, 2022 Awe our federal government. So kind and generous they are right? Yes, so what is PPP? Paycheck Protection Program loans that were given to compensate workers while laid off during Covid. Yet workers who were laid off received very good unemployment benefits. This was quite the gig for…
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Parents In Numbers
By Linda Sutter – February 25, 2022 Parents lined up with standing room only to have their voices heard and fight for their children. Approximately 100 parents showed up to respond to abusive practices enforced by the school in mask wearing. The board members were abusive in prolonging their unwanted comments about masks instead of…
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The Downside of Sales Taxes
By Linda Sutter – February 19, 2022 Remember when former Chief Administrative Officer, Jay Sarina, was quoted as saying, Measure R funds will not be used for salaries and benefits? Let’s spend a little time on sales taxes with new news. Had the advertising for both city and county included, “We plan to hire new…
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WHY TRANSPARENCY MATTERS
By Linda Sutter – February 14, 2022 Every year, taxpayers in California pay out considerable portions of their income to the State. The citizens of California do this with the faith that the funds will be used for essential services that improve the communities that they live in. You might be shocked to learn then,…
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WHEN TO FILE A COMPLAINT
By Linda Sutter – February 8, 2022 With an uprise in crimes in Del Norte County and the lack of response demonstrated by the Del Norte Sheriff Office, the time unfortunately, has come to start filing complaints against Officers who refuse to do their job. In the last two months, I have received two reports…
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CITIZENS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEMBER JESSICA CURRY BRANDISHES WEAPON
Commentary by Linda Sutter – February 5, 2022 February, 4, 2021 – Thursday morning was no ordinary morning in Del Norte County. It was about 11:17 a.m when Del Norte Unified School District’s Citizens Oversight Committee member Jessica Curry brandished a weapon to citizen Donna Westfall who was merely serving Jessica Curry a Writ of…