Author: Linda Sutter
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Crescent City Harbor
By Linda Sutter – April 14, 2021 Many things are happening with Crescent City Harbor. First and foremost the Solar Panels are working and one set of the panels off set electricity bill by $6,000. Normally the electric bill was $12,000 in a month. Although the solar panels still have adjustments to make in order…
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FAC Sues Ventura County Sheriff for Violating Public Records Act
Submitted by Linda Sutter – March 31, 2021 The First Amendment Coalition (FAC) today sued the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office over its failure to comply with public records requests seeking information about deputy misconduct and serious use of force. The lawsuit comes after FAC attempted to pull back the veil of secrecy on deputies’ most…
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DEL NORTE LAW LIBRARY CLOSED TO PUBLIC; WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE LEGAL RESEARCH AND WRITING?
By Linda Sutter – March 15, 2021 The Del Norte County law library is closed to the public using Covid as the excuse. However, the Sacramento Law Library is opened to the public Monday through Friday 0900-1600 hours. Masks must be worn. Up until the first of March access to the LexisNexis program for legal…
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IS SHERIFF APPERSON HIDING FENTANYL DEATHS?
By Linda Sutter – March 15, 2021 – Picture credit to US Drug Enforcement Administration During the first week of January approximately 5 deaths occurred in our county. All were of approximate 20-30 age range. All deaths are pending investigation. But the public has not been informed. Why? One name was dropped as the seller…
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Price Increases on Lumber and Other Building Materials
By Linda Sutter – March 11, 2021 A local contractor mentioned the price of lumber and other building materials had more than doubled. Last year one sheet of OSB , which is underlining chipboard for siding was $7.00 a sheet from Home Depot. Today that same sheet is $27.00. One contractor who builds small 4…
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PUPPET vs. SPINELESS NINNY MAYOR GREENOUGH
Opinion Piece By Linda Sutter – March 9, 2021 During a Special City Council meeting Mayor Greenough offered to give up his position as Mayor to Former Mayor Inscore. Puppet vs. Spineless Ninny, which can not be determined because Mayor Greenough (a Republican) exhibited both qualities. The first part of the city council meeting was…
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H.R. 82: Social Security Fairness Act of 2021
By Linda Sutter – March 2, 2021 This is good news for those of us who worked and paid Social Security taxes, then ended our career with a state, county, or city job. The States took most of your Social Security based upon an earned pension. In my eyes this was highly unfair. Social Security…
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The Law, Local Elections and Spending Public Funds
By Linda Sutter, February 26, 2021 October 12, 2020, the Fire District located on Washington Blvd. attempted to tax 5,000 people with a $75 tax on their properties so they could pay 3 fire captains $160,000 per year to work two full days per week. This tax failed so Measure R and Measure S were…
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CITIZENS OF CRESCENT CITY: Oversight committee for 1% sales tax
By Linda Sutter – February 22, 2021 On November 3, 2020 the citizens of Crescent City voted to increase sales tax from 7.5% to 8.5% under the vote “yes” for Measure S. The city Council will be appointing people for the oversight committee, not by the people, but themselves 5 people for the oversight committee.…
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BREAKING NEWS: Road closure Hwy 101 at Last Chance Grade
By Linda Sutter – February 14, 2021 Stopped to talk to the flagger on Highway 101 south of Humboldt Road as stranded cars, RV’s , and trucks line Highway 101 little do they know the likelihood of getting through Last Chance Grade is pretty much nil. Flagger stated the width of the landslide of Last…