Author: nick
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Endemic Insanity
By Assemblyman Kevin Kiley – December 22, 2021 Two months ago, I sent a clear message to the state’s large school districts: Under California law school districts cannot mandate the COVID vaccine without a personal belief exemption. Don’t try it. You will get sued and will lose. Well, San Diego Unified tried it. They got…
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Part 1: City Council Meeting Dec. 20th
By Roger Gitlin – EYE ON DE NORTE – December 21, 2021 At the Crescent City, City Council’s last meeting of the year, the Council has sent incumbent Mayor Jason Greenough back with the gavel for 2022. Confusion abounded with individual Councilors nominating Greenough, Blake Inscore and Isaiah Wright, respectively. The dust settled and Mayor…
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FEELING TAXED TO DEATH?
By Donna Westfall – December 19, 2021 Last year when both the City and the County put a 1% sales tax on the ballot, many of us thought they were nuts. Could the timing be any worse? Worse or not, there is possible recourse at the June ballot in 2022 IF enough signatures are collected…
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Ethics Before Athletics?
By Donna Westfall – December 19, 2021 The Winter Olympics are due to take place in China in the city of Beijing. They are set to begin on February 4th and run for the following 16 days. However, there’s talk of boycotting the Olympics. Let’s not minimize the importance of the Olympics. Where else can…
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“Equity” in California
By Assemblyman Kevin Kiley – December 17, 2021 The California Department of Education’s “Superintendent of Equity,” one Daniel Lee, has resigned his $180k/year position. This comes a day after I sent a letter pointing out his hiring was illegal. Lee doesn’t even live on the West Coast. He lives and works in Philadelphia as a life coach.…
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Latest Crescent City Harbor Meeting
By Roger Gitlin – EYE ON DEL NORTE – February 17, 2021 At Thursday, December 16th Special Meeting of the Crescent City Harbor District was refreshingly productive and informational… No disrespect intended, the Meeting to discuss the codification of Harbor ordinances was productive and positive despite Harbor president Brian Stone’s best efforts to gloss over…
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Groundhog’s Year
By Assemblyman Kevin Kiley – December 14, 2021 In many ways 2021 has felt like a repeat of 2020. But unlike Bill Murray’s iconic character, who improved as he lived Groundhog’s Day over and over, Gavin Newsom has learned absolutely nothing. Case in point: yesterday he reimposed a statewide mask mandate, despite data showing that counties with…
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Bar O Boys Ranch. What’s Going On?
By Roger Gitlin – EYE ON DEL NORTE – December 14, 2021 Located on 199, four plus years ago, Del Norte County closed the six decade-old boys Juvenile probation camp 32 miles of Crescent City. The good work performed by kids and Staff is unquestionable. 602 Wards (Juvenile offenders) aged 13-18 were Court-ordered to Bar…
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Pelosi, Schumer, and Biden – Traitors?
By Mark Meuser – December 14, 2021 One of the most critical parts of the War for Independence was not George Washington beating the British bayonets. It was stopping the British printers from devaluing the Continental dollar with counterfeit currency. Most know about the heroic efforts by Washington and the Army to stand up against the…
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Bad Boy, COC Chair Steve Lyon, does not know what independent means
Opinion Piece By Donna Westfall – December 14, 2021 I walked into the December 10th COC meeting a few minutes late. Almost wished I hadn’t attended because what was taking place was an argument between Citizen’s Oversight Committee (COC) Board Member Angelina Countess -Bieber and Chairman of the COC, Steve Lyon. Their argument was over…