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Round 2: The Crescent City Harbor
By Roger Gitlin – EYE ON DEL NORTE – December 14, 2021 A checkered past…A sad legacy of mismanagement, tenant disdain and poor leadership. Thursday, Dec. 16 Harbor Commissioners meet in a Special Meeting at 10AM at the Harbor office to clarify, amend and hopefully delete some duplicative Ordinances which confuse and make little sense…
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Changes afoot in the abortion debate?
By Donna Westfall – December 11, 2021 Today is my son’s 53rd birthday. However, when I was pregnant with him, I was separated from his father and contemplating a divorce. I also contemplated an abortion. Having been raised in a household that taught sanctity of life, It was truly a great internal debate. The year…
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Newsom Is Caving
By Assemblyman Kevin Kiley – December 10, 2021 Newsom is starting to walk back his student mandate, stressing the personal belief exemption allows “plenty of latitude for families to make decisions.” It’s a clear sign he’s looking for a way out, as parents fight back like never before. It also means any attempt by the…
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“Painful” Harbor Commission Meeting
By Roger Gitlin – EYE ON DEl NORTE – December 8, 2021 Tuesday’s Crescent City Harbor Commission was almost too painful to watch. Harbor Commission president Brian Stone has very limited people and management skills and yesterday’s meeting glaringly revealed his inability to articulate and justify the many inconsistencies on the Dec. 7th Agenda. My…
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WHOA BABY! TRUMP AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE?
By Donna Westfall – December 8, 2021 As things look right now, Nancy Pelosi will be out as Speaker of the House come 2022. You’ve heard that should anything happen to President Biden, then Vice-President Harris, then the Speaker of the House is next in line as President. That’s 100% correct. That position is third…
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Newsom Goes on Book Tour
By Assemblyman Kevin Kiley – December 7, 2021 Gavin Newsom is off to NYC to promote his new children’s book. This comes after 3 days in Nevada, a week in Cabo, and a mysterious 13-day disappearance. He’s chosen a bad time to go jet-setting. Just as courts have stopped all 3 of Biden’s mandate orders,…
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BATTLE TO HALT PROP. 19 TAX HIKE
Howard Jarvis Taxpayer’s Association – December 7, 2021 The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association is fighting to reverse one of the largest property tax increases in state history, a little-noticed provision of Proposition 19 that revoked the ability of parents to pass property to their children without any change to the property tax bill. Proposition 19…
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Reopening the Internet
By Donna Westfall – December 7, 2021 Millions of American’s have been waiting with baited breath to have social media that doesn’t censor, delete and control our social media. Trump’s “Truth” social media will be a welcome relief to those platforms squashing conservative voices. The announcement that Republican Rep. Devin Nunes of California will be…
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SQUEAKY WHEEL GETS THE OIL
By Roger Gitlin – EYE ON DEL NORTE – December 7, 2021 Several very positive items emerged from tonight’s Crescent City Council meeting. 1) Over the past several months, EYE ON DEL NORTE has asked for updates on the status of the long-standing EYESORE vacant, dilapidated medical building at 200 A St, in arguably one…
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Pearl Harbor Day
By Donna Westfall – December 7, 2021 The enemy is never sleeping. While our retreat in Afghanistan will forever be a stain on the Biden presidency, the weakness of our leader certainly is empowering those nations around the globe that no longer fear the USA. Nations considered our allies have got to be wondering if…