Author: nick
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Common Sense Combat
By Guest Columnist Michael Ceremello – April 9, 2019 Another insight undeveloped by the great minds of conservative talk radio is the concept of political partisanship. The bon mot is “liberals baaaad, conservatives gooood”, mouthed as a sheepish bleat. Michael Savage is right. It isn’t about being a Democrat or Republican. It is about principles,…
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California may be reaching the point of ‘taxuration’
April 7, 2019 – By Jon Coupal, President Howard Jarvis Taxpayer’s Association – The phenomenon of “taxuration” occurs when taxpayers are so saturated with new tax-hike proposals that they start to rebel. According to a new poll, taxuration may have finally arrived in California, if hasn’t been here already. Last week, the Public Policy Institute…
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Town Hall Issue of Dam Removal
By Samuel Strait – April 7, 2019 – It shouldn’t be much of a mystery why two different people can attend an event and come away with two entirely different perspectives as to what happened, but here we have it. Last Wednesday I attended and participated as a panelist in a Town Hall Meeting hosted…
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Pro-life medical clinics get Title X funds as Planned Parenthood sees cuts
From Live Action By Kelli – March 29, 2019 – The Department of Health and Human Services has announced that The Obria Group, a pro-life medical organization, has been awarded a $1.7 million grant per year for the next three years — a total of $5.1 million — in Title X federal family planning funding in California.…
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Sup. Roger Gitlin, Crescent City and Pelican Bay State Prison Will Get Recognition
Del Norte County Supervisor Roger Gitlin announces Pelican Bay State Prison , Crescent City will be recognized at the California State Association of Counties Legislative Conference in Sacramento., April 24-25. Secretary of Corrections Ralph Diaz will appear on a panel with PBSP Warden James Robertson and Supervisor Gitlin at the Administration of Justice Policy Committee…
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Fine Forgiveness at Del Norte County Public Library
Celebrate National Library Week with a clean slate! From April 7 – 13, 2019, fines associated with overdue items will be waived as long as the items are returned in good condition! Fine forgiveness does not apply to fines that have been sent to collections or lost/damaged books. So, take those overdue books back in…
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Action Alert Update – ACA 1 under fire but moving forward
By David Wolfe, Legislative Director of Howard Jarvis Taxpayer’s Association – April 5, 2019 – Last week, we sent out an Action Alert asking all HJTA members to call lawmakers on the Assembly Local Government Committee and urge them to oppose Assembly Constitutional Amendment 1. This measure would make it easier to pass tax increases by cutting the…
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LOCAL TOWN HALL MEETING HOSTED BY SUPERVISOR GITLIN
By Linda Sutter – April 3, 2019 – A local townhall meeting was held in the Arts and Crafts building of Del Norte County fairgrounds. Topics of discussion were the following; CRESCENT CITY ORDINANCES REGARDING HOMELESS. Mike Justice of Daily Bread Ministries stated there are a handful of bad apples but that is not the…
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Kathryn Murray spends time in jail on DUI
By Donna Westfall – April 2, 2019 – Around a quarter to eight last night, April 1st… and this is no April’s Fools Day joke; former Crescent City Councilwoman, Kathryn Murray was arrested by our local police for “RP REPORTS INTOXICATED FEMALE SUBJECT TRYING TO DRIVE AWAY FROM SAFEWAY AFTER TRYING TO BUY MORE ALCOHOL.”…
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LAUSD’s punishing parcel tax proposal
April 1, 2019 – By Jon Coupal, President Howard Jarvis Taxpayer’s Association – America’s most dysfunctional school district has stepped in it again. The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), apparently coming to the shocking realization that there was no way they could pay for the horrible deal they just cut with the unions, has…