Author: nick
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Local Public Corruption? Who Do You Call?
By Donna Westfall – October 2, 2018 – During the days of the Wastewater Treatment Plant upgrade/expansion, I became a whistleblower. The only thing wrong with that is that I didn’t know squat about whistleblowing, or whistleblower laws. This is what I did. I went and talked with our City Manager(s) and requested public records…
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The Good News About Our Air Service
By Donna Westfall – October 2, 2018 – The Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act, which was passed by the House of Representatives earlier last week, could provide a boost to Del Norte County air service. The act would also ensure our airport in Crescent City continues to receive funding through the Essential Air Service (EAS)…
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Garden tour and Permaculture Workshop
By Donna Westfall, October 1, 2018 – Two fantastic opportunities came up last week. First, Roots & Shoots Gardening Club arranged to visit gardens and greenhouses around our area for the last meeting of the year. The club meets the third Wednesday of the month generally starting at 11 am. Their meetings start in January…
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“The nominee will be reported to the floor”
By Donna Westfall – September 28, 2018 – Brett Kavanaugh just passed the first hurdle. This morning, the voting by the State Judiciary Committee on the Kavanaugh nomination took place. The vote: 11 to 10. This is how it shook out. Republicans all voted yes…11 total Democrats all voted no…10 total Apparently the Dems are…
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Repealing the Gas Tax
By Guest Columnist, Michael Ceremello – September 27, 2018 – As it relates to Solano County: Proposition 6 is pretty much a no brainer. This is not simply a rejection of a tax but a rejection of bureaucracy which believes they can never have enough of your money. The money collected as gas tax before…
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Quality Education is the Bedrock of a Healthy Community
Families focus on improving outcomes for most vulnerable students Submitted by Wild Rivers Community Foundation – Crescent City, CA. September 25, 2018 Concerned parents and students in Del Norte County and Tribal Lands are organizing to improve school educational opportunities and outcomes for the most vulnerable students. They, like parents and students across the state,…
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Fairground Boards – Transparency? Heck No!
Opinion Piece By Donna Westfall – September 25, 2018 – It’s bad enough taxes continue to go up, but it’s worse when some slick people think up reasons to convince the unsuspecting voters that they will be supporting a good cause in order to raise taxes. We’re talking about Measure F. In my opinion, such…
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Cudo’s to Sen. McGuire and Gov. Brown for SB 929
By Donna Westfall – September 18, 2018 – If you’ve been following the posts on Facebook about the 41st District Fairgrounds and the 1/4 cent sales tax Fairgrounds Board, you know that they have not bothered to post their financials or agenda’s or minutes, and in fact, even thwarted the efforts of the 2017-2018 Grand…
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The Sled
By Guest Columnist, Michael Ceremello – September 18, 2018 – One of the greatest movies ever made, according to film afficionados and industry experts, is Citizen Kane starring Orson Welles. The great supposed mystery was what Kane meant when he spoke of “rosebud”. After watching the movie, I couldn’t understand why it was a mystery. …
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Has the Triplicate really changed?
Opinion Piece By Samuel Strait – September 17, 2018 – For all of the local folks that have been deceived by the editorial penned by our illustrious editor of the Triplicate, Robin Fornoff, last month claiming a new, more enlightened less restrictive approach to his editorial style surrounding future submissions to “Letters to the Editor” or “Coastal Voices”…