Author: nick
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Is Del Norte County Supervisor, Lori Cowan, a hypocrite?
By Donna Westfall – September 15, 2018 – At the September 11th Del Norte County Board of Supervisor’s (BOS) meeting, Supervisor 2nd District, Lori Cowan, refuted the announcement by Supervisor 1st District, Roger Gitlin, about the increase in his registration fees stating that her registration fees on her five vehicles went up about $25 each…
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Bye Bye mattresses – FREE
WHAT Mattress Recycling Council’s Bye Bye Mattress Program is teaming up with the Del Norte Solid Waste Management Authority for a mattress collection event at the Del Norte Transfer Station on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, which is also World CleanUp Day. Cotton, fiber, steel, wood and foam are among the up to 80 percent…
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PART 1: The Freak Show AKA BOS 9/11 meeting RE: Prop 6 – the gas tax
By Donna Westfall – September 12, 2018 – Just when we thought miracles do happen and watched as Board of Sups (BOS) voted 4-1 (Sup. Lori Cowan only dissenting vote) to support Prop 6 – repealing the gas tax – at their August meeting, everything turned topsy turvy at their September 11th meeting. It started…
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Socialism has a poor track record
Opinion Piece By Samuel Strait – September 7, 2018 – It has been some time since I’ve had the privilege of appearing in the Crescent City Times in any way other than a comment or two. A local friend of mine has been pushing me to share some of my thoughts on Socialism and a…
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Listing of schools, principals, secretary’s and more
By Donna Westfall – September 7, 2018 – This morning at the Daily Town Hall Meeting (held six days a week from 6 to 7 am at Fisherman’s Restaurant), a discussion took place about principals at our schools. Names were mentioned like Paige Swan who used to be out at Smith River School and made…
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Bored With It All
By Guest Columnist, Michael Ceremello – September 5, 2018 – How anyone can stay focused on this endless reality charade is beyond me. It seems real life is now imitating a three hour Rush Limbaugh show where Rush repetitiously hammers home one point just so he doesn’t have to untie the other half of his…
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USA Charter School Goes Solar
By Paul Senyszyn – September 4, 2018 – This solar project has been nearly two years in the works. Uncharted Shores Academy (USA Charter School) applied for and was granted Prop 39 monies to use at their school facility to upgrade to very efficient lighting and also put solar on the school. It took some…
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A New Event – Classic Car Show
By Donna Westfall – Monday, September 3,2018 – The weather was absolutely perfect for Labor Day. There was the faint whiff of bar-b-que in the air. The parking lot at Battery Point Lighthouse showcased a couple dozen classic cars to the enjoyment of attendees. Joining the purple Buick (pictured), were Camaro’s, Corvettes, Chevy’s and more.…
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Eulogies and Fool-o-gies
By Guest Columnist, Michael Ceremello – August 29, 2018 – Unlike Fresno State’s Randa Jarrar who posted hateful undocumented, or should I say personally biased and subjective, evidence upon the death of Barbara Bush, I do not wish to commit to a full on assault on the character of Senator John McCain. I have read…
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Board of Supervisors Supports Repealing the Gas Tax
By Supervisor 1st District, Roger Gitlin – August 29, 2018 – Yesterday’s Del Norte County Board of Supervisors (BOS) meeting was an interesting one. I made the motion for our Board to SUPPORT Proposition 6 which will be on your November ballot to repeal the Road Repair and Accountability Act also known as Senate Bill…