Author: nick
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Scott Feller’s Predicament
Opinion Piece by Samuel Strait – May 24, 2017 – After having read the three articles in the Triplicate, followed by the article in the Crescent City Times, regarding Rural Human Services (RHS) and the plight of its current director, Scott Feller, a thought came to mind by the piling on of several of Crescent City’s…
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No relief funds: What next?
By Donna Westfall – May 13, 2017 – California crab fishermen discuss consequences of poor seasons. After four years of poor crab and salmon fishing, including one of the worst crab seasons in recent memory, local fisherman and Eureka resident Bob Borck decided in November that it was time to move on. After selling his fishing…
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Rural Human Services hired investigator on Scott Feller sexual allegations
Press Release from Rural Human Services – May 12, 2017 – The recently reported “settlement” of a lawsuit against Human Rural Services (RHS) and Scott Feller has unfairly placed RHS in an unfavorable light. RHS does not nor will it ever condone sexual harassment. Upon becoming aware of allegations of inappropriate conduct by our…
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Vindicated
By Guest Columnist Michael Ceremello – May 11, 2017 It seems as a country we are witnessing a change. The change is back to a version of common sense. As the complicit media and leftist Democrat legislators are getting their heads handed to them, all I can say is “it is about time”. I think…
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Major Victory for citizens of California
Sacramento Superior Court Withdraws State Standard for “Chrome-6” Court ruled statute not followed to demonstrate economic feasibility SACRAMENTO, May 10, 2017 – In May 2014, the Solano County Taxpayers Association (SCTA) and California Manufacturers & Technology Association (CMTA) jointly filed a lawsuit in Sacramento Superior Court asserting that the state did not consider economic feasibility in…
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Center for Food Safety won lawsuit to protect bees from toxic pesticides!
Credit to www.centerforfoodsafety.org – May 10, 2017 – In response to a case Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed four years ago, a Federal Court ruled last night that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) systematically violated the Endangered Species Act (ESA) – a key wildlife protection law – when it approved bee-killing insecticides known as…
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BREAKING NEWS: Supervisor Lori Cowan Served
By Donna Westfall – May 9, 2017 – During public comment at the Board of Supervisors meeting this morning, Linda Sutter announced that she was serving Supervisor Lori Cowan with a Notice of Intent to Circulate Recall Petition (“Notice”). The reasons given on the Notice that contained 24 signatures: “When a person is elected to the…
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Fluoride actually damaging children’s teeth
By New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc. (NYSCOF) New York – May 9 – The most recent federal data reveals that over half of US children consumed so much fluoride it permanently discolored their teeth, while cavity rates have increased, reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc. (NYSCOF) Fifty-seven percent of…
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Another successful clean-up
By Donna Westfall – May 8, 2017 – Take a Bite out of Blight has done it again. A resident in the Bertsch Track had a need to have a pile of accumulated materials removed and Roger Gitlin organized a crew. When men, women and children can all work together for a common goal, that…
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It’s time to save our rural schools and communities
By Donna Westfall – May 6, 2017 – On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, introduced a bill to reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) program. Representatives Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03), and Derek Kilmer (WA-06) introduced similar legislation in the House.…