Author: nick
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Discussion on cannabis at BOS, Tuesday, February 28th
Submitted by Jesse Davis – February 27, 2017 – The Board of Supervisors (BOS) this Tuesday, February 28th will discuss options for handling state legislation known as the MCRSA (medical cannabis regulation and safety act) and prop 64 known as AUMA (adult use of marijuana act). Regardless of any cannabis ideology, here are the county’s options…
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Rowdy bunch at The Daily Town Hall Meeting
By Donna Westfall – February 27, 2017 – The table was filled with eight people. The waitress at the Apple Peddler Restaurant kept the coffee cups and tea pot filled with hot liquid. We were grateful that she didn’t tell us to quiet down. Conversations were going every which way from the exorbitant rates charged…
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Gov. Brown’s 3 page $100 Billion wish list with not one cent for Del Norte County
February 26, 2017 – Here are the three pages of his proposed projects totaling $100 billion. Click on each picture to enlarge it.
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The Morass of Last Chance Grade
Opinion Piece By Samuel Strait – February 26, 2017 – I was under the mistaken impression that once Supervisors McClure and Finigan had taken their last curtain call that the citizens of Del Norte County would be done with actors pretending to be leaders, but alas, that is not the case. Having recently digested the…
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Anchorage, Alaska ignores thousands and keeps fluoride in the water
Susan Kanen, Biochemist, Anchorage resident Cleanwaterteamanchorage.com On January 24th, the Anchorage Assembly voted to ignore the thousands of Anchorage voters who want to end artificial water fluoridation. The Assembly is solely responsible for fluoridating your water. As they were drinking nonfluoridated water, they voted to override Amy Demboski’s efforts to place on the April 4th…
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It’s true. Not one cent for Del Norte County out of $100 billion requested by Gov. Brown
By Donna Westfall – February 24, 2017 – Take a look-see at the February 7th letter from Gov. Brown’s Executive Secretary to the National Governor’s Association Exec. Director and CEO. See anything wrong with it? There are three more pages that include all kinds of bridges and highway work, rail and transit work, water…
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Regarding President Trump’s Temporary Ban on Syrian refugees
Opinion Piece by Dale Bohling – February 24, 2017 – “Trump’s refugee plan plays on fear not safety” wrote Will Merriwether in the Triplicate’s Another View column dated February 4.2017. In a pre-911 mindset he launches into a 600+ word poo-pooing of President Trump’s announced temporary ban on Syrian refugees until such time as an…
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Nestle Leaves California Over Economically Strangling Laws
Credit to Conservative Tribune – February 23, 2017 – 1200 jobs will be lost when food and drink giant, Nestle, leaves California for business-friendly, Virginia. Virginia’s minimum wage is $7.25. California’s burdensome taxes, skyrocketing cost of living and culture of anti-corporate activism plus $16 million in a variety of tax incentives by Virginia all played…
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Wednesday Night Oil Bowling League
Submitted by Hank Northrip – Febuary 23, 2017 The Wednesday Night Oil Bowling League started it’s final quarter of the 2016-17 winter season with some good scores. There was a near perfect (11 Strikes and 279 ) game rolled by Jeff Newton, and a new bowler (started bowling last month) who scored big with a…