Author: nick
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Does the public have a right to know about an elected officials addictions or mental illness?
By Donna Westfall – September 16, 2016 – Like it or not, we are a heavily medicated society. Alcohol, caffeine, marijuana, anti-depressants and tobacco are just a few of the substances we turn to. Over 61 million American’s suffer from mental illness and of those about 13.6 million live with a serious mental illness such…
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Politicizing Safeway
Opinion Piece By Samuel Strait – September 17, 2016 – [cincopa AQEATvNtCp6F]Apparently the Triplicate’s editor, Robin Fornoff and what appears to be their only reporter now, Tony Reed, didn’t score the political points from their first story about Safeway and Roger Gitlin’s efforts to clean up that store’s frontage in a front page story, “Gitlin,…
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KFUG Moving
KFUG will be off air Sunday, September 18, 2016, to move its equipment to their new location at 573 Elk Valley Road, Crescent City, California. Samuel Strait says, “My show will not air this weekend, but will resume Sunday the 25th with an interview of Bob Berkowitz and Roger Gitlin.” KFUG FM radio station at 101.1 started broadcasting…
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Inmate attacks officer at Pelican Bay State Prison
September 12, 2016 – CRESCENT CITY – Officials at Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) are investigating an assault by an inmate that sent three employees to the hospital. At 7:15 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, inmate Eliseo Pichaco, 32, entered a correctional sergeant’s office and attacked him, striking his face and upper body. Two other correctional…
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Calgary, Canada says “NO” to Fluoride
Credit to Calgary Metr – September 13, 2016 – Calgary City Councillors have rejected a motion to gather new information about fluoride in a 9-5 vote. One councillor sees it as a matter of mass dosing. Says, Coun. Jim Stephenson, “I don’t believe 50 percent of the population have the right to force medication on…
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Do Democrats have a history of racism?
OPINION PIECE BY SAMUEL STRAIT – September 11, 2016 – As one well versed in methods of historical research, another letter to the editor, to be found in the Triplicate is again guilty of playing fast and loose with history. In his letter (Triplicate, Letters September 8th) titled “‘Racism’” fits Republicans more than Democrats” Mr.…
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Annual Household Hazardous Waste Roundup Today, Saturday Sept. 10th till 2 PM
On Saturday, September 10, 2016, the Del Norte Solid Waste Management Authority will sponsor a one-day Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collection Event at the Del Norte County Transfer Station from 9 AM until 2 PM. This service is free to Del Norte County residents only, and is not intended or available for commercial hazardous waste…
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Trashing Roger Gitlin? Trashing Safeway? Trashing……
Opinion Piece by Samuel Strait – September 9 2016 – I suspect that it should be clear to anybody not born under a political activist’s rock that the Triplicate’s pretend angst over Roger Gitlin’s repeated calls to have Safeway, or rather SOMEONE to do something about the Looooooong standing mess that occupies the space immediately south…
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City Hall, a Breath of Fresh Air?
By Donna Westfall – September 8, 2016 -[cincopa A8JA2sdLNw6w] Whoa! What’s happening at City Hall? At Tuesday night’s Council meeting, September 6, 2016, the City Council voted 5-0 to refund Dennis Sutton over $14,000. This is amazing. I called Dennis Sutton and asked what happened. Dennis said, “I’ve been paying sewer on a property that…
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The Corruption of Campaign Cash
By Donna Westfall – September 7, 2016 – Have you ever asked yourself who may pull the strings for the decisions that are made by your board of supervisors. You might find it interesting that one member of the board of supervisors and one board wannabe have big special interest and Political Action Committees (PAC)…