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  • Major roadwork scheduled

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    CalTrans District 1 – Major roadwork scheduled Friday, June 17 through Thursday, June 23   The following scheduled roadwork has been verified at time of release. Please keep in mind work is weather permitting and subject to change.  For updates to this list, visit: www.dot.ca.gov/dist1/d1rib.htm , or check with the California Highway Information Network (CHIN) at…

  • Triplicate Letters to Editor on Life Support

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    Opinion Piece by Dale Bohling – June 16, 2016 – originally sent to the Triplicate on August 20, 2015, but never published STOP!  Call 911!  Letters To The Editor on life support!  Coastal Voices receiving CPR! Kiss your opinions goodbye and prepare to have voluminous opinions from far flung editors and writers  shoved onto the…

  • Triplicate’s Editor – Bully, Censor or Both?

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    By Samuel Strait – June 16, 2016 – The article being referred to by the Mayor was in the Triplicate on June 9,2016, “City wants bulk of grant to go to pool, not RHS”.  His, the Mayor”s, Letter to the Editor appears in the Triplicate on June 11,2016.  Editor’s mea culpa appears on June 14,2016…

  • Big Win for Whistleblowers at Supreme Court

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    Submitted by National Whistleblower Center Supreme Court Unanimously Supports Whistleblower under False Claims Act Washington, D.C. June 16, 2016. In a unanimous ruling issued today, the United States Supreme Court upheld a whistleblower’s claim in Universal Health Services v. U.S. ex rel. Escobar.  The Court, in an opinion by Justice Thomas, affirmed the “implied certification theory” of liability under…

  • Can We All Really Be This Stupid?

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    By Guest Columnist, Michael Ceremello – former Vice Mayor/Councilman of the City of Dixon – June 16, 2016 – I would rather not get political with this issue but in retrospect after hearing the comments and diatribes from both sides of the aisle, it will be difficult.  I found it very interesting on the death…

  • Should Sutter Coast Hospital Pay It’s Fair Share in Property Taxes

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    Submitted by Roger Gitlin, Supervisor 1st District – June 15, 2016 – Sutter Coast Hospital operates 24 hospitals and other facilities, almost all exclusively in Northern California.. Sutter is a non-profit hospital, but is firmly in the black reporting $10.8 in profits in 2014. Sutter reported $81 million in net revenue on $11 billion in…

  • Circles of Life

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    By Vickey Stamps (c) June 6, 2016 – The old man sat at the concrete table in one of the small cities park, this one nearest the ocean.  He laid his cane on top of the table. The day was early and the dew of early morning lay upon the grass, leaving a shimmer on his worn…

  • Why has Recycling become a Religion in Del Norte County?

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    By Samuel Strait – June 10, 2016 –  I think we all must remember that time in school when the custodian, janitor back when I was in school, started putting that separate garbage can near the window where we took the remains of our cafeteria school lunch to be disposed.  Back then, we were only to…

  • Thoughts on 5th District Race

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    Submitted by Bob Berkowitz – May 9, 2016 – I want to thank all of you who voted on Tuesday. Voting is a right that we enjoy and it gives you the power to express your feelings in a meaningful way. By voting for Linda Sutter, Terri Colton and me, over 60 percent of you…

  • THANKS Crescent City for FREE Brush Pick Up

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    By Donna Westfall – June 2, 2016 – FREE is my favorite four letter “F” word. Each year, right after Memorial Day, Crescent City truck and scoopers offer a  free brush pick-up service IF the homeowner or renter will put their brush into the street next to the curb. This year, 54 loads at 5…