Author: nick
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It’s Only 1%
Opinion and Commentary by Donna Westfall – May 10, 2024 This morning, Crescent City, City Hall approved the petition to collect signatures in order to place the repeal of Measure S (1% sales tax) on the November 2024 ballot. Needed are about 100 signatures of registered voters in Crescent City by mid-June. Here’s the question:…
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Update: A big week for taxpayers at the California Supreme Court
By Jon Coupal – May 10, 2024 Your Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association has been fighting for taxpayers since 1978, and it’s no exaggeration to say this was one of the most important weeks in the history of our battle to keep taxes under control in California. On Wednesday, the California Supreme Court heard oral arguments…
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Insanity and Ineptitude
By Kevin Kiley – May 9, 2024 It’s true. The state is raising the gas tax again. It will now be 60 cents per gallon. And this was just part of a dizzying week of insanity and ineptitude in California: I took to the House Floor to call on Newsom and the Legislature to stop the gas tax…
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EVENT: Crescent City Starts & Seeds Giveaway
WHEN: Wednesday, May 8, 2024 TIME: 11:30 am to 1 pm WHERE: 1675 Northcrest Drive, Crescent City, Ca. Open to the Public ** This event is held with priority being UIHS Clients and Staff. ** Event by Potawot Community Food Garden
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INITIATIVE MEASURE TO BE SUBMITTED DIRECTLY TO THE VOTERS
The CityAttorney has prepared the following title and summary of the chief purpose and points ofthe proposed measure: Title: Initiative Measure to repeal local one percent sales tax.Summary: On November 3, 2020, City voters approved Measure S, a local taxmeasure that imposes a1.0% transactions and use tax within the City limits. A“transactions and use tax”…
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Enough bonds already!
By Jon Coupal – May 7, 2024 Back in 2010, then Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen, said that “the most significant threat to our national security is our debt.” At the time, our national debt was “only” $14.3 trillion. Today, it is more than double that. Debt service ― payment…
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House passes bill to expand definition of antisemitism
Opinion and Commentary By Donna Westfall – May 2, 2024 In response to all the craziness taking place on college campuses with students, teachers and non-student agitators, the House passed legislation yesterday in a vote of 320 – 91. Nice to see there was some bi-partisan support covering antisemitism. In 2016, the Plenary of Budapest…
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Chaos on Campus
By Kevin Kiley – May 2, 2024 Last week, I was at the Supreme Court to give California communities back the ability to clear tent encampments from parks and sidewalks. It looks promising. But in a sadly ironic twist, an even more disturbing type of encampment soon thereafter spread like wildfire. Universities have allowed outside…
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Iron Gate Dam Removal Scheduled
By Donna Westfall – May 2, 2024 – Credit to CDFW This summer, the Iron Gate Dam is scheduled for removal. Last month, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) successfully released approximately 500,000 juvenile salmon into the Klamath River just below the Iron Gate Dam. It was the first major release of coho…
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MMIP AWARENESS WALK AT DEL NORTE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS
Press release from Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation: – April 2, 2024 Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation announces its third annual awareness walk focusing on the issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP). The Nation’s Tribal Council and Community and Family Wellness Department are honored to present this free event to our community. We feel we all must…