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ALERT: Gun Control Loaded Into Congress Spending Bill
By Patrick Parsons – March 21, 2024 At 2 AM this morning, House Speaker Mike Johnson and his cohorts in the Swamp posted a 216,000 word, $1.2 trillion SwampOmnibus spending bill. And it’s set to be voted on in Congress as early as 11 AM on Friday morning! Our team combed over the bill this…
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TAX BUSTERS: Enough Already With All The Taxes
By Donna Westfall – March 20, 2024 Remember this is just a partial list. The California legislature continues to add to it. In Crescent City/Del Norte County we’ve got several things going on: 1.) Anticipated sewer rate increase by the City of Crescent City. Expect it to be announced sometime this spring. We have already…
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An important message to all California voters from HJTA President Jon Coupal:
March 19, 2024 Every vote counts, especially in a close election like the one for Proposition 1. Two weeks after the March 5 primary it is still too close to call. Right now it leads by only 19,617 votes out of more than 7 million cast. (See below for why HJTA recommended a vote of…
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Newsom’s “Very Bad Month”
By Kevin Kiley – March 18, 2024 Newsom was supposed to deliver his State of the State address today, but he just announced it’s cancelled. Given the train wreck he’d have to defend, I can hardly blame him. A New York Post headline says it all: “Newsom Very Bad Month.” That may be an understatement:…
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BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Ocean Air Farms
By Donna Westfall – March 16, 2024 On 15 acres in Ft. Dick, homegrown organic veggies and produce are offered year round. They are located at 2420 Moorehead Road in Crescent City. Their stand is open Saturday’s from 10 am to 3 pm. They usually raise about 30 types of organic vegetables. Their stand is…
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Biden’s Blunders
By Kevin Kiley – March 13, 2024 Yesterday Special Counsel Hur testified before the Judiciary Committee about Biden’s mishandling of classified documents. Hur found evidence Biden committed a crime, but opted not to charge him – in part because of his “diminished faculties.” My exchange with Hur is being called the “most newsworthy part” of…
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Seniors: Do You Need To Worry About Social Security?
Opinion & Commentary By Donna Westfall – March 12, 2024 How many of you know that our presidents have borrowed against Social Security? I was shocked when I was first told. When I heard that, I was a life insurance agent at Metropolitan Life during the late 1980’s. What’s the situation with Social Security these…
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It’s About Time
Opinion and Commentary By Donna Westfall – March 10, 2024 Isn’t it a shame that things have to get so bad before voters will show up and switch parties? And even then, few registered voters actually voted. In Del Norte County that percentage was 41%. From Carl DeMaio’s Reform California’s group, “the numbers prove voters…
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Unwinding Insanity
By Kevin Kiley – March 8, 2024 Yesterday, Biden delivered the worst-received State of the Union in history. My full rebuttal will be on the House Floor next Tuesday, but here is the reaction I gave C-SPAN as I left last night. One line I found particularly unbelievable: “Not since the Civil War have freedom and democracy…
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Don’t blame Prop. 13 for California’s mental health crisis
By Jon Coupal – March 8, 2024 The tax-and-spend lobby loves to blame Proposition 13 for all of California’s woes. This has become so routine that we at the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association have compiled a “Top 10” list of things for which Proposition 13 is alleged to be responsible. Keep in mind that these…