Author: Samuel Strait
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The Del Norte Unified School District’s Latest Hustle
Opinion by Samuel Strait – November 3, 2024 I suppose most of the County have received the slick new hustle by the local school district citing what they will do with the $59 million general obligation bond that appears on the November 5th ballot. Nothing specific, nor anything beyond lobbying for things that should be…
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Does the School District Have Too Much?
Commentary and Opinion by Samuel Strait – October 27, 2024 It is a fair enough question to ask in light of the $59 million bond offered by the school district on this year’s November ballot. The school district’s current projected budget is a shade under $75 million dollars. Once the State of California completes its…
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And You Thought The School District Was About Education!
Commentary and Opinion by Samuel Strait – October 17, 2024 I just now received my 2024 ballot for November 5th, where the deepest dive into the remotest corners of my wallet are ongoing for the loose change I may have hidden away from the grasping hands of State and local taxing authorities. It appears almost…
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The 5-0 Club And Something Called Transparency
Commentary and Opinion by Samuel Strait – August 1, 2024 Well, here I am nearly seven thousands miles away, the dust has settled, and I can report on the July 23rd meeting of the 5-0 Club’s most recent attempts at being “transparent”. Things started off pretty much as expected. We’ve developed a formula here, the…
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County Supervisor’s Don’t Know What “Vital” Means
Commentary and Opinion by Samuel Strait – July 18, 2024 Vi-tal, adjective, absolutely necessary or essential, important, is the Webster dictionary definition of “vital. This is a word that our local Board of Supervisors know nothing about in their efforts to spend the County into oblivion. Since Measure “R” passed in the fall of 2020,…
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The 5-0 Club Is Hard Of Hearing
Opinion and Commentary by Samuel Strait – July 12, 2024 It is often difficult to judge what exactly it is that will fill the Board of Supervisors meetings with outraged citizens. Having sat through the entirety of many such meetings over the past few years, I, myself, and a few others who are private citizens…
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Time To End The National Embarrassment Known As Climate Change
By Samuel Strait – July 2, 2024 It has been over sixty years of nonstop badgering by “climate experts*, celebrities, and politicians, in print, on air, and through public speaking engagements that the American public has listened to tales of catastrophe wrought by human activity to the planet earth. Literally dozens of deadlines have been…
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The 5-0 Club Without The Traveling Man Supervisor Howard
Commentary and Opinion by Samuel Strait – June 28, 2024 During the recent Del Norte County Board of Supervisor’s Meeting, the four members present couldn’t have made a larger mess for themselves and the County’s residents if they tried. Congratulations Supervisors Starkey and Short, maybe a lesson in employee compensation negotiations is in order. Never…
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Del Norte School District: Education, Or Intervention And Indoctrination
Opinion and Commentary by Samuel Strait – June 27, 2024 It has been awhile since I last attended a School Board Meeting. Not since Meetings surrounding the failed attempt by the local Board to maintain an Oversight Committee for the duration of the expenditure of the 2008 $25 million General Purpose Bond that not only…
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The 5-0 Club: Accidentally Does Something Right
Commentary and Opinion by Samuel Strait – June 14, 2024 No, I am not talking about the thirty five minute train wreck that the Del Norte County Board of Supervisors held on the morning of June 11th, but during the later meeting held at the Veteran’s hall at 5:00 pm something happened that actually might…