Author: Samuel Strait
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And The Wall Came Tumbling Down
By Samuel Strait – January 14, 2023 It hasn’t been that long ago when walking through our local Home Depotthat I saw the cutest elderly couple also perusing Home Depot’s wareswearing matching powder blue face masks. I am not one to point out thefutility of wearing the face coverings, particularly to what is soobviously a…
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The 5-0 Club’s Descent Into Authoritarianism
Commentary by Samuel Strait – January 12, 2023 It is becoming a regular feature of the Board Of Supervisor meetings todegenerate at some point from being a rudderless circus to a completeclown show and the initial meeting of the Board for 2023 did notdisappoint. Suffice it to say it had only a slight resemblance toanything…
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The 5-0 Club Wheezes To Its 2022 Conclusion
Opinion Piece By Samuel Strait – January 7, 2023 For those of you that are used to my bi-monthly reports on the local 5-0Club, aka the Del Norte Board of Stupervisors, I apologize for mytardiness as internet connections on my Coast to Coast trip were lessthan acceptable and the holiday break for the month of…
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On The Road Day Twenty Nine, Thirty, And Thirty One
By Samuel Strait – November 19, 2022 Today is a crisp six degrees Fahrenheit, not something we see inCrescent City very often, but as we ascended the Rocky Mountains inWyoming it got ten degrees cooler. In the meantime Western Nebraskaand the tiny town of Sidney was our beginning for the day. Windy andbreathtakingly chilly, but…
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On The Road Day Twenty Five, Twenty Six, Twenty Seven, And Twenty eight
By Samuel Strait – November 16, 2022 It has been several days of seeing the sights then a long stint behindthe wheel to our next stop. Tippeecanoe this morning is an importantcolonial battle in Indiana, that resulted in the eventual path tostatehood for the Hoosiers. Not only do we tour the site of the battle,but…
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On The Road Day Twenty one, Twenty two, Twenty Three, And Twenty Four
By Samuel Strait – November 12, 2022 Day Twenty one started with a late visit to Indiana’s Military Museum atVincennes, Indiana, where we spent the next two hours viewing Indiana’sexperiences with warfare from early colonial times to the most recentexperiences in Iraq and Afghanistan, all accompanied by the variousvolunteers that man the museum. Some times…
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On The Road Day nineteen And Twenty
By Samuel Strait – November 7, 2022 Oak Ridge and the Manhattan Project are on tap to start the day. Whilemost of the original laboratory buildings are long gone, many of thecabins and hutments remain scattered around the remains of the communityof Oak Ridge. In the forties the US government basically movedapproximately 1100 local residents…
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On The Road Day Seventeen And Eighteen
By Samuel Strait – November 5, 2022 It is with some regret that we are leaving the New Bern area, but newadventures await as we head West towards Tennessee, Kentucky, andWestern Virginia. We continue to enjoy $3.00 gasoline and Crispy CremeDonuts as we travel. This morning we are headed for Raleigh, the Statecapitol, also home…
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Before You Vote
Commentary by Samuel Strait – November 4, 2022 Since Measures T and U qualified for the November Ballot, the City andCounty have issued a steady stream of pleas to voters to maintain theadditional Sales Tax Hike in order for both governments to “maintain”vital services. Now that we have had the increased sales tax collectedfor over…
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On The Road Day Fifteen And Sixteen
By Samuel Strait – November 3, 2022 We are still in New Bern for the next couple of days visiting relativesand seeing the sights. First up is a morning trip to Beaufort onCarolina’s Crystal Coast. From New Bern south to Morehead Cityfollowing along side the Croatan Forest of the Lost Colony of Roanokefame. Not much…