Author: Samuel Strait
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Don’t Kill The Messenger, After All It Is Only An Opinion
Opinion by Samuel Strait Maybe not all, but most in the County have heard the saga produced byour formerly appointed Sheriff, Randy Waltz. There will be somepronouncements that announce to the heavens that his disposition in thecourt of law was a “slap on the wrist”. There will be those that givehim a “pass” and say…
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And Then There Were Five
Opinion by Samuel Strait The following is my impression of the candidates from the last of threecandidate forums produced for our edification by Del Norte’s fine groupof realtors. As in each of the two previous gatherings this exemplarygroup has given Del Norte County voters a glimpse of what this June’sprimary will have to offer those…
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On To The Fourth District Race
Opinion by Samuel Strait – May 13, 2022 Before diving into the recent meet and greet of the Fourth District’scandidates, I’d like to say that the realtors of Del Norte County havedone a fine job allowing for local voters to get a glimpse of who theywill be voting for in June. Granted there were questions…
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Where Do They Stand For District Three?
Opinion by Samuel Strait – May 12, 2022 I will leave it up to “Eye On Del Norte” to give the hard cold facts onthe most recent election debate for the candidates from the County’sDistrict Three, Chris Howard, Frank Magarino, and Joe Akins. It is timeto pull off the gloves and get down to what…
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The 5-0 Club Meets
Commentary by Samuel Strait The County’s 5-0 Club, better known as the Del Norte County Board ofSupervisors, met in another of the bi-monthly meetings to behave asexpected, pass everything unanimously without a single dissentingvote. Seems that’s what’s expected by the County’s bureaucracy when theboard consists of five tamed lap dogs. Not a single question wasuttered…
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The Hypocrisy Of Climate Change
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – May 10, 2022 It seems that everything that the “empty suit” Gavin Newsom does nowdays is somehow attached to his obsession with “Climate”. In a newannouncement, our beloved Hair Gel has announced a “public-privatepartnership” to spend more taxpayer dollars in an effort to appear tocheck all the…
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The Stupid Get Stupider
Opinion by Samuel Strait – May 8, 2022 Recent comments following an article in the CCTimes, “The DefiningIssue” by Assemblyman Kevin Kiley, has prompted this explanation forthose that live in the vacuum chamber of liberal/progressiveCalifornia. Most that merely exist in said chamber likely vote in lockstep with the State’s oblivious. Those that voted to retain…
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By All Means, EV’s Are The Future, Once All The Kinks Are Worked Out
Commentary by Samuel Strait – May 7, 2022 Recently two separate incidents have occurred, where mass transit buseswhich were both relatively new and electric powered, caught fire, andexploded. In an effort to be “green” 149 electric buses have beenpulled out of service in Paris, France due to these disturbingincidents. Fortunately no one was killed in…
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Pacific Power Seeks To Raise Your Power Bill, Again
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – May 7, 2022 There for a lengthy period of time the annual attempt by Pacific Power,mostly successful, to raise the cost of electricity to NorthernCalifornia, was submerged by the relatively stable cost of fueling itseffort. It did give rise to another issue, that of maintaining itsinfrastructure and…
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And The Answer Is, More Grants
Opinion by Samuel Strait – May 7, 2022 Yes, I am an opinionated old curmudgeon, when it comes to the County’sdesire to fund all the County’s problems with grants from higherauthority. The recent effort through the DC lobbyist, Greg Burns, hasnetted the attention of Senator Dianne Feinstein to add Del NorteCounty’s jail house woes to…