Author: Samuel Strait

  • The City’s ‘Tourist” Destination Black Hole

    The City’s ‘Tourist” Destination Black Hole

    Opinion by Samuel Strait There is a reason that tourists consider Crescent City a “pass through”town.  Part is financial, some of it is lack of amenities, and much ofit is the paucity of anything to do in Crescent City.  The City Councilis banking a lot of money on Front Street and Beach Front Park fillingthat…

  • Someone In Government Thinking?

    Commentary by Samuel Strait Who would ever believe someone aspiring to represent their localnormally forgotten citizenry, could ever be associated with doing theirjob properly?  Better yet, making the correct decision. Curry CountyCommissioners have joined with those in Jackson, Siskiyou, and KlamathCounties to draft a letter asking the Federal Energy RegulatoryCommission to suspend the transfer, decommissioning…

  • Horse Medication Is Now OK For The Pro Choice Left

    Commentary by Samuel Strait Its not what you think it is, it is even crazier.  The recent reveal ofthe draft decision of the Supreme Court which will send the choice as towhether or not abortion is permissible back to each individual state,has caused the progressive left to leave the realm of the sane.  Somestates, such…

  • The Big Spill

    The Big Spill

    Commentary By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – May 3, 2022 Unless you just happen to be living under a rock, most in this Countywill have heard in one form or another that the spill of asphalt bindermix on Highway 199 occurred on this past Thursday between Hiouchi andGasquet, some of it finding its…

  • 120,000 More Flee California in 2021

    120,000 More Flee California in 2021

    By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – May 3, 2022 The results are in, 120,000 more of California’s population have leftthe State.  Long has California been a destination for many in the restof the United States, and now the tide has turned. Taxes, Leftist policymaking, crime, illegal immigration, homelessness, and the list goes onand…

  • Roe v. Wade

    Roe v. Wade

    By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – May 3, 2022 The speculation has reached a feverish pitch that the United StatesSupreme Court will take the Federal government out of the abortionindustry and return that option to State governments. The hue and crywhen hearing the news from the left side of America was instantaneousand loud. …

  • For Leftists, As The Pandemic Wanes, Only Climate Change Remains

    For Leftists, As The Pandemic Wanes, Only Climate Change Remains

    Commentary by Samuel Strait – May 1, 2022 As the world begins to return to some form of normalcy, and the Covid-19virtue signalers are having less effect on those that are willing tomove on, the only remaining “end of the world” scenario left forprogressives to finger wag has become “climate change”. Naturally, weare constantly being…

  • Three For District Three

    Three For District Three

    Commentary and Opinion by Samuel Strait – April 29, 2022 When it comes to voting for the person who best matches your personalchoices in life, they may not always be the best candidate for theelectorate as a whole.  Quite often those that are elected to represent“we” the public come in the form of someone more…

  • And The Band Plays On

    And The Band Plays On

    Opinion and Commentary by Samuel Strait Another County Board of Supervisor’s Meeting and it is safe to say thatnothing of real importance was accomplished.  The supervisors are likerobots with preprogramed actions and responses for any and allsituations that come to their attention.  Occasionally some sort ofanimation peeps through the screen that surrounds them, when theunexpected…

  • The Harbor, Really?

    The Harbor, Really?

    By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – April 26, 2022 One often wonders who is running the shop in the Harbor, the Commissionor everyone who has a fantasy to peddle.  Its not as though the Harbordoesn’t have plenty of balls in the air already, they now take time outto get “involved” with stream restoration…