Author: Samuel Strait
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Does Anyone Pay Attention To Masking “Karens” Anymore?
Commentary by Samuel Strait – April 25, 2022 With the Centers for Disease Control’s masking mandate for publictransport struck down recently by a federal judge in Florida, doesanyone really wish to go back to the way things have been for the pasttwo plus years? Seems that at least some in the American populationwish that everyone…
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Is Local Government Our Biggest Problem?
Opinion and Commentary by Samuel Strait I spent much of this past Saturday afternoon in the company of a groupof local individuals that clearly feel local government in its currentform is a larger problem than the issues that Del Norte County currentlyface. Could that be even remotely possible one might ask? How couldlocal government possibly…
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Republican, Rather Demorat Light Makes Their Endorsements
Commentary by Samuel Strait – April 22, 2022 I will try not to bore you with the details, but our local RepublicanCentral Committee “in secret”, has made known in a flyer who they wishedfor the voters to cast their ballots for in June’s primary. It willlikely take some time for local voters to sift through…
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The Minor League Clown Show Is In Session
Opinion and Commentary by Samuel Strait – April 22, 2022 I don’t often comment on the doings of the City’s Council as I haven’t,up until recently, been all that interested in reporting on the minorleague version of the “clown show” in Del Norte County. In any event,I’ve taken in the last few meetings just to…
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Maskless On An Airplane, Not If The Biden Administration Can Help It
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – April 20, 2022 For some time now it has become crystal clear that masks neither preventvirus transmission or prevent anyone from becoming infected by a virus. That, for all the Covid “Karens” out there is the current science on thematter. It could change, but every recent scientific study…
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“I’m From The Government, And I’m Here To Help”
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – April 20, 2022 It was August of 1986 that then President Ronald Reagan uttered thosefamous words as the most feared of all words spoken in the Englishlanguage. Never more true today than it has been for hundreds of years,Reagan had clearly understood the problems that a growing…
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Climate Change, Where Have You Been?
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – April 19, 2022 – Picture Credit to mfa.gov.cn For awhile now we haven’t heard much from our esteemed governor on thesubject of “Climate Change”, as he has been too busy torturing schoolage children with masks or spending time on vacation. Looks like thattime is over as the…
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Strike At Sutter Health?
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – April 19, 2022 It seems that local nurses employed by Sutter Health are an unhappylot. They expressed this dissatisfaction by resorting to an appearanceon the sidewalk in front of the local hospital waving signs expressingtheir dismay. This brave group facing the cold and rainy weather commonin Del…
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Numbers, 150,000 at $80,000.00 each, That’s A Big Number
By Samuel Strait – April 19, 2022 Over the past couple of years, Governor Gavin Newsom has invested $4.8million in State funding for two projects which would enable Del NorteCounty to house, once the Klamath version of Project Home Key is up andrunning, about 60 of the County’s total population of homeless of 400. The governor’s…
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Just How Big Is Too Big?
Opinion by Samuel Strait – April 17, 2022 Following an article I wrote for the CCTimes, titled “Another Study,Does Anyone Really Care?”, April 15, 2022, I received an e-mail from acandidate that is running for Supervisor asking for information about astudy that was the recent focus of the Board of Supervisors at the April12th rendition…