Author: Samuel Strait
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And Now South Korea
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – March 20, 2022 It is amazing to be able to walk around town now and see all the maskfree smiling faces. It is almost as if a huge weight has been liftedoff the shoulders of those that no longer feel compelled to wear a facemask. It is…
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And Finally The COC Meeting Itself
Commentary and Opinion by Samuel Strait – March 19, 2022 It is not often, at least in Del Norte County, that I get to witness twodumpster fires in the same day. How lucky am I? Following the agony ofFriday morning’s judicial stumbling’s March 18th of the Del Norte Unified SchoolDistrict’s legal team in stalling much…
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While Dodging Simple Solutions, The DNUSD’s COC May Just Have Stepped On A Mine
Commentary and Opinion by Samuel Strait – March 19, 2022 It is not often that I can drum up the interest to attend theproceedings of the local justice system, generally dry and boring as awhole, but I could not resist the opportunity to observe just howjustice is applied over a recent “Writ of Mandate” served…
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Putin and Gas Prices, Really?
Opinion by Samuel Strait – March 19, 2022 I have elected to give my brain a momentary rest from the absoluteinsanity revealed at nearly every encounter with the Del Norte UnifiedSchool District’s Citizen’s Oversight Committee, but stay tuned thatcircus will be making an appearance shortly. I happened to catch therather inane comments offered by the…
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Ice Cream Castles, Palaces, And Fantasy Land
Opinion by Samuel Strait – March 18, 2022 I don’t often pay as much attention to what is going on at City Hall asI should. While I live in the County and only have a few interests thatapply to City doings, I know I have been remiss in the attention I giveto the City’s Fathers. …
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Is It Fixed, Or Not?
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – March 17, 2022 For over a year now CalTrans and various construction contractors havebeen diligently shoring up Last Chance Grade about fourteen miles southof Crescent City on Highway 101. This bit of highway has been averitable nightmare to keep intact to travel for many decades, yet theState…
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The CDC Is On Comedy Central Now?
Opinion by Samuel Strait – March 17, 2022 Most of you who read the CCTimes regularly know that I have been a hugecritic of all the efforts by government to keep us “safe” from thatdreaded virus SARS-CoV-2. It has been almost comical over the lastcouple of months to see the scrambling among the Covid porn…
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Business As Usual?
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – March 16, 2022 For those of you that did not catch the last meeting of one of CrescentCity’s Secret Societies, it featured a plea by a local business owner tothe local Republican Central Committee to support an effort to rescindthe County’s Measure “R” whenever the Board of…
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More Mischief Revealed In Del Norte And Where Is The Sacramento Bee?
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – March 16, 2022 Is it possible we actually are in a time warp, where the wild wild westis alive and well? Seems so, if you at all are keeping up with themisconduct occurring at City Hall, the County, the school district, theharbor and now the Crescent Fire…
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No Law North Of The Klamath, No Local Government As Well And No Sheriff!
Commentary by Samuel Strait It could be said it is the year 1870 and the wild, wild west has takenover Del Norte County and run the local sheriff out of town. Whetheryou agree or disagree about the current difficulties our sheriff faces,criminal charges, and the latest shoe to drop in this affair, hisresignation, there are…