Author: Samuel Strait
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Just Another Day At The Office
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – January 28, 2022 It is refreshing to notice that the “Empty Suit” in Sacramento is justas stupid as our local lords. Governor Hair Gel just announced hislatest dumb idea. About equivalent to the Board of Supervisor’s recentdecision to revive the local Tri Agency, Lord Newsom has decided…
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BOS Duties, Spend More MONEY!
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – January 27, 2022 If you haven’t caught a Board of Supervisor’s meeting lately, have nofear, they appear to be focused solely on spending more taxpayer money. Amidst all the word salad on the agenda of the recent January 25, 2022Board of Supervisor’s meeting was the intent to fund…
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The High And Mighty
Opinion By Samuel Strait – January 27, 2022 While the actions of the sitting members of the County’s Board ofSupervisors at a recent meeting could be described as nauseating atbest, probably the most tone deaf comment during the proceedings wasoffered by District Four Supervisor, Gerry Hemmingsen. Following arather serious review of the history of the…
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The Masked And The Unmasked, The Great Divide
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – January 26, 2022 In the past two years have you ever walked into a business or officewithout a mask on and noticed the “Hostile Stare”? Have you beenapproached by someone who seems hysterically agitated over your lack ofa face covering? Have you been called a “Monster”…
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Lord Stutz’ Monday Morning Slight Of Hand
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – January 25, 2022 Most of the citizens will not pay much attention to Lord Stutz when hegives his periodic briefings on the state of Covid within Del NorteCounty. Rather than completely ignore his regular bleating about thecurrent state of his statistical analysis, it might be noted that…
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Another Photo Op Flop For Governor “Hair Gel”
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – January 23, 2022 In another of California’s “third World” urban centers, often referredto as LA or Los Angeles, Governor Newsom, with a penchant for a goodphoto op, was found casually suited in tee shirt, slacks, loafers, and abaseball cap, with blue plastic bag in hand “helping” workers…
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The Dumb Get Dumber At The Harbor
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – January 22, 2022 The current spectacle at the Harbor surrounding their ill conceived planto reduce its power bill via the solar farm that currently graces theharbor’s parking lot, is well on its way to becoming a clown show. First the president of the Harbor Commission, Brian Stone at…
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The Keystone Cops Are Alive And Well At Del Norte County’s Office Of Emergency Services
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – January 21, 2022 One now would have had to have been in a progressive vacuum chamber notto know that a volcano erupted near Tonga, a tiny island group in theSouth Pacific, 5400 miles away from the West Coast of the United Statesand generated a Tsunami. It was…
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Educational Decline And The Decline Of Modern America
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – January 21, 2022 It is not exactly a stretch to notice that with the decline of publiceducation over the past sixty years, that there has been a similardecline in the state of life here in the United States. While not all ofthe dysfunction and divisiveness can be…
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DNUSD, The Dumbing Down Of Del Norte County
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – January 20, 2022 It seems like a half century ago that some people in this Countrynoticed the affect that public education was having on the Americanpeople. This awareness spawned a host of books and articles giving eachauthor’s reasons why this was happening, not that it might behappening. …