Author: Samuel Strait
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Assemblyman Wood Pays Del Norte A Visit, So What!
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – December 21, 2021 Most people who live in Del Norte County could care less that ourerstwhile assemblyman, Jim Wood, graced the County’s Board ofSupervisors with a visit. The ostensible reason for his visit was towax elegant about all the things he wasn’t accomplishing for theCounty. His range…
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A Year Now And How Has The Legacy Fared?
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – December 20, 2021 Most in this community are unaware that Del Norte County’s foray intotemporary housing for the homeless has passed its first year ofexistence. So, how is that going? Princess Heather Snow, as we mustrefer to her due to her lofty status in Del Norte County,…
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Castles, Palaces, And Other Things We Cannot Afford
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – December 19, 2021 Seems now that the City is awash with cash, all those things we weretold about being unable to pay for police, fire, and emergency measureshave gone out the window. Measure “S” the sales tax increase that wasto generate $1.3 million per year to take…
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Sister City, What Again? How Much Will It Cost This Time?
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – December 18, 2021 It isn’t that often that the City Council of Crescent City can be summedup in one word…Idiots. Idiocy, or stupidity, folly,foolishness,madness, insanity, lunacy, silliness, brainlessness,thoughtlessness, senselessness, lack of sense, indiscretion,irresponsibility, injudiciousness, imprudence, rashness,recklessness,ineptitude,inaneness, inanity, irrationality,illogicality,absurdity, nonsense, ludicrousness, ridiculousness, fatuousness,asininity, pointlessness, meaninglessness, futility, and fruitlessnessare…
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Just Exactly Who Is A Benefit To The People?
Opinion Piece By Samuel Strait – December 17, 2021 Most of you that read the Crescent City Times may have noticed a lack of writingfrom yours truly in the pages of the Times. As to that, I have beentraveling for most of the past month through Oregon, Western Washington,with some brief visits to Northern California,…
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Governor Hair Gel, Priorities, Priorities
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – November 11, 2021 Most people that are paying the least bit of attention, are aware thatGovernor Gavin Newsom was “missing in action” for nearly two weeks,before surfacing in San Francisco at a lavish wedding. There has beenmuch speculation as to where and why the Governor took a powder,…
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First Italy, Now Germany
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – November 9, 2021 The EU’s Italy, and now the anal retentive German government has justhad its hat handed to them over their Covid mandates and insistence onvaccinations for everyone. Will the narrative ever catch a break? Itappears that the Germans who have suffered under severe masking andsocial distancing…
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News From Abroad, Interesting?
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – November 7, 2021 Most people in this Country pay little attention to things that happenthat are news worthy outside of our borders, and our Main Stream Mediadoes a good job filtering out anything that disturbs the currentpropaganda that is being peddled. Unfortunately this does little tohelp the public…
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Gun Control In California, Necessary, or not?
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – November 7, 2021 If it is one thing that has been brought to public attention duringthese last twenty months of the Pandemic is the increasing feeling oflack of personal safety brought on by riots, “Black lives Matter”,Antifa, and the concept that policing is unnecessary. In response, thegeneral public…
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The Tea Party Meets For Direction
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – November 7, 2021 Recently, on November 3,2021, the resurrected Del Norte County Tea Partyhad a second meeting hosted by former Sheriff, Dean Wilson. While theultimate goals of the group remain virtually the same, a call for moreeducation on certain issues to address deficiencies that have appearedrecently within the…