Author: Samuel Strait
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What transparency do we have in local government?
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – April 20, 2021 It appears that our local Board of Supervisors is taking great umbrageover the possibility of more openness at their twice a month meetings. Seems that an enhancement to the Brown Act, AB 339, is opening thepossibility for citizens to participate in Board meetings via call-in orweb…
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Red, Purple, Red, Purple
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large — April 17, 2021 Red Tier, Purple Tier, Red Tier, Purple Tier, almost as if the State andour local Public Health “expert” are beginning to sound a bitschizophrenic. Nobody seems to know what it means to be relegated toone tier over the other. Seems that the old set of…
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After a Year of Pandemic. What’s Up?
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – April 12, 2021 After over a year of nothing but Pandemic, Pandemic, do we know any morethan what we are being told? Seems to me, but what do I know, that thesame song is being played over and over again with very little to showfor it. I would…
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Walmart vs Morons
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – April 11, 2021 I am sure most people in their life times have entered the doors oftheir local Walmart and opened their wallets to make a purchase. I knowI have and I suspect many of those that read this piece can say thesame. While I am not a…
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FAFTA push back against passports, masks and social distancing
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – April 2, 2021 – ClipArt Credit to Adobe photo From our local scene it looks like we are headed back to “purple”status which will mean more of the “lock downs” of local businesses onthe verge of spring, likely to end when our illustrious andscientifically devoid leaders feel that…
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Public Perception, the Media, and Reality
By Samuel Strait, Report at Large – March 30, 2021 It is often said in this brave new world that we occupy that publicperception, media reporting and reality are too often worlds apart. Climate change, wars, poverty, pandemics, corruption, evil, rampantcrime, racism, sexism, inequality, overpopulation, and biodiversitycollapse are just a few of the things that are…
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Let’s play Devil’s Advocate about Federal Funding for Last Chance Grade
Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – March 27, 2021 I don’t know how many viewers caught the tail end of a recent Board ofSupervisor’s meeting, March 23, 2021, most likely not many. In anyevent, in a discussion between Board members and our lobbyist, GregBurns, the topic of renewed interest by Congress to reintroduce“Earmarks”, now referred…
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Boston Tea Party
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – March 25, 2021 – picture credit to history.com I suspect that men like Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, and William Molineuxwould be appalled by what is happening in this country today. Don’tknow who they are? On December 16. 1773, these three men and aboutsixty others moved from a meeting…
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DNSWMA is raising rates again.
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – March 23, 2021 It has been awhile since the Del Norte Solid Waste Management Authority(DNSWMA)has made an appearance in these pages, and it is no surprise it involvesRecology wanting a rate hike. In a small, poor, rural County such asours, recycling is both expensive and makes very little…
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Government overreach: Taxes and Fees Paid in California
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – March 21, 2021 The discussion was to be about our local Del Norte Solid WasteManagement Authority (DNSWMA) and their recent discussion about raising ratesonce again. I believe this was mentioned in a previous article pennedby yours truly that once Tedd Ward got the bit between his teeth theincrease…