Author: Samuel Strait
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The 5-0 Club Sans Vacationing Supervisor Howard On The Public’s Dime
Commentary and Opinion by Samuel Strait – December 14, 2023 The one thing that I have discovered since being on the road, is that myemail server does not like third party software and it makes lifedifficult when sending emails composed from that software. Hence, myreporting will be somewhat delayed until I return to the United…
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On The Road Again Part Two
Commentary By Sam Strait – November 10, 2023 Day Two and So on….. Barcelona is Spain’s second largest city and the drive in from theairport last night certainly shows that it is spread out along the coastfor some miles. The taxi bill confirmed that. In any event I spent thefirst few days learning the ropes…
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On The Road Again
Commentary by Samuel Strait – November 9, 2023>>> Seems like just a few hours ago I was dealing with the frustrations of> Highway 199, but here I am thousands of miles away in Barcelona,> Spain, with brief stops in Denver, Colorado and Munich, Germany. En> route, I had the privilege of experiencing single use plastic…
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The 5-0 Club And How To Fold Like A Cheap Suit
Commentary and Opinion by Samuel Strait – October 29, 2023 Another club meeting and another train wreck. While I reallyappreciated the likeness of the County’s supervisors to that of pottedplants, in this case a more apt description is that of “folding like acheap suit in the face of a dozen or so virtue signaling localprogressives”. …
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Blub, Blub, Blub
Commentary And Opinion by Samuel Strait – October 25, 2023 I suppose it has become a question of how many times will the communitybail out the local clowns at the Harbor? Since the successful passageof Measure “C” only a few short years ago, a measure by the way that wassupposed to solve the ailing Harbor…
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The 5-0 Club aka Potted House Plants On Display
Commentary and Opinion by Samuel Strait – October 16, 2023 I am not quite sure how to describe the facial expressions of ourmembers of the Board of Supervisor’s at their recent meeting, October10th, 2023 when they were greeted with their namesake “potted” plants during the public comments section of the meeting. Priceless, I wouldventure to suggest…
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Music In The Redwoods
By Samuel Strait – October 16, 2023 The Del Norte-Curry Community Concert Association kicked off its 75thseason 2023-2024, this past Friday evening, October 13th, with its firstconcert of the season. Three more to follow. The premier concertfeatured a duo. Jaca, of an unusual combination of Classical Guitar anda Clarinet. The duo played to several hundred…
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The Continuing Education Of Supervisor Valerie Starkey
Opinion mixed with facts by Samuel Strait – October 12, 2023 It seems a bit of innocuous business performed a couple weeks ago at theSeptember 26th meeting of the Del Norte County Board of Supervisors hasraised the conscious level of a portion of the community to the pointthat a dozen or so members of the…
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The 5-0 Club: When Will They Ever Learn How To Govern?
Commentary and Opinion by Samuel Strait – September 30, 2023 While I would much rather talk about the trip that I am on, sad buttrue, another wasted two hours listening and commenting at the mostrecent Board of Supervisor’s meeting, September 26th. No progress byany of the Board members when it comes to understanding that government,inefficient…
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Climate Change Religion Runs Head On Into Rational Science
Opinion by Samuel Strait – September 19, 2023 We all have experienced the finger waving of the “Climate Change” mobthat claims with a religious fervor that we are all doomed some time inthe near future. In spite of numerous claims of “deadlines” that havepassed and the fact that “1600 scientist” all agree that if we…