Author: Samuel Strait
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The 4-0 Club without Supervisor Starkey
Commentary and Opinion By Samuel Strait – June 23, 2023 I apologize for the lengthy delay in reporting on last Tuesday’s Boardof Supervisors meeting, as, while I was out of town and had to view theproceedings on video, it some how has become a continuous and steadyspectacle of gross mismanagement and indifference to the public…
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NASA Ames Research Center at Mountain View, California
Commentary by Samuel Strait – June 23, 2023 While this article seems a bit out of the ordinary for this reporter, itis something that has occupied my time for the last couple of weeks andhas some interest to all that occupy this place we call “Earth”. Sincethe 1960’s the Federal government has been experimenting with…
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The Big Lie Exposed
Commentary by Samuel Strait – May 31, 2023 I could be writing about the County and City misrepresenting whatMeasure “R” and “S’ were to be used for when it was promised that no newhires would be paid for with funding from either Measure. I could betalking about Climate Change, gender dysphoria, solving the homelessproblem, or…
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The 5-0 Club less Supervisor Wilson
Commentary and Opinion by Samuel Strait – May 26, 2023 I am beginning to think that the Bobble Head Club is a more apt titlefor our illustrious Del Norte County Board of Supervisors. May 23rd’smeeting was nothing to be proud of, as what we have come to expect outof our County’s leaders is a complete…
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The Great Modern Day Hoax: Climate Change
Opinion by Samuel Strait – May 22, 2023 For nearly forty year now we have been preached by the hucksters of theend of days. Climate Change, the “boogie man”, set to end the humanpopulation on Earth. First it was temperatures would rise to make theearth uninhabitable, then when countless deadlines came and went, theclimate would…
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The Death Of Reason
Opinion by Samuel Strait – May 18, 2023 I recently made a visit , as I do occasionally, to the local Walmartwhere I spent twenty minutes or so wandering the grocery aisles on myweekly food run. A quick trek to pharmacy for some first aid products,then the adventure through the self check kiosk to settle…
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The 5-0 Club And A Growing Government
Commentary and Opinion by Samuel Strait – May 11, 2023 Another meeting, the May 9th version of the 5-0 Club and growing localgovernment on display with some rather unique observations about how ourBoard of Supervisors manage to increase spending without the obligatoryfour fifths requirement. Nothing like true shiftiness in localgovernment spending practices, but we will…
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Off Shore Wind Power, Oh Really?
Commentary and Opinion by Samuel Strait – May 9, 2023 During Tuesday’s, May 9th Board Of Supervisor’s meeting there will be an attemptby Supervisors Short and Howard to sell the County’s citizenry on theidea of resurrecting the decade long defunct Tri-Agency in order tobreath life into the latest “get rich scheme”, off shore wind power. Before…
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The 4-0 Club, Chair Short Being Absent
Commentary and opinion by Samuel Strait – April 27, 2023 Ahh, the serious business of Del Norte County government trundles onunimpeded by the absence of it’s leader Darren Short, the sniffles weare being told. But never fear, faithful readers, the show went onwithout even the faintest illusion that this body was the servant of thepeople…
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EV Scooters, Or Bust?
Commentary by Samuel Strait – April 20, 2023 Looks like it is “pick on the City Council” today as I spent an hour orso looking for those modern benefits to public transportation at a cost,EV Scooters for hire. Oh and “green” too. In any event, the search wasfruitless and maybe for the best. I don’t…