Category: $25 million school bond
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Jan Moorehouse Surfaces
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – April 4, 2022 Clearly former District Superintendent Jan Moorehouse has not kept upwith what is happening with the District’s $25 million, 2008 BondMeasure. Promises made to the public prior to its passage andsubsequent history that were not kept, seems to have escaped hernotice. She clearly needs…
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$25 Million School Bond Waste
Commentary and Opinion By Linda Sutter – March 24, 2022 Open Letter to School Board Member Angela Greenough Since you are on the Board of Trustees for the DNUSD, It is my intention to apprise you of some information. On October 1, 2020 during a Citizen’s oversight Committee meeting the following was stated, “The COVID-19…
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Last Stage of Citizens Oversight Committee Writ of Mandate
By Linda Sutter – March 20, 2022 Friday March 18, 2022, at 10:00 am was set in Del Norte Superior Court to hear a Writ of Mandate filed against the $25 Million School Bond Citizens Oversight Committee (COC). After listening to a judge on the telephone who sounded similar to the teacher on Charlie Brown,…
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And Finally The COC Meeting Itself
Commentary and Opinion by Samuel Strait – March 19, 2022 It is not often, at least in Del Norte County, that I get to witness twodumpster fires in the same day. How lucky am I? Following the agony ofFriday morning’s judicial stumbling’s March 18th of the Del Norte Unified SchoolDistrict’s legal team in stalling much…
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While Dodging Simple Solutions, The DNUSD’s COC May Just Have Stepped On A Mine
Commentary and Opinion by Samuel Strait – March 19, 2022 It is not often that I can drum up the interest to attend theproceedings of the local justice system, generally dry and boring as awhole, but I could not resist the opportunity to observe just howjustice is applied over a recent “Writ of Mandate” served…
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What a Predicament
By Roger Gitlin – EYE ON DEL NORTE – February 21, 2022 Del Norte Sheriff Randy Waltz finds himself in an interesting predicament this election cycle. Waltz is a candidate for his own four year term after assuming the remainder of former Sheriff Erik Apperson unexpected resignation last year. On Feb. 4, Legal Process Server…
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The Downside of Sales Taxes
By Linda Sutter – February 19, 2022 Remember when former Chief Administrative Officer, Jay Sarina, was quoted as saying, Measure R funds will not be used for salaries and benefits? Let’s spend a little time on sales taxes with new news. Had the advertising for both city and county included, “We plan to hire new…
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Sheriff Waltz Will Run for Office
By Roger Gitlin – EYE ON DEL NORTE – February 9, 2022 The official filing period for the June 2022 Primary begins next week. The Board of Supervisors appointed Sheriff Randy Waltz and he has declared his candidacy and will file papers to run. Sheriff Waltz is finishing up ex-Sheriff Erik Apperson’s second term. The…
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Trespassing Or Brandishing A Weapon, What’s What?
Commentary By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – February 6, 2022 There seems to be some confusion as to what happened Friday morning at9805 Highway 101 North in Smith River, California. Was it a case oftrespass or something far more deadly? As readers of the CCTimes havelearned a Writ of Mandate was served on…
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Words vs Weapons
By Donna Westfall – February 5, 2022 Have you ever encountered a situation where you felt threatened and intimidated? Where a person is shouting at you repeatedly? Where you wanted to run to safety? Now add a weapon to that scenario. A rifle. And the person doing the yelling is intentionally and repeatedly yelling, “Get…