Category: City Council
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Take off the rose colored glasses
Opinion Piece By Samuel Strait – July 13, 2018 – It was a pleasant surprise to see that the Triplicate has finally published an issue without the non stop nauseating coverage of the recent third trip to Japan, this one at local tax payer expense. I’m not sure whether it is ignorance or a simple disconnect…
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What is Community Choice Aggregation?
By Jaime Yarbrough – May 16, 2018 – Community Choice Aggregates (CCA): Wikipedia lists this: CCAs “are local, not-for-profit, public agencies that take on the decision-making role about sources of energy for electricity generation. Once established, CCAs become the default service provider for the power mix delivered to customers. In a CCA service territory, the incumbent utility continues to own and maintain the…
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Don’t pick the Trilliums and other news
Opinion Piece By Donna Westfall – April 17, 2018 – Monday night, April 16, 2018, a delegation from Japan came to a joint meeting of the Board of Supervisors and Crescent City, City Council to futher the sister-city relationship. Read Sup. Bob Berkowitz recap: SWITCHING TO THE GAS TAX:…
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Another sewer rate increase in the works (History Lesson)
Opinion and Commentary Originally Published By Donna Westfall- March 23, 2018 – Republished 12/27/23 because of an impending sewer rate increase in 2024 and a change in the law. While the Federal government and California’s government is grappling with massive deficits by comparison our little dot in the universe with it’s ever increasing sales taxes…
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National Freedom of Information Day – Part 1: FOIA
By Donna Westfall – March 16, 2018 – James Madison, Jr., was born on March 16, 1751, in Port Conway, Virginia. He was instrumental in the drafting of the United States Constitution and as the key champion and author of the Bill of Rights. Individual rights and freedom of information were of high importance to…
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Repeal 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act?
By Donna Westfall – February 26, 2018 with Credit to Nick Meyers, February 10, 2018 at AltHealthWorks.com – Pennsylvanian Senator, Mike Folmer (R) lashed out against mandatory vaccines. One of the most difficult messages to get across to Congresspeople and other politicians is the need for better regulation of the pharmaceutical industry, especially considering the…
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Taxes That Tick Me Off
Opinion Piece By Donna Westfall – February 24, 2018 – There are lots of illegal ways to avoid taxes, none of which will be brought up in this article. Let’s concentrate on all the “legal” taxes that are sucking the blood out of us. The latest and greatest irritant is the increase in gas taxes…
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Sup. Bob Berkowitz returns from Japan
By Donna Westfall – February 19, 2018 – Rikuzentakata, Japan had 24,000 population before March 11, 2011 when a 40 foot wave totally devastated their city, killing 1700 people, and destroying 80% of the 8,000 homes. The town is about twice the size of Crescent City. Sup. Bob Berkowtiz recounted his week in Japan at…
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Our politicians in Japan
By Donna Westfall – February 13, 2018 – Our sister city, Rikuzentakata, Japan has embraced our politicians for the second year in a row. This time, they’ve added cooking to the itinerary. Crescent City, Council member, Heidi Kime, posted pictures to Facebook: At least they were inside staying warm and out of the 27 degree…
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Will there be a ballot measure about sewer rates?
By Donna Westfall – February 12, 2018 – Did you know that the City is working on sewer rates for a change? Did you also know that no one from the City has bothered to contact the local taxpayers association for some ideas? The date to file for ballot measures on the June election has…