Category: City Council
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Questions for Candidate Kathryn Murray
By Donna Westfall – April 22, 2016 – In the last eight years that Councilwoman Kathryn Murray has been on the City Council, I wonder how many businesses she helped attract to our fair city? During the majority of her working years, hasn’t she been paid by the government teat? Has Murray EVER started a…
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The truth of the matter is…
Opinion Piece By Donna Westfall – April 22, 2016 – At the April 18, 2016 Crescent City, City Council meeting, City Clerk, Kymmie Scott verified that enough valid signatures were received to put the 20% sewer rate increase on the November ballot, or to rescind their Ordinance or possibly evaluate other options. If City staff come…
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Will the 20% sewer rate hike go to the vote of the people?
By Donna Westfall – April 11, 2016 – City Clerk, Kymmie Scott, verified 211 signatures as valid out of 219 submitted on the referendum. That means the Crescent City, City Council will be faced with making some choices. Will they chose to rescind the 20% sewer rate increase? Will they allow the issue to go…
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Grandiose Thinking By Elected Officials
Opinion Piece by Samuel Strait – March 28, 2016 – After a series of rather questionable decisions by both the Board of Supervisors and especially the City Council, one would wont to ask how these decisions came about because they clearly do not represent results that are in the best interests of the people that they…
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CAN YOU TRUST CITY HALL?
By Donna Westfall – March 24, 2016 – A simple request: how many signatures are needed to place the referendum on the November ballot to repeal the 20% sewer rate increase? This was asked during Public Comment at the March 21st council meeting. Similar to the simple typo changing four years of rate increases to…
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What’s wrong with our Town?
By Donna Westfall – March 15, 2016 – Let’s get down to the nitty gritty. The rule of law is supposed to work across the board the same way for everyone in our country because the principle in these United States is that all people and institutions are subject to and accountable to law that is…
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Simple typo or intentional fraud?
By Donna Westfall – March 8, 2016 – The ordinance that increases sewer rates was adopted last night by the Crescent City, City Council, in a unanimous vote; but first there was lengthy discussion. In Ordinance #792 were the WHEREAS clauses. Bear in mind that there are five council members that supposedly read these things.…
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A little common sense needed by City Council
Opinion Piece by Samuel Strait – March 4, 2016 – Before the City Council gets all giddy with relief at the failure of the Sewer Rate Protest to garner enough signatures in recent days and makes the mistake of miss reading of the level of angst over the impending vote to go ahead with the…
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Profit Centers at the Wastewater Treatment Plant?
By Donna Westfall – March 3, 2016 – Are there ways to save ratepayers on their sewer rates? During the 2007 workshops on how the $43.8 million loan was to be repaid, former Public Works Director, Jim Barnts, told us that the laboratory, which cost $2.5 million to build, would pay for itself in 2…
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Referendum: The Next Step to Stopping Sewer Rate Increases (History Lesson)
Opinion and Commentary Originally Published By Donna Westfall – February 29, 2016. Updated December 27, 2023 due to expected sewer rate increase in 2024. How many people relish the thought of existing on only four hours of sleep a night for 45 days for no pay just to try beating another sewer rate increase? Coordinating…