Category: City Council
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The Law, Local Elections and Spending Public Funds
By Linda Sutter, February 26, 2021 October 12, 2020, the Fire District located on Washington Blvd. attempted to tax 5,000 people with a $75 tax on their properties so they could pay 3 fire captains $160,000 per year to work two full days per week. This tax failed so Measure R and Measure S were…
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Hypocrisy?
Opinion Piece By Roger Gitlin – February 23, 2021 Unequal justice? Mayor Pro Tem Alex Campbell is under attack. In May of 2020, Candidate Campbell declared he was establishing City residence to run for the Council. He declared he intended to live at least four days a week at his City domicile, establishing his residence.…
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Economic Development in Crescent City, Fat Chance!
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – January 25, 2021 In a recently posted article by none other than Jessica Cejnar,“Crescent City introduces and is already chipping away at an EconomicDevelopment Plan”, we will find a regurgitated narrative of whatCrescent City imagines what “Economic Development” represents. Thepiece is clearly cringe worthy as she, the…
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City Council Votes on Beach Fires
By Roger Gitlin – January 22, 2021 The Tuesday, January 19th Crescent City Council meeting was an interesting one. There was a long discussion about campfires on the beach along the City coastline. There are some in our City who wished to ban ALL campfires on the beach. I would respectfully disagree with that position.…
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News About the City’s 1% Sales Tax Oversight Committee
By Donna Westfall – January 22, 2021 Copied from the Crescent City website: crescentcity.org https://www.crescentcity.org/downloads/Measure%20S%20Oversight%20Committee%20Application%20MR.pdf On November 3rd, the voters of the City approved Measure S, authorizing imposition of a local 1% transactions and use tax (sales) within the City. The ordinance was formally adopted by the City Council on December 7th and became effective…
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Problems, Problems every where you look
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – January 15, 2021 – Cartoon Credit to Guy & Rodd. I suppose it shouldn’t be all that surprising that in a small ruralCounty in California that there seems to be problems wherever youlook. A Solid Waste Authority that in itself is a waste. 2. An Airport Commission that…
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Why is Government Withholding Information?
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – January 10, 2021 It doesn’t seem all that long ago that the citizens in this Country wereviewed as the employers and the government was considered theemployees. At least that is what the founders of this once great nationassumed would be the dynamic if this new form of government…
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New Watch Dog Group: Eye on Del Norte
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – January 9, 2021 It has recently been established that we now have a new watch dog group in Del Norte County. As 2020 has passed into 2021, and 2020 was aparticularly harsh year for many of Del Norte County’s citizens andtaxpayers, perhaps this new group will unearth how…
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CITY MANAGER, ERIC WIER, REDEEMS HIMSELF
By Linda Sutter – December 7, 2020 Many things transpired this evening at the City Council but the main thing that grabbed my attention is the City Manager Eric Wier redeemed himself by announcing the City would no longer borrow $665,000.00 from the water enterprise funds for the Pebble Beach Stabilization project. Merry Christmas to…
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1% Tax Increase? They Think We Are Stupid!
By Jeff McCaddon Our City Government believes we are Chumps; and they might be right. Once again we are being asked to financially bail-out a group of irresponsible children who do not know how to manage money. As adults, we all learn that resources are limited and we must live within the confines of a…