Category: Corruption
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Another $50 million for the Wastewater Treatment Plant? Shouldn’t we address the wrongs of the past first?
Opinion and Commentary By Donna Westfall – March 7, 2026 Executive Director, Galena West – Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC), State of California A few months ago, Galena West, was honored at the COGEL Conference in Atlanta for her leadership and service as President of the Council on Governmental Ethics Laws (COGEL). Her work continues…
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IS OUR COUNTY FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE?
By Investigative Reporter, Linda Sutter – August 29, 2025 On Wednesday, August 27, 2025, the Crescent City Harbor District confirmed what many of us already knew: the Harbor is in financial disrepair. Sandy Moreno, the Harbor District’s glorified tax preparer, openly admitted, “We can’t pay our USDA loan payment.” That statement alone should have shocked…
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WASTED TAX DOLLARS: HOWARD JARVIS TAX ASSOCIATION FOLLOWS THE MONEY
June 24, 2023 Albert Einstein famously said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Although it includes numerous examples where our government has failed, “Follow the Money” is not a report that is intended simply to criticize or find fault. The purpose is to…
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Billions in California government waste, fraud, and abuse documented in Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation report
Mismanagement of California taxpayer dollars continues unabated as budget deficit tops $20 billion and exodus of businesses accelerates April 19, 2023 The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation has issued its annual edition of the Follow the Money report detailing examples of government waste, fraud, and abuse in the past year that total in the billions. Examples…
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Del Norte County GOP
Opinion Piece by Linda Suter – April 21, 2022 Corruption doesn’t fall far from the tree. Today in the mail the Republican Party endorsed three people who are running for Board of Supervisors. Chris Howard in District 3, Patty Adams for District 4, and David Jones for District 5. The Chair of the Republican Central…
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Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation Report
By Donna Westfall – April 19, 2022 Howard Jarvis just released their annual “Follow the Money” report documenting billions in government waste, fraud, and abuse committed in 2021 in California. Here are examples of just a few: Residents of Nancy Pelosi’s district to receive subsidies to buy electricfireplaces6/4/21Residents of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s district will receive…
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Potentially Good News Across America & CALL TO ACTION
By Donna Westfall – February 14, 2022 Even though many Americans saw their wages rise in 2021 in part because the minimum wage increased, they received an effective pay cut because of the skyrocketing inflation caused in large part by Joe Biden’s socialist spending spree. When will people wake up to this truth? I don’t…
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California union director faces grand theft, tax fraud, perjury charges & more.
Researched By Linda Sutter – November 1, 2021 – pictures credit to courthousenews.com Former SEIU California Executive Director Alma Hernández and her husband, Jose Moscoso, are facing 13 felonies in a criminal complaint filed Oct. 4 in Sacramento County Superior Court. On Friday, October 15th charges including tax fraud, embezzlement, perjury and failure to pay…
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Newsom’s Florida Blunder
By Kevin Kiley – October 13, 2021 Gavin Newsom has repeatedly suggested a state’s current COVID “case rate” is the measure of its success. Currently, Florida’s case rate is lower than California’s. Florida has fared better in every respect, including age-adjusted mortality. Their kids have been in school without masks and businesses open without mandates.…
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NO PERFORMANCE EVALUATION IN 12 YEARS – SHHHHH IT’S A SECRET
By Linda Sutter, Investigative Reporter – October 7, 2021 Recently, and within Social Media, we have been told that a survey is being conducted to see if we the people would support another school bond of 47 million dollars. I believe our children and their education is the most important aspect in their life to…