Category: Ethics
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Day 1: Bryan Ranger “sex abuse” trial
By Donna Westfall – June 14, 2017 – Back on October 11, 2013, the TRIPLICATE newspaper ran an article titled, “C.C. Man to face sex crimes charges,” and proceeded to give some of the lurid details while starting their article with, “A local man faces the possibility of a life sentence after a judge ruled…
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Is obstruction of justice a felony or a misdemeanor?
By Donna Westfall – April 26, 2017 – It never ceases to amaze me when when government officials are paid to do a job and then don’t do it. For example; the Ranger family is in the news again as Bryan Ranger goes on four years in jail without benefit of a trial. Now that…
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BREAKING NEWS: Part 2 – Mercy Ranger Confesses
By Donna Westfall – April 16, 2017 – MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE? Whenever a person of principal sits in jail unwilling to admit guilt or to plea bargain, some might call that person stubborn. Some might call that person steadfast. Some might call that person stupid. How many in our area would call that person good,…
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Apologies from Hemmingsen, Howard and Cable
[fvplayer src=”http://www.crescentcitytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Compressed-Bos-1.m4v” width=”300″ height=”200″] By Donna Westfall – April 13, 2017 – Denying 1st Amendment rights came back to the April 11, 2017 Board of Supervisors meeting for discussion in a number of ways: Linda Sutter managed to offer up public comment referring to Sup. Hemmingsen and Chair Howard in unflattering terms of “Neanderthal” and…
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April is Child Abuse Prevention Month: What to do if CPS is accusing you of abuse or neglect
By Donna Westfall – April 5, 2017 – Child Protection Services (CPS) was established in 1912. For the past 100 years, incidences of abuse and neglect were handled by government agencies called a variety of names, Social Services, Child Welfare Services, but in essence, they were all supposed to do one thing. Protect children. Reunify…
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Who’s lying now?
Opinion Piece By Samuel Strait – April 2, 2017 – I never was particularly enamored with the Triplicate’s content when Richard Wiens was the editor, and was even less so when Matt Durkee briefly held the reins, but the reign of King Fornoff is a lesson in extreme restraint, at least on my part. While I’m…
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Has Our Local Child Protective Services Become an Evil Organization Ripping Families Apart for Money?
Credit to Dr. Mercola’s article: CAPTA: The Child Abuse Law Which Could Destroy Your Reputation published February 05, 2011 Opinion Piece By Donna Westfall – April 1, 2017 – First off, this is not April Fool’s joke. Until the Bryan and Judy Ranger tragedy, I had no inkling on how CPS/Child Welfare Services worked or how…
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WE ALMOST LOST THE MOST PRECIOUS THING WE HAVE – FREEDOM OF SPEECH
By Donna Westfall – March 30, 2017 – December 15, 1791 was a most memorial day in the history of the United States. It was the day that we adopted the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The framers of the Constitution remembered the bad old days when the King of England could…
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Part 1: Why did they picket to FREE an alleged rapist, Bryan Ranger?
By Donna Westfall – March 23, 2017 – What’s one of the worst things that could happen to you? Is it to be falsely accused? Is it to have your children lie about you that lands you in jail? This past Sunday, March 19th, a small group staged their first protest in front of the…
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Sending two Supervisors to Washington DC…a case of the blind leading the blind?
By Donna Westfall – March 14, 2017 – Board of Supervisors Agenda Item #23. The vote – 3 to 2. That means that taxpayers are sending two supervisors (Howard & Hemmingsen with Cowan as the alternate) to Washington DC. Isn’t that special? What’s the crisis? Last Chance Grade. What’s the plan? There isn’t any plan..…