Category: Corruption
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The Sewer Rate Scam
Opinion Piece by Donna Westfall – January 13, 2016 – The City wants us to believe that they can repay the $40 million loan over the next 26 years by reducing 50% of the residential customers sewer rates by going to consumption based rates. I highly doubt it. When a group of us proposed consumption…
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ATTENTION SEWER RATE PAYERS
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: STOP THE MADNESS! Do you believe the City wants to LOWER your sewer bill? Take a stand with the Crescent City-Del Norte County Taxpayers Association. Log your protest vote since, as we know, when the people who want to increase our rates are also the vote counters, not all votes get counted.…
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Board of Sups Needs to Enter Sewer Rate Debate
Opinion Piece By David Markel – January 3, 2016 – We live in the Bertsch Track. In the 70’s, sewer and water lines were installed thought out this District and then the Bertsch Ocean View Community Services District was born. This District was formed by the Board of Supervisors of the Del Norte County on May 25,…
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Sewer Rate Protests – I Remember When
By Katherine Kelly – January 3, 2016 – I remember when: During the very first proposed sewer rate increase, you know, the one that was meant to pay for a newly expanded too-expensive sewer, I was at a council meeting when I heard Ward Stover, or was it Jim Barnts, maybe even Eric Weir, state…
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Sewer Rate Protest Begins
Opinion Piece By Donna Westfall – JANUARY 1, 2016 – NOTE: 1 protest per property! If you own 10 properties, that’s 10 protests. I received the PROPOSED INCREASE IN SEWER SERVICE RATES from Crescent City, City Hall. I plan to protest. I have until February 16, 2016 to hand in my protest. I’m going to…
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Does Martha McClure need a time out?
By A Phillips – December 29, 2015 – It appears Supervisor Martha McClure has been a bad girl in her appointment to the Del Norte County Solid Waste Authority (DNSWMA). On December 28, 2015, the Crescent City/Del Norte County Taxpayers Association served a Formal Complaint on the Del Norte County Board of Supervisors against Supervisor…
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BlackHawk Pistol Story – Part 7 – Watch the Video
By Donna Westfall DISCLAIMER ABOUT THE VIDEO YOU ARE ABOUT TO WATCH OF THE SWAT-style raid on Dave Egan August 18, 2011 To the viewers of this video. Before watching this video, please read and be aware of the following: Per Del Norte County Auditor/Controller, Clinton Schaad, $13,821.28 has been spent on 43 cameras for the…
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Watch out for 2 National Park Rangers
Recently I came into contact with two national park rangers. One young tall thin, the other being more my age bald, red mustache. At first the contact went fairly good, although they had no idea what they were doing or looking at while checking our fishing licenses. I thought this went well. Well, this is…
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BlackHawk Pistol Story – Part 6: The Video Exists
By Donna Westfall – December 22, 2015 -[custom-facebook-feed] Recently a Pelican Bay inmate won a $25,000 lawsuit when officers violated his constitutional rights. They led an illegal search and seizure of his cell. Four officers were found culpable in trashing his cell and taking his property. How does that compare to the nightmare Del Norte…
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Pat Black, “I trust staff to manage the books”
By Donna Westfall November 24, 2015 Board of Supervisors (BOS) meeting: agenda item #3 was pulled for separate discussion from the consent agenda. This item concerned Pat Black’s appointment to the Solid Waste Authority Board (The Board). The public wanted to address that issue later in the meeting rather than have it rubber stamped. Ms.…