Category: Corruption
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On Bid Rigging, Corruption and Bad Grand Juries
By Guest Columnist Michael Ceremello; former Vice-mayor/councilman from the City of Dixon – April 30, 2015 How is it some of us go through life, we are taught right from wrong according to a Judeo-Christian belief system, and yet we can’t seem to put this moral value system into play on a consistent basis? We…
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“Sugar Papers” Reveal Industry Role in 1970s Dental Program
Permission to Re-Print by Author Kristen Bole, University of California San Francisco, from her published article dated March 10, 2015 A newly discovered cache of industry documents reveals that the sugar industry worked closely with the National Institutes of Health in the 1960s and ‘70s to develop a federal research program focused on approaches other than…
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Response to BlackHawk Pistol Story Parts 1 – 4
OPINION PIECE BY ED HANSON “God’s Not Here Today” For those were the words touted and declared in a demonic tone emanating from one of the Del Norte Sheriff’s deputies while Dave Egan was reciting, The Lord’s Prayer, (that infamous day back in August 2011 under the late regime of former sheriff Dean Wilson at my friends home), as Dave…
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Anonymous Hackers Attack ISIS On-Line Supporters
While most of us sit at home sickened and repulsed by reports of video’s of beheadings of Christians, journalists and other innocents by the terrorist group ISIS, the hacktivist group, Anonymous, reports they are taking down ISIS sites on Twitter, Facebook and others. If Anonymous has taken down 800 Twitter sites, doesn’t that beg the question about Twitter’s…
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More Sneaky, Conniving and Unprofessional Behavior By City Agency This Time
OPINION PIECE BY DONNA WESTFALL I was chatting with my friend last night who lives out of town and is knowledgable about all sorts of things like training grand juries and how city’s can pull a fast one over the public by wording agenda items to mislead. I ran this by her. Agenda Item #14 on…
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The Fred Hansen Story – When and How to File A Complaint With The Sheriff’s Office: Part 2
By Donna Westfall At 11:30 am, Wednesday, February 19th, Fred Hansen was awoken from sleep by two Sheriff’s Deputies. They asked him if he could accompany them to the Sheriff’s Department to discuss his complaint filed on January 21st against Det. Richard Griffin. Fred complied, but first he contacted me by phone. I was in…
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How You Can Help Oppose Sutter’s Corporate Plans
SUBMITTED BY DR. GREG DUNCAN If you believe healthcare decisions should be based on factual information in open meetings, please join our effort. To add your name to the more than 4,000 Del Norte County residents who have signed the petition opposing Sutter’s corporate plans, stop by my office on 1200 Marshall St. Forward this information…
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Town Hall Meeting with Sutter Coast CEO Mitch Hanna and Dr. Greg Duncan
Summary of Opening Statement by Greg Duncan, M.D. Sutter Health and Sutter Coast Hospital both tax-exempt charities. Sutter Health claims to “act openly and truthfully in everything we do.” As you evaluate both sides of the Sutter Health conflict, please consider three questions: (1) Does Sutter act openly in everything they do? Fact: Despite multiple…
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Enough is Enough
“Enough is enough,” say the Board of Directors and Officers of the Crescent City-Del Norte County Taxpayers Association upon hearing of the City’s plan to increase the sewer rate another 25%. The Taxpayers Association plans on initiating a lawsuit against the City for malfeasance for the city’s refusal to investigate. Board member Wes Nunn had this to say,…
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BlackHawk Pistol Story – Part 4. The Unsung Hero
BY DONNA WESTFALL Where we left off on Part 1, 2 and 3 of this story: County resident, Dave Egan, had his door bashed in by a SWAT type operation of the Sheriffs Department, beaten unconscious, and the only item named on the warrant was never found in the raid (the BlackHawk Pistol). Yet these Sheriffs…