Category: Corruption
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Local Tax Association decries wasting of taxpayer money on Ranger case
By Donna Westfall – April 26, 2017 -Connie Morrison wants Bryan Ranger out of jail on his own recognizance. Why should her opinion matter? Because she along with the other members of the Board of Directors of the local taxpayers association have been adding up all the taxpayer money apparently wasted on prosecuting what looks…
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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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Guilty until proven innocent – Judy Ranger’s Story – Part 4
By Donna Westfall – April 26, 2017 – Judy Ranger is sick and tired of having her husband sit in jail going on four years without a trial or without having the case against him dismissed. During the April 25th Board of Supervisor’s meeting, Judy spoke for three minutes during public comment letting the Supervisor’s…
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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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Did the passing of SB1 -another gas tax – and more taxes on cigarettes create a potential criminal enterprise zone?
By Donna Westfall – April 15, 2017 – Do you ever shake your heads wondering what goes through the minds of politicians? Specially in the great State of California where you are taxed for anything and everything? Where it’s hard to start up a new business because of all the red tape and hoops to…
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BREAKING NEWS: Mercy Ranger Confesses
By Donna Westfall – April 13, 2017 – While Bryan Ranger continues to sit in jail approaching four years on charges of rape and lewd acts perpetrated by his oldest daughter, Mercy Ranger, now 21 years old, new information has surfaced. In documents shown to me by Bryan Ranger totaling about 50 pages of testimony…
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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…