Category: Crescent City
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News About the City’s 1% Sales Tax Oversight Committee
By Donna Westfall – January 22, 2021 Copied from the Crescent City website: crescentcity.org https://www.crescentcity.org/downloads/Measure%20S%20Oversight%20Committee%20Application%20MR.pdf On November 3rd, the voters of the City approved Measure S, authorizing imposition of a local 1% transactions and use tax (sales) within the City. The ordinance was formally adopted by the City Council on December 7th and became effective…
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Crescent City Council Maps Out New Regulation: No Fires On the Beach.
By Linda Sutter – January 20, 2021 New City Ordinance that would extend the “no beach fire zone” from Battery Point to Preston Island voted on Monday, January 19th. The subject of city regulation of beach fires has been discussed by the City Council on several occasions over the past several months. However, as the…
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Markets, Flea Markets, Farmer’s Markets and Grand Bazaar’s
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large When traveling as I have in the past twenty some odd years, one of thetrue pleasures in life was at each new location a visit to the Markets,Flea Markets, and Farmer’s Markets that were invariable on the “to do”list. It generally tends to be a great learning experience where…
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Why is Government Withholding Information?
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – January 10, 2021 It doesn’t seem all that long ago that the citizens in this Country wereviewed as the employers and the government was considered theemployees. At least that is what the founders of this once great nationassumed would be the dynamic if this new form of government…
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New Watch Dog Group: Eye on Del Norte
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – January 9, 2021 It has recently been established that we now have a new watch dog group in Del Norte County. As 2020 has passed into 2021, and 2020 was aparticularly harsh year for many of Del Norte County’s citizens andtaxpayers, perhaps this new group will unearth how…
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Part 3: How are Small Businesses Faring in Crescent City/Del Norte County?
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – January 6, 2021 The following article is part three in a series of how the past year hasaffected local businesses. The first two outlined how the pandemic haschanged the way local salons and hotels have adjusted to the new terrainin order to continue to provide their services to…
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Part 2: How are Small Businesses Faring in Crescent City/Del Norte County?
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – January 5, 2021 The following is part two of a series on how the past year has affectedlocal businesses. This particular article explores the trials andtribulations of one hotel owner in the day of the Covid Pandemic. Oneof the key components of the local economy is tourism. So…
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Is this the year Fluoride ends?
By Donna Westfall – January 3, 2021 In 2012, Crescent City voters passed a moratorium to turn off harmful fluoride that had been added to the water for 44 years. The first try at the ballot box failed two years earlier. What made the difference between 2010 and 2012? Local doctors and new parents were…
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PART 1: How are Small Businesses Faring in Crescent City/Del Norte County?
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – January 2, 2020 The following is an ongoing four part series of how small business has fared over the past year. Obviously 2020 has not been a normal year for small business in Del Norte County. Just how devastating, will only become evident in the months to come. …