Category: Del Norte County
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What’s brewing? A daily town hall featuring Supervisor Bob Berkowitz
What’s brewing? A daily town hall By Mary Ann Barton May. 14, 2018 – Republished with permission, © 2018, County News, National Association of Counties, Washington, D.C. Del Norte County, Calif. supervisors hold court in coffee shop daily for public to talk over concerns without three-minute public comment time limit There’s nothing like chatting…
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Another endorsement for Jake Smith, Supervisorial Candidate District 3
By Samuel Strait – May 22, 2018 – It has been awhile since my words have graced the pages of the Crescent City Times, but a recent interview on KFUG’s Sunday 3 to 4 pm program “Conversations with Sam”, which featured the challenger for the Supervisor’s seat of District 3, Jake Smith, has me in awe of the…
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Mark Meuser running for Secretary of State
By Donna Westfall – May 20, 2018 – If you’ve ever tried doing business in California, you know that there are more road blocks than you can shake a stick at. Mark Meuser plans to shake up the position and treat it like it should be: California needs a Secretary of State who will fight…
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More on local challengers for Supervisor: Smith & Mason
By Donna Westfall – May 20, 2018 Election season is clearly upon us. As usual, highway signs and campaign promises are everywhere you look. While it appears at first glance like the same old ball game for constituent voters in Districts 3 and 4, things are substantially different this time. It should not escape any…
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Matt Heath running for 2nd District Assembly
By Donna Westfall – May 20, 2018 – When a politician emphatically says they’re against any new taxes, they’ve got my attention. I met Matt Heath at Del Norte County Republican Headquarters on Saturday afternoon, May 19th and listened to him speak. Here’s his bio: This information is provided by the candidateMatt Heath, born and…
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Need or Want a Job?
The Del Norte County Clerk/Recorder Office is looking for poll workers for our upcoming election. If you know of anybody interested, the registration forms are available on the Chamber of Commerce website! Pay is: Inspectors – $100.00 dollars for the day and $20.00 for the class Judges – $75.00 dollars for the day and $20.00…
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What is Community Choice Aggregation?
By Jaime Yarbrough – May 16, 2018 – Community Choice Aggregates (CCA): Wikipedia lists this: CCAs “are local, not-for-profit, public agencies that take on the decision-making role about sources of energy for electricity generation. Once established, CCAs become the default service provider for the power mix delivered to customers. In a CCA service territory, the incumbent utility continues to own and maintain the…
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Endorsements for Supervisorial Race: Smith & Mason
We have complained long and hard about Chris Howard and Gerry Hemmingsen’s performance on the Del Norte County Board of Supervisors (BOS) so it should come as no surprise that they are not receiving our endorsement for re-election. Instead, for District 3, we endorse Jake Smith. We firmly believe he can add a cohesive factor…
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When Will They Ever Learn
By Donna Westfall – April 30, 2018 – It looks like the radical wing of the local Democratic Party is at it again. They are up to their old tricks of filing frivolous complaints with The Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) against Supervisor Berkowitz. Only this time they have included Supervisor Gitlin in their outrageous…