Category: Del Norte County
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TALK TO US
By Bob Berkowitz – November 9, 2016 – When Roger Gitlin was re-elected to the board and I was first elected to be your representative on the board of supervisors, (November 8, 2016) I said there were going to be some changes. Here is the first change we are going to make and it starts…
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LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS
Thanks to all that ran and congratulations to those that won: Roger Gitlin, Supervisor 1st District on his re-election with 53.7% of the vote. Bob Berkowitz, Supervisor 5th District on his election with 51.87% of the vote. Roger Daley, Del Norte Unified School Board – 44.08%. Heidi Kime, Jason Greenough and Alex Fallman the newly…
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Is it time to flush the Triplicate?
Opinion Piece By Samuel Strait – November 6, 2016 – Glub, Glub, that is the sound of the Triplicate and its staff circling the toilet bowl ready for the final plunge. The idea that the Triplicate’s editor had to break a standing policy “to avoid publishing controversial stories about local elections on the last publication…
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Triplicate Does Hatchet Job on Berkowitz and Gitlin
By Donna Westfall – November 5, 2016 – In a last minute to boost the sagging campaigns of both Finigan and Murray, the Triplicate has pulled out all of the stops. On the last publication day before election they accuse both Gitlin and Berkowitz of using a targeted voter mailer to certain groups of voters and…
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How local election rigging works
Opinion Piece By Samuel Strait – November 5, 2016 – While it is so often constructive to point out the failings to the public of our Constitutional Rights of Free Speech by our local print newspaper, the Del Norte Triplicate, there is a much more insidious activity that our paper is guilty of with regards…
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Berkowitz Endorsed by Yurok Tribe
By Thomas O’Rourke, Sr., Chairman, Yurok Tribe – November 1, 2016 – The Yurok Tribe is pleased to submit a letter of endorsement to support Mr. Bob Berkowitz as the candidate for Supervisor to Del Norte County District 5. Mr. Berkowitz has served the County residents in many capacities over the past decades. It is…
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Renner Sentenced
October 20, 2016 – The Del Norte District Attorney’s Office announced today that Christopher James Renner (58) of Crescent City, was sentenced by the Honorable Philip M. Schafer this morning to serve twelve (12) years in state prison for continuous sexual abuse upon a child under fourteen. The Del Norte County Probation Department, charged with…
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It’s National Take Back Prescription Drugs Day
GOT DRUGS? Got expired, unused, half-full bottles of prescription drugs sitting around the house that you wish you could get rid of? Saturday, October 22, 2016, is the day to turn them all in. Go to the Del Norte County Sheriff’s office located at 650 5th Street, in Crescent City. 10 am to 2…
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The Great Solid Waste Hoax
Opinion Piece by Samuel Strait – October 21, 2016 – Having witnessed firsthand how corrupt our local Solid Waste JPA is and continues to be, I make it a point to ask questions whenever I travel to gauge just how badly our State solid waste regulations impact our local economy as well as confirm the…
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The importance of a free press
Opinion Piece by Samuel Strait – October 20, 2016 – Since I have included this part of a “Letter to the Editor” to be published, I can only assume that the portion of this letter that I submitted to the Triplicate was refused publication and I am offering these words to the readers of the CrescentCityTimes. It…