Category: Del Norte County
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THE MONKEY’S WHO LOVE GOLD CHAINS, USING TAXPAYER MONEY
By Linda Sutter – May 10, 2016 – Hey! I want a new Kirby Vacuum cleaner. I had a guy come over and demonstrate how effective the Kirby vacuum is. And then after the demonstration he popped a $4,500 price tag on this much wanted Kirby Vacuum. “I can’t afford that,” was my reply as…
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Questions for Candidate Kathryn Murray
By Donna Westfall – April 22, 2016 – In the last eight years that Councilwoman Kathryn Murray has been on the City Council, I wonder how many businesses she helped attract to our fair city? During the majority of her working years, hasn’t she been paid by the government teat? Has Murray EVER started a…
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GOVERNMENTAL RUBBER STAMPING
By Linda Sutter – April 12, 2016 – Good Lord! Running for Board of Supervisors is like opening Pandora’s box. So, I go through each item on the Board of Supervisor (BOS) agenda, especially ones that require handing out money to agencies outside our County. Not only that, but it appears the BOS have a…
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Pass Counterfeit Bills, Plan on Going to Prison
From District Attorney’s Office, Dale Trigg The Del Norte District Attorney’s Office announced that Ronnie Theodore Meyer, Sr. (48) of Crescent City and Krystal Starr Evans (34) of Crescent City were found guilty by a Del Norte County jury earlier this week following a three day jury trial. The pair was found guilty of conspiracy and fraud/theft-related charges…
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5th District Candidate; Linda Sutter
My name is Linda Sutter and I am not a “Professional” politician. I have written for the cct.delnorte.us/ on a variety of subjects over the years and at this time want to introduce myself to you. As a single mother of two working in the capacity of a Correctional Officer, I managed to attend College…
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CAN YOU TRUST CITY HALL?
By Donna Westfall – March 24, 2016 – A simple request: how many signatures are needed to place the referendum on the November ballot to repeal the 20% sewer rate increase? This was asked during Public Comment at the March 21st council meeting. Similar to the simple typo changing four years of rate increases to…
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What’s wrong with our Town?
By Donna Westfall – March 15, 2016 – Let’s get down to the nitty gritty. The rule of law is supposed to work across the board the same way for everyone in our country because the principle in these United States is that all people and institutions are subject to and accountable to law that is…
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Joey Young Case: The Sentence that makes NO Sense
The Del Norte County District Attorney’s Office announced that the Honorable William H. Follett rejected the five year state prison commitment that was requested by the District Attorney and recommended by the Probation Department and instead sentenced Joseph Aaron Young (41) of Crescent City to three years of probation with one year in county jail. …
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Serial Killer/Rapist Behind Bars Again
By Donna Westfall – March 1, 2016 She was only 17 years old when she was kidnapped and raped by a serial killer. For the moment, we are keeping her identity anonymous because of current court cases, and so that her family can maintain their privacy. I’ll call her Ava. She’s in her 40’s. A…
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Time for Solid Waste Authority to be disbanded?
Opinion Piece by Samuel Strait – February 10, 2016 – It appears that Staff Writer Laura Jo Welter has become the Triplicate’s chief apologist for Supervisor Martha McClure and her favorite toy, the Del Norte Solid Waste Authority. Following Supervisor McClure’s recent antics in last month’s Board of Supervisor’s meeting, Ms. Welter wrote a completely…