Category: Del Norte County
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The City of Dixon is not that different from Crescent City/Del Norte County
By Michael Ceremello – April 23, 2021 We are at yet another crossroads in Dixon. I am not speaking of smaller issues but of general long established concepts. Many are questioning whether this is the same America we grew up in. Considering that relinquishment of freedom is much the same as putting up with taxation,…
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Local Inflation
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – April 23, 2021 When someone goes to town on a regular basis, they probably don’t noticemuch of a change in the cost of things since the beginning of the year. For those that do not, lengthy stays at home have recently taken on awhole new meaning. Things that you…
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Are Our Police Nuts?
By Jeff McCaddon – April 22, 2021 Copyright Jeff McCaddon, April 22nd, 2021. All Rights Reserved. The entire United States is a hostile environment for Law Enforcement Officers. The United States Government is run by the American Mainstream Media and the Pop Culture values they represent. Mainstream Media, in turn, derives a majority of its…
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What transparency do we have in local government?
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – April 20, 2021 It appears that our local Board of Supervisors is taking great umbrageover the possibility of more openness at their twice a month meetings. Seems that an enhancement to the Brown Act, AB 339, is opening thepossibility for citizens to participate in Board meetings via call-in orweb…
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Law Enforcement is Under Siege
By Roger Gitlin – April 18, 2021 – EYE ON DEL NORTE No reasonable person would dispute being a Police Officer is a difficult way to make a living… Quite the contrary. Years back I recall listening to the late Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl Gates state, ” Law enforcement is tough, dirty work but…
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Red, Purple, Red, Purple
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large — April 17, 2021 Red Tier, Purple Tier, Red Tier, Purple Tier, almost as if the State andour local Public Health “expert” are beginning to sound a bitschizophrenic. Nobody seems to know what it means to be relegated toone tier over the other. Seems that the old set of…
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Most restrooms closed in Harbor District
By Roger Gitlin – Eye on Del Norte – April 13, 2021 The Harbor District has closed all restrooms, (EXCEPT ONE on B Dock). The reasons for the closures are Covid-19 related, which makes no sense. Public defecation and urination has been observed at the closed Harbor public restrooms, this past week-end but will not…
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Should City and County Consolidate?
By Jeff McCaddon Copyright Jeff McCaddon, March 26th, 2021. All Rights Reserved. Consolidation of City and County governments is not a new or extremist idea; such mergers have been done throughout the United States, and in many other Countries. Our own California State Capitol of Sacramento consolidated with Sacramento County in 1974. Such government mergers…
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TAXATION WITHOUT EDUCATION # 4: Is it time to get rid of the Teachers Union?
By Donna Westfall – March 30, 2021 The California Teachers Union started in 1863. These days it’s called the California Teachers Association and it’s the largest and most powerful of the teachers unions in the country having 3100,000+ teachers as members. Originally it was to be the advocate for teachers and public education; improving pay,…
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Poor Mitch Hanna and Sutter Coast Hospital
By Roger Gitlin – March 27, 2021 The March 23 post in the Lost Coast Outpost about the tragic psychiatric impact on Del Norte County impacting Emergency Room services at our local hospital was revealed at a recent Board of Supervisors Meeting. Mr. Hanna was boo hooing his problems to the Supervisors, beseeching the Board…