Category: Del Norte County
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IS SHERIFF APPERSON HIDING FENTANYL DEATHS?
By Linda Sutter – March 15, 2021 – Picture credit to US Drug Enforcement Administration During the first week of January approximately 5 deaths occurred in our county. All were of approximate 20-30 age range. All deaths are pending investigation. But the public has not been informed. Why? One name was dropped as the seller…
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Front Lawn or Front Potager?
By Jeff McCaddon Copyright Jeff McCaddon, February 27th, 2021. All Rights Reserved. A uniformly mowed front lawn of green grass is the hallmark of every civilized suburban home in the United States of America. A uniform row of identical homes adorned with freshly manicured grass lawns has been been the standard since the 1950’s. Pete…
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Price Increases on Lumber and Other Building Materials
By Linda Sutter – March 11, 2021 A local contractor mentioned the price of lumber and other building materials had more than doubled. Last year one sheet of OSB , which is underlining chipboard for siding was $7.00 a sheet from Home Depot. Today that same sheet is $27.00. One contractor who builds small 4…
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Has the Board of Supervisors made yet another costly mistake? Part 3 from Eye on Del Norte
By Samuel Strait, Report at Large – March 10, 2021 Has the Del Norte County Board of Supervisors made yet another verycostly mistake? Over the past couple of months, Eye on Del Norte hasmade looking into the way the County goes about planning and acquiringfuture needs for office space. The process normally begins withnotifications being…
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Cronyism alive and well in Del Norte County
By Roger Gitlin for Eye on Del Norte – March 9, 2021 Cronyism is alive and well in Del Norte County. For those unaware of the definition of cronyism in government, it is the practice of partiality in rewarding jobs and contracts to trusted friends, especially in politics and among politicians. The opposite of cronyism…
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Where have 500 students gone?
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – March 6, 2021 Money, Money, Money, what will we do without Money” seems to be what’s on the minds of the local School District, not on the failure of thelocal district to educate it’s charges. In the 2019-2020 school yearthe district’s enrollment stood at 3,981 students in all…
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Del Norte County, Odd Man Out
By Samuel Strait, Report at Large – March 5, 2021 Just recently having viewed the map of all the counties in Californiathat were on board with the Jefferson State movement and those that arewithin Oregon who are involved with the Greater Idaho movement, itstruck me that the island of resistance to both movements was on…
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Adults behaving like ten year olds in Del Norte County
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – March 3, 2021 When I came to this area as a permanent resident now forty eight yearsago, I would have never guessed that what I experienced in my local bank yesterday was even a remote possibility. Then again I have alwaysassumed that most adults would at least attempt…
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The Law, Local Elections and Spending Public Funds
By Linda Sutter, February 26, 2021 October 12, 2020, the Fire District located on Washington Blvd. attempted to tax 5,000 people with a $75 tax on their properties so they could pay 3 fire captains $160,000 per year to work two full days per week. This tax failed so Measure R and Measure S were…
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Is Del Norte High School Really Open?
By Lady Warrior – February 23, 2021 On February 16th, 2021, schools reopened for students to go back two times a week for a little over 3 hours. Students prepared for the opening for a whole week by watching videos, making pledges, learning consequences, and how to walk down a hallway correctly. The first week back, you…