Category: election
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It’s About Time
Opinion and Commentary By Donna Westfall – March 10, 2024 Isn’t it a shame that things have to get so bad before voters will show up and switch parties? And even then, few registered voters actually voted. In Del Norte County that percentage was 41%. From Carl DeMaio’s Reform California’s group, “the numbers prove voters…
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The Votes Are In – UPDATED AS OF 3/8/24
Opinion & Commentary By Donna Westfall – March 8, 2024 Only about 41% of the registered voters actually turned out. Want to know how many could have voted? 14,743 Why? I don’t have the answers. Let’s start with the office of Judge: Karen Olson won with 2,993 while Keith Morris got 2,359. District 1 Supervisor…
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Triumph of Unity: Supreme Court Affirms National Consensus
By Brigitte Gabriel – March 4, 2024 The Greatest Election Interference Plot in US History has been thwarted! Over 1.2M actions were taken to stop this plot and today the Supreme Court has affirmed “elections belong to the people” in a rare 9-0 unanimous decision! In a historic 9-0 ruling, the United States Supreme Court has…
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BEFORE YOU VOTE
Commentary and Opinion By Donna Westfall – March 3, 2024 Heather Pollen is running for 5th District Supervisor against incumbent Dean Wilson and Linda Sutter. I spent some time with Heather and three other people at the Methodist Church at a Meet and Greet;. Kevin Hendrick and a couple from the Bertsch Tract. She does…
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ELECTION: District 2 Supervisor
By Staff at Crescent City Times – February 13, 2024 There are two vying for the position of Supervisor of District 2. Incumbent Valerie Starkey and challenger Rivers Drown. Both have similar platforms regarding drugs, overdoses, attracting and retaining deputies. While Starkey retired from Probation work, Drown has boots on the ground experience in dealing…
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Vetting Newsom
By Kevin Kiley – February 13, 2024 In the words of Democrat Senator John Fetterman, Gavin Newsom is “running for President right now” but doesn’t have the “guts to announce it.” He is thereby avoiding the standard vetting process. So it’s up to us to make sure Americans know the truth. This has become more…
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There’s Going to be a New Judge on the Bench
By Staff at Crescent City Times – February 8, 2023 Two attorney’s are vying for the position of Judge for Del Norte County now that Bob Cochran is not running. Allow us to express what a pleasure it has been to interview these two well qualified people. Either one will make a great judge. They…
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OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENTS from HJTA for the March 5 Primary Election
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION – MARCH 5, 2024 BALLOT MEASURE RECOMMENDATIONS: NO on PROPOSITION 1 Proposition 1 is a $6.38 billion bond (bonds are how the state borrows money, which taxpayers must repay, with interest, over many years). Although Proposition 1 is advertised as a “transformational” solution to mental health care and homelessness, it is not. The…
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State Assembly Seat Candidates
Commentary & Opinion By Donna Westfall – February 4, 2024 Jim Wood has been our Assemblyman since 2014 and will not seek re-election. When I met him while he was initially running for the office, I knew he was a dentist and naturally asked him about his thoughts on fluoride in the drinking water. He…
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The Waiting Game
By Kevin Kiley – November 14, 2022 I write to you from Washington, D.C., where the Committee on House Administration has summoned me for mandatory orientation for new Members of Congress. Yet I still have not been declared Congressman-elect. In fact, little has changed since Election Day: 25,000 more votes are in, and our lead…