Category: Harbor

Opinion and Commentary By Investigative Reporter, Linda Sutter – August 7, 2025 It is time to move forward and hit the Crescent City Harbor District where it hurts the most—their pocketbook. A pocketbook decapitated by gross mismanagement and lack of transparency, controlled by Harbormaster Michael Rademaker and his cohort, Sandy Moreno. It is time for…

By Linda Sutter, Investigative Reporter, – July 23, 2025 On July 23, 2025, during a public meeting of the Crescent City Harbor District, an astonishing revelation came to light: Commissioner Rick Shepherd disclosed that a letter requesting forgiveness of a $5 million USDA loan had been submitted—without full board approval. Let that sink in. A…

By Investigative Reporter, Linda Sutter – July 14, 2025 Prior to Former Harbormaster Tim Petrick’s departure, there was discussion about creating a harbor police station with Tim Petrick as the Captain and Mike Rademaker handling the administrative duties. However, the idea failed because they did not consult other law enforcement agencies to get them on…

Press Release – June 30, 2025 Crescent City, California – Recent demands by a local newspaper have prompted a CrescentCity elected official to help her avoid biased news coverage of her complaints against theCrescent City Harbor Commission. “We live and work in a small town,” said Harbor Commissioner Annie Nehmer. “Local newsmedia is taken very…

By Linda Sutter, Investigative Reporter – January 25, 2025 The Crescent City Harbor District has once again found itself embroiled in controversy overwhat many are calling deliberate and repeated violations of California’s open meeting laws. At approximately 1:45 p.m. on Sunday, June 22, 2025, the District quietly taped an agenda totheir office window announcing a…

SUTTER V. CRESCENT CITY HARBOR DISTRICT Opinion and Commentary By Linda Sutter – May 29, 20025 The Honorable Judge McEfresh presided over this case today and the situation heard was a demurrer to my complaint which involved the Harbor District producing and creating a document instead of producing the original text form of a screenshot.…

By Investigative Reporter, Linda Sutter – May 22, 2025 As I checked my mailbox yesterday afternoon I discovered an unusual paper. As I began to read it, I could not believe my eyes. Christmas came early. There in my mailbox was a very important document. Remember April 23rd harbor meeting where Commissioner Dan Schmidt stated…

By Investigative Reporter, Linda Sutter – MAY 7, 2025 The Triplicate Editor, Roger Gitlin, reports Harbormaster receives a $20, 000 dollar pay increase making $114,000 dollars a year which was approved in closed session without giving the public any information regarding the terms of the agreement or allowing public input. But let’s discuss the severe…

By Investigative Reporter, Linda Sutter – April 23, 2025 Out of closed session this week, approving q $20,000 salary increase for interim Harbormaster Mike Rademaker. But was this decision based on merit- or was it yet another lapse in oversight? A closer look at Rademaker’s recent history reveals a pattern of questionable conduct, misleading statements,…