Category: Board of Supervisors

Commentary and Opinion by Samuel Strait – August 1, 2024 Well, here I am nearly seven thousands miles away, the dust has settled, and I can report on the July 23rd meeting of the 5-0 Club’s most recent attempts at being “transparent”.  Things started off pretty much as expected.  We’ve developed a formula here, the…

Commentary and Opinion by Samuel Strait – July 18, 2024 Vi-tal, adjective, absolutely necessary or essential, important, is the Webster dictionary definition of “vital.  This is a word that our local Board of Supervisors know nothing about in their efforts to spend the County into oblivion.  Since Measure “R” passed in the fall of 2020,…

Opinion and Commentary by Samuel Strait – July 12, 2024 It is often difficult to judge what exactly it is that will fill the Board of Supervisors meetings with outraged citizens.  Having sat through the entirety of many such meetings over the past few years, I, myself, and a few others who are private citizens…

Opinion and Commentary By Investigative Reporter, Linda Sutter – July 10, 2024 The Del Norte County BOS meeting was packed and emotional. People who came to the meeting had a story to tell but if they went over the 3 minute period were cut short by Chair Wilson who showed no compassion or empathy. Rose…

Commentary and Opinion by Samuel Strait – June 28, 2024 During the recent Del Norte County Board of Supervisor’s Meeting, the four members present couldn’t have made a larger mess for themselves and the County’s residents if they tried.  Congratulations Supervisors Starkey and Short, maybe a lesson in employee compensation negotiations is in order.  Never…

Commentary and Opinion by Samuel Strait – June 12, 2024 The Board of Supervisors met last Tuesday, May 28th, without the “strong and strategic” leadership of Chairman of the Board, Dean Wilson and it went downhill from there.  While “silent” Vice Chair, Joey Borges,broke out his voice for the session, not much wisdom was in…

Commentary and Opinion by Samuel Strait – May 26, 2024 The local Republicans may as well join the Democratic Party for all themarginal differences that currently exist.  The local version ofRepublicans tore the band aide off at the most recent Board ofSupervisor’s (BOS) meeting by being “all for Big Government and HigherTaxes”.  The only odd…

Commentary and Opinion by Samuel Strait – May 14, 2024 As it was, I was basking in the warmth of the South Pacific when the latesttrain wreck, optimistically referred to as the April 23, 2024 meeting ofthe Del Norte County Board of Supervisors, where even in Niue I able towatch the fumble and stumble of…

Commentary and Opinion by Samuel Strait – April 18, 2024 Currently spending time in a Country where the focus is on doing the most with the least for the largest portion of its citizens, it is not hard to figure out just where our local government goes off the tracks so much of the time. …

By Donna Westfall – April 12, 2024 There was a full agenda. The meeting lasted two hours and 43 minutes. Here’s what happened. Under general public comment: Linda Sutter gave them an earful at 30 minutes and 51 seconds: Remember public comments are limited to three minutes. Here are some of the excerpts from her…