Category: Board of Supervisors

Commentary by Samuel Strait – July 27, 2022 On July 26th our local 4-0 club met for the second time in July. 5-0 yousay, what’s up with that?  It seems  that for what ever reason, as Imissed the opening ceremonies, Supervisor Masten was not occupying herusual spot on the dais.  Not to be dismayed: however,…

Opinion By Branden Bieber – July 18, 2022 It is no wonder why Del Norte County is depressed and in the midst of a Depression. If you’re looking for reasons why you no longer have expendable income, look no further than theelected Del Norte County Board of Supervisors (BOS). This group of self-serving politicians has…

By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – July 13, 2022 Looks like the local Board of Supervisors found that a 4-1 vote is notthe end of civilization as we know it, not that there was much actualcommunication nor listening to the dissent by the remaining members ofthe Board.  While I could ramble through the…

Commentary By Sam Strait – July 5, 2022 For those of you that have missed my timely update of what has happenedin the local Board of Supervisor’s meeting of the 5-0 Club, never fear Iam here to keep you up to date.  In a just over two hours of mindnumbing pointless meeting time, the usual…

Commentary By Linda Sutter – May 16, 2022 The Del Norte Tri-Agency is currently a 50 year failed agency. Around 2012 it was to be dissolved because it was out of compliance with state and federal mandates. The Del Norte Economic Development Corporation was to take over. That never materialized. During that time Eli Naffah (previously…

Commentary By Samuel Strait Likely very few of our local residents gave much thought to an actionitem on the most recent Board of Supervisor’s agenda, Tuesday, May 10th,that of a proposed letter to the United States Department of Fish andGame asking for an extension to the comment period on the proposedinclusion of the sand dune…

Commentary by Samuel Strait The County’s 5-0 Club, better known as the Del Norte County Board ofSupervisors, met in another of the bi-monthly meetings to behave asexpected, pass everything unanimously without a single dissentingvote.  Seems that’s what’s expected by the County’s bureaucracy when theboard consists of five tamed lap dogs.  Not a single question wasuttered…

By Roger Gitlin – EYE ON DEL NORTE – May 9, 2022 5th District Supervisor candidate David Markel brought to the community ‘s attention the abominable road conditions on Barker St, a non-maintained County road in the Berstch tract. Unfortunately, Barker St is among scores of other non-maintained roads which are dangerous and undrivable around…

Opinion by Samuel Strait – May 7, 2022 Yes, I am an opinionated old curmudgeon, when it comes to the County’sdesire to fund all the County’s problems with grants from higherauthority.  The recent effort through the DC lobbyist, Greg Burns, hasnetted the attention of Senator Dianne Feinstein to add Del NorteCounty’s jail house woes to…