Category: Board of Supervisors
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120,000 More Flee California in 2021
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – May 3, 2022 The results are in, 120,000 more of California’s population have leftthe State. Long has California been a destination for many in the restof the United States, and now the tide has turned. Taxes, Leftist policymaking, crime, illegal immigration, homelessness, and the list goes onand…
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Consensual Abuse
By Branden Bieber – April 30, 2022 The Del Norte County Board of Supervisors (BOS) are abusing the Consent Agenda during meetings to progress the expanse of Government! Del Norte residents have less disposable income, while government throws good money at bad financial decisions! Too bad, we have to wait until January before new leadership…
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Three For District Three
Commentary and Opinion by Samuel Strait – April 29, 2022 When it comes to voting for the person who best matches your personalchoices in life, they may not always be the best candidate for theelectorate as a whole. Quite often those that are elected to represent“we” the public come in the form of someone more…
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And The Band Plays On
Opinion and Commentary by Samuel Strait Another County Board of Supervisor’s Meeting and it is safe to say thatnothing of real importance was accomplished. The supervisors are likerobots with preprogramed actions and responses for any and allsituations that come to their attention. Occasionally some sort ofanimation peeps through the screen that surrounds them, when theunexpected…
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Ready, Set, Go!
By Branden Bieber – April 27, 2022 You can only begin to illustrate the mismanagement of Del Norte County in the allotted three minutes given by the Board of Supervisors for public comments. This Boards proven history of expanding Government and Economizing a “Welfare County” is illustrated in their continual rubberstamping of Consent Agenda Items. …
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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING
By Linda Sutter – April 26, 2022 The chambers were packed today awaiting to discuss the agenda item number 19 regarding the Hunter Valley Community Services district and the Yurok Tribe over an owned parcel of land by the county who was giving this land as a donation. Two members of the Yurok Tribe spoke…
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Blind Trust Not A Good Idea
By Roger Gitlin – EYE ON DEL NORTE – April 25, 2022 We are hopeful someone on the Board will pull an item from the Consent Agenda for discussion at the Tuesday Board of Supervisors meeting. Consent Agenda item #6 calls to hire a psychiatrist (a medical doctor who can treat and prescribe psychotropic and…
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Is Local Government Our Biggest Problem?
Opinion and Commentary by Samuel Strait I spent much of this past Saturday afternoon in the company of a groupof local individuals that clearly feel local government in its currentform is a larger problem than the issues that Del Norte County currentlyface. Could that be even remotely possible one might ask? How couldlocal government possibly…
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BREAKING STORY: QUID PRO QUO
By Roger Gitlin – EYE ON DEL NORTE – April 21, 2022 Translated from Latin: You give me something: I’ll give you something. Quid Pro Quo is alive and well in Del Norte County and is particularly well-functioning between the Yurok Tribal Council, the Del Norte County Board of Supervisors and Gov. Newsom and State…
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Just How Big Is Too Big?
Opinion by Samuel Strait – April 17, 2022 Following an article I wrote for the CCTimes, titled “Another Study,Does Anyone Really Care?”, April 15, 2022, I received an e-mail from acandidate that is running for Supervisor asking for information about astudy that was the recent focus of the Board of Supervisors at the April12th rendition…