Category: Board of Supervisors
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Another Study, Does Anyone Really Care?
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – April 15, 2022 A regular occurrence at most Del Notre County Board Of Supervisormeetings is an experience not to be missed, an expensive “study”, orconsultant’s report on some matter that has no real benefit to most ofthe local community. April 12th’s meeting was just such a case…
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Yet Another Brick In The Wall Between The Public And County BOS
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – April 14 2022 At some point it would be constructive if the Del Norte County Board OfSupervisors would take lessons on how they might operate Board Meetingswith the Public in mind. It is difficult enough for the working publicto appear at Board meetings scheduled for 10:00 in…
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The County’s Supervisors Continue To Hide From Voters
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – April 13, 2022 Irregardless of the Del Norte County’s Board Of Supervisors on goingefforts to hide from the public and the voters in the Fall, there is agrowing movement and outrage over the behavior of those that feed at thepublic trough and in particular those that have…
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New District Five Supervisor, No Change 5-0
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – April 13, 2022 With all the celebration of the swearing in of newly appointedSupervisor Fifth District, Susan Masten, the question became, “Wouldanything really change?” We have the answer to that, No! The Board ofSupervisors remains firmly locked in the oh, so, bland state ofuniformity, conformity, with no…
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Why
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – April 13, 2022 To answer the question posed by Supervisor Chris Howard, DistrictThree’s representative on the Del Norte Board Of Supervisors to thequestion “Why” County Government does what it does, shouldn’t surprise agreat many people who live and work within the County. While SupervisorHoward is under the…
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Getting Public Reps to Actually Listen Is A Tough Sell
By Donna Westfall – April 12, 2022 One of the ways our elected representatives get to know the opinions of their constituents is to have PUBLIC COMMENTS during public meetings. Certainly it has been a rough road these last two years due to the Pandemic. BUT, if one can’t or couldn’t attend a meeting via…
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The City’s Council
Opinion by Samuel Strait – April 6, 2022 There is only so much a person can do when government has money to burnand absolutely no vision of what they are doing now will only add to thefinancial burden in the future, when there is no money to burn. OnMonday, the local Transportation Commission approved placing…
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Gov Throws Monkey Wrench In Dist 5 Election
By Roger Gitlin – EYE ON DEL NORTE – March 31, 2022 The Govenor has thrown his pet monkey wrench into the Del Norte County District 5 Supervisor election, in June. Gavin Newsom appointed Yurok Tribal member Susan Masten to the BOS vacancy created by the death of Bob Berkowitz. Here are the five candidates…
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What, Hair Gel Noticed?
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – March 31, 2022 While for the most part Del Norte County is almost never on theGovernor’s radar, frankly in the higher realm of Sacramento’s Lords andLadies, no one there has realized California extends so far to theNorth. Hence; it was a shock to learn that Governor Empty…
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The Local Robots Meet Again
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – March 23, 2022 Nothing like a consistent 4-0 vote on every item as the Del Norte CountyBoard of Supervisor’s scurried through their second of bi-monthlymeetings in under ninety minutes. Another public comment by LindaSutter, roundly disapproved of by Supervisor Short later in the meeting,essentially calling out the…