Category: Board of Supervisors
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Business As Usual?
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – March 16, 2022 For those of you that did not catch the last meeting of one of CrescentCity’s Secret Societies, it featured a plea by a local business owner tothe local Republican Central Committee to support an effort to rescindthe County’s Measure “R” whenever the Board of…
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No Law North Of The Klamath, No Local Government As Well And No Sheriff!
Commentary by Samuel Strait It could be said it is the year 1870 and the wild, wild west has takenover Del Norte County and run the local sheriff out of town. Whetheryou agree or disagree about the current difficulties our sheriff faces,criminal charges, and the latest shoe to drop in this affair, hisresignation, there are…
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ATTENTION: VOTERS!
By Roger Gitlin – EYE ON DEL NORTE – March 1, 2022 Attention: Voters in Smith River, North River, Hiouchi and Gasquet. You have a once in four-year-cycle opportunity to remove arguably the most partisan, self-serving, least qualified candidate for the Del Norte Board of Supervisors…Chris Howard has submitted candidate papers seeking his third term…
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The Robots Met Again
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – January 24, 2022 When one views the latest rendition of what passes for Countygovernment, it becomes a mystery as to why we even have those that sitas Supervisors any more. Oh wait! It seems that there was a singularvote taken in January where one supervisor cast a…
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You Are Offended, Oh Really
Commentary by Samuel Strait – February 13, 2022 I think Supervisor Howard was somewhat offended to learn that at leastsome of his constituents find his demeanor somewhat offensive anddismissive while on display at Board of Supervisor meetings. Of coursehe is not alone, as this impression of disdain exhibited by he and hiscolleagues across the Board…
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The Story Of Two Worlds
Opinion by Samuel Strait – January 12, 2022 One of the things I got out of the hour long discussion with CAO NealLopez and Supervisor Chris Howard on Thursday, February 10th is that welive in two very different world when it comes to solutions for DelNorte County’s many problem. Granted we do live in a…
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Measure “R”: With Neal Lopez And Chris Howard
Commentary By Samuel Strait – February 11, 2022 An interesting morning hour was spent Thursday, February 10th with Del Norte County’s Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), Neal Lopez and Supervisor Chris Howard discussing the County’s “financial plight” and certain questions about just how Measure “R” money was to be spent. I suppose the burning question that…
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Cronyism, RINO’s and how it affects our lives
Opinion Piece By Angelina Countess-Bieber – February 10, 2022 It should come to no surprise how our Del Norte COUNTY Board Of Supervisors has evolved into performing like a spoiled, petulant, Trust Fund baby, where its direction and purpose is salacious spending, extravagant trips to Japan and rampant rubberstamping. The root of this Power, Privilege…
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Worse than a den of Thieves!
By Branden Bieber – February 1, 2022 Our State representatives and local governing boards are not just stealing our tax money, their actions resemble characteristics of human traffickers, drug pushers, and child abusers. The COVID narrative has emboldened our righteous local leadership to implement and be complacent with inaction and lawlessness, while trampling on our…
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Servants of the People? My Patootie!
By Donna Westfall – January 29, 2022 In the wee hours of the morning of Tuesday, January 25th I sent the following message to all Del Norte County Supervisor’s (BOS): “I strongly and most emphatically urge the BOS to remove the following from the CONSENT AGENDA to be held Jan 25, ’22: ANY AND ALL…