Category: Board of Supervisors
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BOS Duties, Spend More MONEY!
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – January 27, 2022 If you haven’t caught a Board of Supervisor’s meeting lately, have nofear, they appear to be focused solely on spending more taxpayer money. Amidst all the word salad on the agenda of the recent January 25, 2022Board of Supervisor’s meeting was the intent to fund…
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The High And Mighty
Opinion By Samuel Strait – January 27, 2022 While the actions of the sitting members of the County’s Board ofSupervisors at a recent meeting could be described as nauseating atbest, probably the most tone deaf comment during the proceedings wasoffered by District Four Supervisor, Gerry Hemmingsen. Following arather serious review of the history of the…
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Is this Legalized Theft?
Opinion Piece By Donna Westfall – January 26, 2022 Del Norte County spent $40,000 to “educate” the public to vote YES to Measure R, the 1% sales tax. The tax passed by less than 1%. Yesterday, the County Board of Supervisors (BOS) voted to give pay raises up to 7% to government employees. How did…
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Supervisor Darrin Short. Are You Doing Your Job?
Opinion Piece By Roger Gitlin – EYE ON DEL NORTE – January 23, 2022 Supervisor Darrin Short;, you are not doing your job! Words fall short in expressing my profound disappointment with Del Norte Dist. 1 Supervisor Short. * One of the duties of an elected is to be in contact with his/her constituents and…
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POOR LEVEL OF SERVICE WE ARE GETTING FOR OUR TAX DOLLARS
Commentary By Donna Westfall – January 15, 2022 While we are in the midst of repealing taxes every where you turn; City, County, and State, the issue of expenditures of our tax money by our various and sundry government agencies and tracking those expenditures is an important one. Locally, the City of Crescent City’s 1%…
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There’s A State Of Emergency, but Nobody Seems To Care
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – December 30, 2021 The president of this Country is walking along the sea shore for thenext two weeks, we haven’t heard a peep out of his majesty Hair Gel forawhile now, and the local fellows in charge decided that they could takea session off as well. Thank heavens…
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Assemblyman Wood Pays Del Norte A Visit, So What!
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – December 21, 2021 Most people who live in Del Norte County could care less that ourerstwhile assemblyman, Jim Wood, graced the County’s Board ofSupervisors with a visit. The ostensible reason for his visit was towax elegant about all the things he wasn’t accomplishing for theCounty. His range…
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A Year Now And How Has The Legacy Fared?
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – December 20, 2021 Most in this community are unaware that Del Norte County’s foray intotemporary housing for the homeless has passed its first year ofexistence. So, how is that going? Princess Heather Snow, as we mustrefer to her due to her lofty status in Del Norte County,…
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Just Exactly Who Is A Benefit To The People?
Opinion Piece By Samuel Strait – December 17, 2021 Most of you that read the Crescent City Times may have noticed a lack of writingfrom yours truly in the pages of the Times. As to that, I have beentraveling for most of the past month through Oregon, Western Washington,with some brief visits to Northern California,…
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WHY DOES OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM FAIL MISERABLY?
Opinion Piece By Linda Sutter – December 16, 2021 At the Board of Supervisors meeting of December 14, 2021. Chief Probation Officer Lonnie Reyman received approval of all Board of Supervisors for the Pre-Trial Assessment planning done for local criminals. Today, during the Del Norte Superior Court Proceedings under Judge Cochran it was disturbing to…