Category: Board of Supervisors
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True North, Tiny Homes, Homelessness
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – September 19, 2021 At a recent Board Of Supervisor’s meeting, Tiny Homes became the latest“brain child” of True North’s Dana Port Gill as a certain cure for theCounty’s homeless population. Her proposal currently being 40 tinyhouses and a community center to be developed on the property at 800Williams…
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Sheriff Apperson Resigns
Message delivered to the July 27, 2021 Del Norte County Board of Supervisors by Sheriff Apperson regarding pending resignation: “I need you to know how proud I am of the organization that is the Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office. The men and women that make up the DNSO staff are truly some of the finest,…
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As Predicted: Inadequate parking on Marshall Street for Child Support Services
By Roger Gitlin, EYE ON DEL NORTE – July 1, 2021 In one of the dumbest moves it has ever made, the Del Norte County Board of Supervisors voted to approve the move of Child Support Services from Third St to Marshall Way, giving into to the most obvious cronyism imaginable, and in creating an…
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Heather Snow’s Future Vacant Lot
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – June 9, 2021 No more prophetic words that appeared on a sign carried by a protesterto the intention of the County’s Board of Supervisor’s to allow DHHS topurchase the Coastal Inns and Suites located at 665 L Street for thepurpose of converting the motel to permanent housing for…
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5 Counties Vote To Secede From Oregon and Join Idaho
By Donna Westfall – May 19, 2021 We predicted that Oregon was going to take a hit when their Governor and Mayor of Portland allowed lawlessness to prevail for most of last yea, and stretching into this year. Along with that, conservative values are frowned upon by most of the Democratic politicians currently in office.…
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The Crescent City Harbor meets Tuesday: May 18th at 2pm, via Zoom meeting.
By Roger Gitlin – EYE ON DEL NORTE – May 17, 2021 Many of you are following EYE OF DEL NORTE as it closely monitors less than satisfactory conditions at the Harbor: closed restrooms and poorly maintained landscape maintenance, overgrown weeds, potholes on Anchor Way. Indeed it is somewhat of a challenge to navigate the…
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IT’S SETTLED. NO MORE DEL NORTE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR MY FAMILY
Opinion Piece by Linda Sutter – May 14, 2021 I sat quietly as my daughter opened her mail from Del Norte High School. My grandson received all F’s. This is a young man with a remarkable mind. From the age of 13, he and his buddies learned how to take Motorcycles apart, fix them, and…
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Supervisors Get Coal In Their Stockings
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – April 29, 29\021 It would appear that the Board of Supervisors should be prepared for alump of coal in their stocking this Christmas or when ever the Stategets finished with their final report on alternatives for Last ChanceGrade, maybe by 2023. It remains a mystery as to why…
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What transparency do we have in local government?
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – April 20, 2021 It appears that our local Board of Supervisors is taking great umbrageover the possibility of more openness at their twice a month meetings. Seems that an enhancement to the Brown Act, AB 339, is opening thepossibility for citizens to participate in Board meetings via call-in orweb…
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UPDATE: Locked bathrooms in the harbor
By Roger Gitlin – April 19, 2021 – EYE ON DEL NORTE EYE ON DEL NORTE reports some progress has been made re: closed restrooms at the Crescent City Harbor. The closed restrooms on the south end of the Harbor near the boat ramp will now re-open. The restrooms and laundry facilities on the north…