Category: Board of Supervisors
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Rebuttal to Triplicate Editor Fornoff Article
By Donna Westfall – July 7, 2017 On July 6th, I submitted this rebuttal to the Fornoff’s July 1st article, “My View: $38,000 bill for petty grievances and political vendettas. Here’s his response today’s date at 10:48 am: Donna, Thank you for your submission. Unfortunately nothing has changed since your last attempt to be published…
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Triplicate Editor Whine’s Again
By Samuel Strait – July 6, 2017 – When I read the recent whine by our local editor, Robin Fornoff, of the Triplicate, “My View: $38,000 Bill for petty grievances and political vendettas”, my first thought was “You can’t be serious!” Seems like it wasn’t much more than a year ago when then candidate Lori…
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Upcoming Board of Supervisors Meeting June 27, 2017
By Donna Westfall – June 23, 2017 – Let’s look at an item on the consent agenda for the upcoming BOS meeting. Agenda Item #11: Approve and authorize the Chair to sign the Agreement with Van Scoyoc Associates for Federal Government Advocacy Services as requested by the County Administrative Officer.** $60,000/year. Whoa Nellie! When…
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Day 5: Bryan Ranger “Sex Abuse” Trial
By Donna Westfall – June 20, 2017 – By the end of Day 5, I’d swear that the Prosecution Team is trying to wear down the jury. Gotta wonder if they hand out No-Doz pills because I don’t know how the jurors manage to stay awake. I couldn’t. I found myself trying to stay awake,…
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TRIPLICATE EDITOR OUT OF CONTROL
By 5th District Supervisor, Bob Berkowitz – June 15, 2017 You can’t imagine my shock when I looked at the front page of today’s paper to see a quote from me that said, “Supervisor Bob Berkowitz said the Hemmingsen and Howard do not have the experience or the necessary contacts to spur any legislation on…
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KING HOWARD AND HEMMINGSEN WASHINGTON DC ADVENTURE
Opinion Piece By Linda Sutter – June 13, 2017 – I guess I had a lot of expectations because when King Howard (Board of Supervisors Chair Chris Howard) and Humpty Dumpty Hemmingsen (Supervisor Gerry Hemmingsen) went to Washington DC it was specifically for the Last Chance Grade. I was expecting a full report. Who did…
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County Clerk Greenlights Petition For Recall on Sup. 2nd District, Lori Cowan
By Donna Westfall – June 9, 2017 After the publication of the Notice of Intent to Circulate Recall Petition in the Del Norte Triplicate on May 18, 2017, the next step in the recall process is to provide the County Clerk, Alissia Northrup, with Proof of Publication along with two blank copies of the Petition…
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Cannabis: 3 Meetings Down, 3 Meetings to go
By Donna Westfall – June 7, 2017 – The June 6th meeting which began at 5:30 pm is an example of what we could only wish every Board of Supervisors meeting contained. There were opinions, well thought out questions and observations on all sides of the issue. No rubber stamping going on. But remember one…
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King Howard
By Linda Sutter – May 24, 2017 – In the 15th Century King Henry the VIII would commonly chop off your head, or hang you till nearly dead, then chop off your head, then drawn and quartered you to disperse where ever they saw fit. Today, Chairman Chris Howard of the Board of Supervisors, can’t…
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BREAKING NEWS: Supervisor Lori Cowan Served
By Donna Westfall – May 9, 2017 – During public comment at the Board of Supervisors meeting this morning, Linda Sutter announced that she was serving Supervisor Lori Cowan with a Notice of Intent to Circulate Recall Petition (“Notice”). The reasons given on the Notice that contained 24 signatures: “When a person is elected to the…