Category: Board of Supervisors
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TALK TO US
By Bob Berkowitz – November 9, 2016 – When Roger Gitlin was re-elected to the board and I was first elected to be your representative on the board of supervisors, (November 8, 2016) I said there were going to be some changes. Here is the first change we are going to make and it starts…
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LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS
Thanks to all that ran and congratulations to those that won: Roger Gitlin, Supervisor 1st District on his re-election with 53.7% of the vote. Bob Berkowitz, Supervisor 5th District on his election with 51.87% of the vote. Roger Daley, Del Norte Unified School Board – 44.08%. Heidi Kime, Jason Greenough and Alex Fallman the newly…
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Is it time to flush the Triplicate?
Opinion Piece By Samuel Strait – November 6, 2016 – Glub, Glub, that is the sound of the Triplicate and its staff circling the toilet bowl ready for the final plunge. The idea that the Triplicate’s editor had to break a standing policy “to avoid publishing controversial stories about local elections on the last publication…
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Triplicate Does Hatchet Job on Berkowitz and Gitlin
By Donna Westfall – November 5, 2016 – In a last minute to boost the sagging campaigns of both Finigan and Murray, the Triplicate has pulled out all of the stops. On the last publication day before election they accuse both Gitlin and Berkowitz of using a targeted voter mailer to certain groups of voters and…
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How local election rigging works
Opinion Piece By Samuel Strait – November 5, 2016 – While it is so often constructive to point out the failings to the public of our Constitutional Rights of Free Speech by our local print newspaper, the Del Norte Triplicate, there is a much more insidious activity that our paper is guilty of with regards…
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Ignored for 10 years helping the homeless
By Mike Justice, Executive Director of Our Daily Bread Ministries – October 27, 2016 – Wednesday, October 26, 2016, I posted that our local government needs an overhaul, both City and County and here is why. For the last 10 years, I have personally been taking care of the poor and homeless people in our…
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Bob Berkowitz, Candidate for Supervisor 5th District
By Donna Westfall – October 4, 2016 – Bob Berkowitz has experience in three worlds. His career began as a high school teacher for 13 years, then he built the first FM Stereo radio station in Del Norte County, KCRE-FM and then he was selected to work for the U.S. Congress as a Field Representative…
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Incumbent, David Finigan – 5th District Supervisor
By Donna Westfall – October 3, 2016 – David Finigan is nearing his 20th year as the 5th District Supervisor for Del Norte County and running for re-election. I didn’t know much about Finigan’s background before sitting down with him for this interview. He’s worked in saw mills in a variety of capacities, then became…
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The finish line is in sight. Who’s it going to be?
By Donna Westfall – October 2, 2016 – In the next few days we will print out what each candidate stands for on a host of topics. We’ll start with the 5th District, Finigan vs Berkowitz; and then move on to the 1st District, Gitlin vs Murray. Then finish up with the three city council…
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Does the public have a right to know about an elected officials addictions or mental illness?
By Donna Westfall – September 16, 2016 – Like it or not, we are a heavily medicated society. Alcohol, caffeine, marijuana, anti-depressants and tobacco are just a few of the substances we turn to. Over 61 million American’s suffer from mental illness and of those about 13.6 million live with a serious mental illness such…