Category: Board of Supervisors
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A Tale Of Two Fires
Commentary by Samuel Strait – September 1, 2023 For just over two weeks we have had the ongoing saga of a wildfire atour very doorstep which our illustrious governor has finallyacknowledged just might be a burden to the local community. What aguy! In contrast, near to his highness, in the North Sacramento Valley,where there is…
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The 5-0 Club, Emergency? Oh, Yah that.
Commentary and Opinion by Samuel Strait – August 27, 2023 And, oh, by the way our illustrious 5-0 Club got together for anotherforgettable head scratchier, August 25, 2023. While there was someslight attention paid to the recent wild fires events that have engagedthe community recently, our illustrious Board of Supervisors were moreconcerned about the…
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The 4-0 Club, Supervisor Howard On Vacation Again
Commentary and Opinion by Samuel Strait – August 8, 2023 It is not as if Supervisor Howard’s participation is exactly missed, asthe remaining members of the Board of Supervisors are secure in theirrubber stamping of the County bureaucracy’s business. The continuedirrelevancy of the Chamber’s members is almost painful to watch. Theygobble up the malfunction of…
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The 5-0 Club, Not So Representative
Commentary By Samuel Strait – July 30, 2023 We were treated with two separate versions of our local representatives,both not particularly memorable in terms of just exactly who is supposedto be “calling the shots”. In one instance, the regular Board ofSupervisors Meeting, July 25, 2023, not at all, in the second suchmeeting of the BOS…
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The 5-0 Club, Who Is Not In Charge Of Anything
Commentary By Samuel Strait – July 19, 2023 After witnessing the theater performed twice a month in the Board OfSupervisor’s chamber for many years now, it should be crystal clear toanyone paying attention that it is unnecessary theater. We can dispensewith the notion that the BOS is of any use whatsoever to the communityand does…
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Republicans For Tax Hikes
Opinion and Commentary By Donna Westfall – July 18, 2023 I always chuckle when I receive a notice of the local Del Norte Republican Central Committee Meeting with their tag line, “Elect Common Sense.” One of the reasons I ran out of the Del Norte County Democratic Central Committee meeting years ago and re-registered as…
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Pitchforks and Torches
Opinion By Branden Bieber – July 9, 2023 That’s a bit extreme! But, if you’re concerned about the current standard of living in Del Norte, you mightwant to represent yourself (and your family) at the Del Norte County Board of Supervisors BOS meetingTuesday, July 11th at 10:00am. The entire Agenda will likely be approved to…
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The 4-0 Club, Supervisor Howard Vacationing In Japan Again
Commentary and Mostly Opinion by Samuel Strait – July 6, 2023 It is hardly a surprise that should the opportunity to vacation inJapan, Supervisor Chris Howard would have his hand up first. Seems thathobnobbing with the Japanese is far more important to him than being anactual representative to the constituents of District Three. Like theSister…
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The 4-0 Club without Supervisor Starkey
Commentary and Opinion By Samuel Strait – June 23, 2023 I apologize for the lengthy delay in reporting on last Tuesday’s Boardof Supervisors meeting, as, while I was out of town and had to view theproceedings on video, it some how has become a continuous and steadyspectacle of gross mismanagement and indifference to the public…
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ARE YOU READY FOR UP TO 245% INCREASE IN SEWER USER FEE RATES?
Opinion By Donna Westfall – May 12, 2023 Did did you get a Notice of Public Hearing Regarding Proposed Sewer User Fee Increase from the County? Gee whiz! Will it ever stop? Yes. Here’s how it stops. It’s called a Prop 218 protest. You don’t have to stand outside with a sign, you just have…