Category: Board of Supervisors

Commentary By Samuel Strait – January 26, 2023 It has become a regular occurrence at the local Board of Supervisor’smeetings for the Consent Agenda to be loaded with government actionswith very little scrutiny of any kind.  Makes one wonder who exactly isminding the store.  Someone told me somewhere around the fourth gradethat this Country was…

By Editor, Donna Westfall – January 24, 2023 BOS meetings can take hours. Instead of sitting for hours at the bi-monthly Board of Supervisors meeting, you can watch the video of each meeting. They are available on YouTube.com. By the way, there were 14 items on the consent agenda down by four from the January…

By Roger Gitlin – January 25, 2023 What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate. Those profound words were uttered by Strother Martin playing the role of Captain in the 1967 Paul Newman-starring classic movie, Cool Hand Luke. That lack of communication played out in an unfortunate and ugly incident where public speaker Branden…

Opinion Piece By Samuel Strait – January 20, 2023 For three decades Del Norte Ambulance (DNA) has been in service to this Countyas a first responder to all of the County’s health care emergencies. During that entire run of thirty plus years there have been severalambulance companies who have entered into the bidding to supplant DNA,but…

By Branden Bieber – January 13, 2023 I don’t know much, but know I live in one of the most spectacular places in the World.  I know I was born along the beach, at Seaside Hospital in Crescent City.  I know our community is full of proud, caring, and hardworking individuals.  I also know during…

Commentary by Samuel Strait – January 12, 2023 It is becoming a regular feature of the Board Of Supervisor meetings todegenerate at some point from being a rudderless circus to a completeclown show and the initial meeting of the Board for 2023 did notdisappoint.  Suffice it to say it had only a slight resemblance toanything…

Opinion Piece By Samuel Strait – January 7, 2023 For those of you that are used to my bi-monthly reports on the local 5-0Club, aka the Del Norte Board of Stupervisors, I apologize for mytardiness as internet connections on my Coast to Coast trip were lessthan acceptable and the holiday break for the month of…

Commentary by Samuel Strait – October 31, 2022 My apologies to those that wait breathlessly for my inane rambling aboutthe circus like representation we have in this County on a bi-weeklybasis.  Four hours and forty four minutes of listening pleasure wasdifficult to shoe in amidst a cross country trip of more than 10,000road miles.  Coast…

By Roger Gitlin – EYE ON DEL NORTE – October 26, 2022 Are new faces coming to the Del Norte County Board of Supervisors? Very likely. With the departure of Gerry Hemmingsen, a significant bully influence will be exiting the Flynn Center. Refreshing and hopeful!  In District Four, candidates Joey Borges and Patty Adams will…