Category: Board of Supervisors
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Let The Whining Begin
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – October 22, 2022 With November’s election date rapidly approaching, seventeen days forthe City and County’s spin machine to howl every chance they get aboutthe potential loss of funding from a sales tax increase repeal that wasgenerously granted to them by local voters in 2020. For those voting…
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“Tea Party Time?”
By Branden Bieber – October 21, 2022 It’s not Massachusetts 1773, but the fight for independence is ongoing. Our elected officials’ are void of accountability, and want to impose increased hardships on their neighbors with ongoing tax increases and welfare dependency. County officials claim their failures of deferred maintenance and lawlessness are the result of…
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Try To Attend October 25, 2022
By Linda Sutter – October 25, 2022 There will be a joint meeting occurring Tuesday, October 25th at the Veteran’s Administration Building starting at 5:30 pm. The topic: The Tri Agency. Up to 15 elected officials may attend. THESE Elected officials want the tax payers to bail them out for their failures to conduct mandatory…
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Info on the Tri-Agency
By Linda Sutter – October 15, 2022 The Tri-Agency was developed in 1976. The agency consist of the Harbor District, Crescent City, and Del Norte County. The Del Norte Economic Development Corporation oversaw how the funds were distributed. Eli Naffah a former city manager was president of the Board for Del Norte Economic Development Corporation. …
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS
By Linda Sutter – October 13, 2022 On October 25, 2022 a joint powers meeting will be held at the Veterans Administration building located at 810 H Street in Crescent City at 5:30 pm. The subject matter to be discussed between 15 elected is regarding using public money to bail out this Tri-Agency. The main…
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The 5-0 Club Returns…Whew!
Commentary by Samuel Strait – October 12, 2022 We most definitely would not want our local Board of Supervisor’s to go“too” far off of the track; hence, it was with great relief that I amreporting that during the most recent Board Meeting a return to thenorm, 5-0 in the affirmative, how comforting. It is not…
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Government Pay Raises
By Angry Old American – October 11, 2022 – Cartoon credit to Steven Cotterill on Twitter Copyright Angry Old American, October 5th, 2022. All Rights Reserved. Del Norte County and Crescent City have no tangible industry other than “Government.” Fraudulent claims that we are a “Destination Resort Community,” and subsequent government investments to that end,…
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Bought Gas Or Groceries Lately? Still Think Measures S And R Are A Good Idea?
By Samuel Strait – October 10, 2020 Most of those that think that a growing local government is a “goodthing” remain unmoved by the rate of inflation that this Country isexperiencing. 8.3% was I believe the last figure being reported. Thathardly represents the true nature of the matter when energy and foodremain outside of that…
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Challenging The Status Quo Is Fine, If It Actually Happens
Commentary by Samuel Strait – October 8, 2022 In a recent opinion piece in the Triplicate by Kevin Hendrick, “It’sOkay to challenge the status quo”, once again Mr. Hendrick fails tounderstand the dynamics of what actually happens at local Board ofSupervisor meetings. Sad to say his “Progressive” politics which sooften leads him astray was on…
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“Consensually Abused Agenda”
By Branden Bieber – October 4, 2022 It was unconstitutional when the County of Del Norte and the Board of Supervisor (BOS) violated civil liberties when they threatened citizen’s imprisonment for not wearing a mask. Amongst some of our Nation’s most restrictive Health Ordinances, our County published imprisonment mandates that disregarded citizen’s individual freedoms. Of…