Category: Board of Supervisors
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Horrors! Dissension In The Ranks, The 5-0 Club Meets Again
Commentary by Samuel Strait – September 29, 2922 I have to say it. I didn’t see that one coming, not that it changedmuch of anything in the continued dysfunction of our local Board ofSupervisors. At long last a dissenting vote and on the County budget noless. After reviewing the September 27th meeting of the…
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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS? FLIP FLOP HOWARD & ANTI-TRANSPARENCY HEMMINGSEN
By Linda Sutter – September 28, 2022 The board of supervisors meeting held on September 27, did not go without constant battles. The first battle was between Chair Gerry Hemmingsen and a Del Norte County resident, Brandon Bieber. There were several items on the consent agenda which had 22 items listed. Some that had not…
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TWO DAY BUDGET WORKSHOP
By Linda Sutter – September 22, 2022 Sue Masten and Valerie Starkey were the only Supervisors who had the fortitude to conduct a Budget Workshop for the public. The rest of the supervisors showed their true intentions of ignoring how defective this county is and why it is. There was only one other public member…
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County politicians ponder prodigious pup pound problem
By Roger Gitlin – September 22, 2022 The county is mulling over a colossal pain at the pound. The Board of Supervisors is contemplating how best to address a dysfunctional, under-funded, problematic animal control department which has for decades been conjoined with the agriculture department. In a word, the relationship is unworkable. The latest attempt…
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The 5-0 Club, Or Rather The Robots Meet Again
Commentary by Samuel Strait – September 16, 2022 It has almost become a carefully orchestrated performance when theCounty’s leadership meets every other Tuesday at 10:00 am. So carefullychoreographed and artificial that one wonders who, exactly is runningthe show. As much as there was expressed dissension in the ranks bySupervisor Starkey and Masten, when it came…
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“BOS”
Opinion By Branden Bieber – September 3, 2022 Pardon me, but it’s a Bunch Of SH#T (B.O.S.) what’s happening in Del Norte County, and to ourCountry! We can blame our local Board of Supervisors (BOS) for the County’s lack of economic opportunities,deficient infrastructure, increased transients, real-estate shortages, and the reckless funneling of fundsfrom the Federal…
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The 5-0 Club Back Together Again
Commentary by Samuel Strait – August 25 2022 One would think that with all five of the current Board of Supervisorspresent it would be a cause for celebration, but no, it appeared to beyet another case of five regular people totally out of their collectivedepth when conducting the County’s business. Over the course of threeand…
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BEHIND THE SCENES
DIRTY POLITICS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Opinion By Linda Sutter – August 18, 2022 If you think all is warm and fuzzy amongst our elected, send in a California Public Request for Information and you will discover just how ridiculous they are. What do they talk about? Most of the time they are looking…
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NEAL LOPEZ, CAO
Commentary By Linda Sutter – August 8, 2022 mentiroso mentiroso pantalones en llamas Prior to the June Election, it was determined by the Board of Supervisors and CAO Neal Lopez that the Repeal of Measure R could not be placed on the June Ballot due to the fact they needed to conduct an “impact study”.…
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The Great Ambulance Controversy
Commentary by Samuel Strait – July 27, 2022 While there has been much to say already about the recent request by DelNorte Ambulance to become Del Norte County’s sole and exclusive providerfor services, obscured in the verbiage is the basic importance as towhat is best in the current circumstances for Del Norte Countyresidents. In an…