Category: taxes
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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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Bureau of Redundancy Bureau
Opinion By Jon Coupal – October 19, 2022 (Excerpts) Much of what government does is wasteful, ineffective, and redundant. For example, Senate Bill 679 was recently signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom as part of the “housing and homelessness package” of bills intended to address the state’s housing shortage. While no one disputes the…
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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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Newsom’s “Special” Tax Hike
By Assemblyman Kevin Kiley – October 6, 2022 Gavin Newsom is considering a Special Session of the Legislature for a single purpose: raising taxes. That is the last thing California needs. Newsom’s proposal, a new tax on suppliers, will inevitably make gas prices even higher. For those keeping score, prices in California are now $2.56…
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Measure “S”, The City’s Wants Before Taking Care Of Its Needs
Commentary By Samuel Strait – September 23, 2022 It is pretty normal for the City Fathers to look after their “wants”before taking care of the City’s “needs”. Nothing like posturing beforethe voting public to inflate one’s head even larger than some on theCity’s Council are already carrying above their shoulders. It is akinto wishing for…
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Comeuppance
By Assemblyman Kevin Kiley – September 21, 2022 Gas prices in California are now $1.75 above the national average. The refusal by Newsom and the Supermajority to pass my gas tax suspension bill is more dumbfounding than ever. Earlier this year we forced several votes on the bill. This led on one occasion to unprecedented chaos on…
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Political Suicide
Commentary By Donna Westfall – September 2, 2022 How dumb are Democrats? Hire 87,000 IRS agents and expect that they are all going after billionaires and millionaires? Who do they think they’re kidding. Here are some numbers: Year 2020 – there are 788 billionaires and over 20 million millionaires. Sounds high? That’s just a little…
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CONGRESSWOMAN BOEBERT LEADS LETTER TO BIDEN OPPOSING UNCONSTITUTIONAL STUDENT LOAN WEALTH REDISTRIBUTION
September 2, 2022 Congresswoman Lauren Boebert led a letter to Biden opposing his unconstitutional plan to buy votes through a massive wealth transfer from people who paid off their student loans or never took on debt to people who chose to take on student loans. Congresswoman Boebert stated, “Biden’s student loan bailout is nothing short of an…
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Looks Like The Lipstick On The Pig Is Costing Too Much
Commentary by Samuel Strait – August 17, 2022 Suspecting that the City’s Council is at all cognizant of the fact thatthe United States is in a recession may be asking too much. Obsessionwith the community pool being likely a “bridge too far” is a given. Clearly the “term” inflation and supply chain issues are something thatthe…