Category: This Weeks News
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IS THE UNITED STATES ON THE BRINK OF ECONOMIC COLLAPSE?
Opinion & Commentary By Linda Sutter – June 8, 2023 – Cartoon Credit to B. Rich Hedgeye In 2008 when the banks went under there was a loss of $520 billion dollars. 1 1/2 years ago 722 banks informed the Feds they had 50% of unrealized losses. They have gambled in the market and have…
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HARBOR GETS NO C.E.R.F
By Investigative Reporter, Linda Sutter – January 7, 2023 Crescent City Harbor District’s meeting today unveiled No Funding from the California Economic Recovery Funds (C.E.R.F). According to Mike Bahr, Harbor District Grant writer, no one in the entire county, nor city got any of this funding. There is an old saying, “Don’t count your chickens…
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California Showdowns
By Kevin Kiley – June 6, 2023 It’s going to be a dramatic next week at the U.S. Capitol. For starters, tomorrow I will question Julie Su directly as her nomination hangs in the balance. We’ve managed to stall the nomination for three months now, and we are close to killing it. But in the…
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Why are California’s progressive politicians so intent on gutting direct democracy rights?
By Jon Coupal – June 1, 2023 When will progressives stop attacking the direct democracy rights? A couple of months ago, this column exposed the threat that Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 1 posed to the power of recall. Among the powers of direct democracy, initiative, referendum and recall, the power to recall a statewide or…
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California’s shakedown government expands under Gavin Newsom
By Jon Coupal – originally published March 31, 2023 If you thought Governor Gavin Newsom’s new gas tax, SBX1-2, was about punishing big, bad oil companies, it’s not. It’s actually about much more – and none of it is good news for taxpayers. For those who weren’t paying attention last week, SBX1-2 was Newsom’s attack…
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STOPPING A 245% RATE INCREASE
By Donna Westfall – June 5, 2023 Proposition 218 allows ratepayers to stop rate increases simply by submitting 50% + 1 signatures stating they are against it. What could be simpler? Here’s a current example of a 218 Protest to stop the Sewer User Fee Rate increase proposed to begin July 1st: If you’re interested…
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Harvest of the Month – Cucumbers
Del Norte Cal Fresh Healthy Living – June 4, 2023 CalFresh Healthy Living Program works with educators in early child care and education (ECE) settings. It promotes seasonal and locally grown fruits and vegetables through the Farm to Preschool Harvest of the Month program. For May Harvest of the Month, we celebrated the “Cucumber”. We…
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Driven To Drink?
By Angry Old American – June 2, 2023 Copyright Angry Old American – June 2, 2023 – All Rights Reserved. It is an unfortunate fact that many law enforcement and correctional officers are driven to drink in order to cope with the insanity of our present “legal system;” if it can even be called that.…
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BREAKING NEWS: CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS?
By Donna Westfall – June 1, 2023 Let’s look at history in the making. AND note that Nancy Pelosi voted for it and Jared Huffman voted against it. What is IT? “IT” was the House voted 314 – 117 to pass the largest deficit reduction bill In US History “… this is the biggest cut…
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Update on “Repeal the Death Tax” initiative
By Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association – June 1, 2023 Signature collection will begin in a couple of months The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association is finalizing the language of the new initiative to “Repeal the Death Tax.” It will restore the ability of parents and children (and sometimes grandparents and grandchildren) to transfer property to each other without…