Category: This Weeks News
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Comments By Senator Brian Dahle
By Donna Westfall, Editor – January 11, 2023 Here are just a few comments posted to Twitter by Sen. Dahle. January 11, 2023: Today in National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Let’s not forget my bill, SB 1072, would’ve classified human sex trafficking as a violent felony in CA, but the bill was blocked by the…
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: REP. BOEBERT’S STATEMENT ON VOTING TO DEFUND 87,000 NEW IRS AGENTS
By Congresswoman Lauren Boebert – January 11, 2023 Congresswoman Lauren Boebert cast her first vote in the 118th Congress to defund Democrats’ proposal to hire 87,000 new IRS agents. Congresswoman Lauren Boebert stated, “House Republicans are keeping our promises to the American people by defunding the 87,000 IRS agents put in place by House Democrats…
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Sanity Returns
By Congressman Kevin Kiley – January 10, 2023 My arrival in Congress is not going to make Gavin Newsom’s life easier. Quite the contrary. When someone sent me his Inaugural Address last Friday, at first I thought it was a parody. Newsom called California the “true freedom state,” offering a litany of unhinged attacks on…
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Discontent Over the Consent Agenda – January 10, 2023
Opinion Piece By Branden Bieber – January 9, 2023 Good Morning Board of Supervisors, I would like to start with a request for this board to examine the policy of your agenda, and collectively approve a motion to table this consent agenda. There is relevant information not being considered, and approving some items will have…
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A Dramatic First Week
Congressman Kevin Kiley – January 7, 2023 At 1:54 AM this morning, I was finally sworn in as a Member of the United States House of Representatives. The week did not exactly go as planned – from small things, like the word California being mis-spelled on the sign outside my office, to the larger matter of the…
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The 5-0 Club Wheezes To Its 2022 Conclusion
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…
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At Long Last, McCarthy Secures Speaker of the House
Opinion Piece By Donna Westfall – January 7, 2023 It only took four days and 15 rounds of voting. Jeez. I was just about to write off Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R- CO) as she seemed to be an appendage to Rep. Matt Gaetz, the one who spearheaded the opposition to McCarthy. Nothing like this has…
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IS THE CRESCENT CITY HARBOR CONTAMINATED?
By Linda Sutter – January 6, 2023 In July 2022, During a Crescent City Harbor District meeting, HarborMaster Tim Petrick made an announcement that samples of sediment would be submitted to the McCampbell Analytic Ink Company for testing needed to get approval for dredging. Recently the results of those test returned with the following results;…
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California Insolvent?
By Donna Westfall – January 5, 2023 Do you remember California boasting about having so much money in their kitty? In May ’22, Gov. Newsom said we were flush with cash. How much? An unprecedented $97.5 billion surplus. Guess what?. They have bills of over $454+ billion with only $170+ billion available to pay those…
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Del Norte County School Board 2023
By Donna Westfall – January 5, 2023 Parents, Grandparents and interested parties; familiarize yourself with those serving on the School Board: District 1: District 2: DNUSD Board Goals During the candidates forum held last October, the issue of Food security was discussed: Points made: More access to fresher foods in Crescent City rather than the…