Category: This Weeks News
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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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Election Games
By Assemblyman Kevin Kiley – October 10, 2022 It’s official. Newsom is calling a Special Session of the Legislature for the sole purpose of raising taxes. Parody and reality have become indistinguishable. The date of the Special Session, where legislators will vote to make gas even more expensive, is December 5. So Newsom is mailing…
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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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To All Those That Continue To Think That Voting NO On Measures T And U In November Is The Right Thing To Do
Commentary by Samuel Strait – October 9, 2022 Recently I had the opportunity to talk with a couple of NO on T and Uvoters who spoke about supporting the sales tax increase levied byCounty and City governments. The general impression I gained fromthose conversations is that both governments have worked overtime incasting a picture…
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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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CAR SHOW – DOWNTOWN CRESCENT CITY
OCTOBER 7, 2022 Taking place now. 4 – 6 pm. 3rd Street is blocked off.
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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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“Abuse Of Democracy?” What Country Do You Live In Mr. Hendrick?
Commentary by Samuel Strait – October 6, 2022 It is not often one exposes true ignorance in the local paper, yet Mr.Kevin Hendrick, Chairman of the local Democrat Party, has outdonehimself in his latest opinion “An Abuse of Democracy” piece found in theweekly Triplicate. I am not quite sure what the editor of theTriplicate was…
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The “Progressive” Sledgehammer
By Assemblyman Kevin Kiley – October 4, 2022 On Friday night, just hours before the deadline, California’s Governor took a sledgehammer to the First Amendment. Newsom signed AB 2098, the COVID medical censorship bill. I’m confident the courts will strike the new law down in short order. In fact, another law signed by Newsom was…
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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…