Category: This Weeks News
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Legislature says transparency for thee, but not for me
Jon Coupal – June 3, 2022 Examples of hypocrisy and double standards in California politics are too numerous to count. But some stand out more than others. Two bills, both designated as “job killers” by the California Chamber of Commerce, would require companies to hand over to the government more data about pay and internal…
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Big Trouble in Blue States
Commentary by Samuel Strait – June 3, 2022 With the mass exodus of people fleeing “blue states” such as New York,California, Illinois, Massachusetts, and New Jersey, somethingunexpected, not really, is happening. When these state governments went “all in” on the progressive line of insanity, certain consequenceshave a nasty habit of coming back with devastating effect. States…
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Withdraw Your Bill
By Assemblyman Kevin Kiley – June 2, 2022 Yesterday, the bill to let 12-year-olds get vaccinated without parental consent passed the Assembly Judiciary Committee on a 6-4 vote. But that committee passes literally everything. We can stop the bill on the Assembly Floor. I spent 20 minutes questioning the bill’s author. You can read a…
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Your money goes to the Golden Nanny State
By Roger Gitlin – EYE ON DEL NORTE – June 2, 2022 (Originally published in the Triplicate May 15, 2022 I’ve been following as many Supervisorial Candidate forums as I’m able to attend this election season. In a very real sense, I’m quite pleased I’m not a candidate but an observer and opinion broker. I’m…
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A Billion Dollars Here, A Billion Dollars There
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – June 1, 2022 Our State’s Governor, Gavin Newsom has come down with a dreaded disease,something akin to that which afflicts the Biden Administration at theFederal level. Its called “spend money like there is no tomorrow”. Notthat it appears to trouble either “leader”, rapidly rising inflation isone of…
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Save $$$
By Angry Old American – May 30, 2022 Copyright Angry Old American, March 30th, 2022. All Rights Reserved. Prices for everything are going up. Soaring costs are happening because of “King Super MAGA” Donald Trump and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; or so goes the official White House narrative. Meanwhile, Congress passed another multi-Trillion dollar “Infrastructure”…
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Lord Stutz Appears As If By Magic
Commentary by Samuel Strait – May 30, 2022 Not that anyone even cares what our local Public Health Officer, AaronStutz has to say these days, it is important to note that he is stillalive and drawing his nice six figure salary from Del Norte County. Breath a deep sigh of relief that he isn’t “Covid death”…
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The Speaker Toppled
Assemblyman Kevin Kiley – May 28, 2022 Yesterday, the Speaker of the Assembly ignored our bipartisan letter to let the gas tax bill pass. In other news, yesterday the Speaker was toppled. The position of Assembly Speaker is equivalent to Pelosi’s role in D.C. For six years, it’s been held by a guy named Anthony…
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The 5-0 Club Redux
Commentary by Samuel Strait – May 28, 2022 One would think that our Board of Supervisors would at least show alittle sign of life at public meetings, but, no, that would likelyinvolve too much effort on their part. Seems as though the CountyBureaucracy could insert a “resolution” that would allow all employeeswho wear red on…
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MEASURE R COMMITTEES SECRET MEETINGS
By Linda Sutter – May 28, 2022 Watching this 45 minute clip is like watching the School District Citizens Oversight Committee. May 24th at 3 pm the Measure R Committee held their meeting in the BOS chambers. Numbers were not available to the committee members who questioned the expenditures of Law Enforcement, specifically the committee…