Category: This Weeks News
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Lord Stutz’s Latest Version Of Misinformation
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – March 13, 2022 On Tuesday, March 8th, Lord Stutz resurfaced to further spoutmisinformation regarding the Corona Virus before the Del Norte Board ofSupervisors. Apparently Lord Stutz continues to rely on informationfrom the Centers For Disease Control. As we have learned over thecourse of the Pandemic the CDC…
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Another Candidate Filing to Run in District 4
By Roger Gitlin – EYE ON DEL NORTE – March 11, 2022 Del Norte District 4 has a new candidate filing for Supervisor: JOEY BORGES of Ft. Dick has filed his papers. Born and bred in Del Norte County, candidate Borges founded an organic dairy farm at age 19. The farm has grown to now…
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Six Dollars and Counting
Assemblyman Kevin Kiley – March 12, 2022 On Monday, Republicans will be united on the Assembly Floor in voting for my bill, AB 1638, to suspend the gas tax entirely. I hope our Democrat colleagues will join us. Before the vote, I’m holding a press conference at a Sacramento gas station with James Gallagher and…
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One Of Del Norte County’s Secret Societies
Opinion by Samuel Strait At a recent event in the humble “STAR” chambers of the local RepublicanParty, the press and all uninvited guests were denied access to ameeting of the local Republican Central Committee to enable thosespecific members to offer “endorsements” for local candidates in theupcoming June primary. It was labeled a “closed session” as…
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Observations about County Employees and Measure “R”
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – March 12, 2022 Most in the County will have heard that a Measure”R” repeal is to appearon the ballot for the voter’s to have a chance to assess whether theCounty’s government has wisely used the additional funding provided bythe Measure. If you are employed by the County…
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My Take On Inflation
Opinion Piece By Manuel Martinho – March 11, 2022 PLEASE READ! Listen We all know what is happening is wrong, it is not OK. This ridiculous inflation Is Hurting Us the people. Trust and BELEIVE there are some benefiting from this. I think by now most of Us know who those are and even if…
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And The Blue State Masking Mandates Came Tumbling Down
Opinion by Samuel Strait While some “blue” states have continued to retain the “state ofemergency” power, the final state, Hawaii has lifted its maskingmandate, the 50th state to do so. Hawaii was kind of late to the partyas most states had lifted their mandates months ago. California willliberate its school children next Monday, March 14th…
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Malliotakis Op-Ed: The UN Needs to Make Russia an International Pariah
By Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (R. New York) – March 10, 2022 Picture credit to wikipedia.org It took one week for the United Nations to get its act together and respond to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — kind of. Last Wednesday’s vote by the UN General Assembly, in support of a toothless “censure,” is a punishment akin to…
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A Long Over Due Lesson On Taxes
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – March 10, 2022 It is stunning when one hears someone who works for the Countyvehemently oppose the repeal of the County 1% increase in the salestax. Sure the County’s bureaucracy will make every effort to “gaslight”those that work for the County into believing it is in their…
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Helicopter Parents, And Not Just The Mom
Commentary by Samuel Strait – March 10, 2022 It has been awhile since I first heard the term “Helicopter Mom”, yethave had a hard time wrapping my mind around mother’s that would behavein such a fashion. It is often hard enough when young people break theonly ties they have ever known and gone off to…