Category: This Weeks News
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Part 2: City Council Meeting Dec 20th
By Roger Gitlin – EYE ON DEL NORTE – December 22, 2021 Why the City will upfront $170,000 to win a Grant that will complete Front and K St projects. At the Tuesday evening Crescent City Council meeting, Councilors voted unanimously to contract with Stover Engineering to design and engineer two projects, one on iconic…
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Endemic Insanity
By Assemblyman Kevin Kiley – December 22, 2021 Two months ago, I sent a clear message to the state’s large school districts: Under California law school districts cannot mandate the COVID vaccine without a personal belief exemption. Don’t try it. You will get sued and will lose. Well, San Diego Unified tried it. They got…
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Part 1: City Council Meeting Dec. 20th
By Roger Gitlin – EYE ON DE NORTE – December 21, 2021 At the Crescent City, City Council’s last meeting of the year, the Council has sent incumbent Mayor Jason Greenough back with the gavel for 2022. Confusion abounded with individual Councilors nominating Greenough, Blake Inscore and Isaiah Wright, respectively. The dust settled and Mayor…
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The Invisible King, And The Rubber Stamp Prince
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – December 22, 2021 Blake Inscore must be home sitting on his toilet weeping over the recentdecision by the City Council to forgo his continued leadership on theCouncil. Someone else must take his place as the City’s mouthpiece atall future news worthy events in the City. How Tragic…. …
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Assemblyman Wood Pays Del Norte A Visit, So What!
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – December 21, 2021 Most people who live in Del Norte County could care less that ourerstwhile assemblyman, Jim Wood, graced the County’s Board ofSupervisors with a visit. The ostensible reason for his visit was towax elegant about all the things he wasn’t accomplishing for theCounty. His range…
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A Year Now And How Has The Legacy Fared?
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – December 20, 2021 Most in this community are unaware that Del Norte County’s foray intotemporary housing for the homeless has passed its first year ofexistence. So, how is that going? Princess Heather Snow, as we mustrefer to her due to her lofty status in Del Norte County,…
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FEELING TAXED TO DEATH?
By Donna Westfall – December 19, 2021 Last year when both the City and the County put a 1% sales tax on the ballot, many of us thought they were nuts. Could the timing be any worse? Worse or not, there is possible recourse at the June ballot in 2022 IF enough signatures are collected…
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Ethics Before Athletics?
By Donna Westfall – December 19, 2021 The Winter Olympics are due to take place in China in the city of Beijing. They are set to begin on February 4th and run for the following 16 days. However, there’s talk of boycotting the Olympics. Let’s not minimize the importance of the Olympics. Where else can…
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“Equity” in California
By Assemblyman Kevin Kiley – December 17, 2021 The California Department of Education’s “Superintendent of Equity,” one Daniel Lee, has resigned his $180k/year position. This comes a day after I sent a letter pointing out his hiring was illegal. Lee doesn’t even live on the West Coast. He lives and works in Philadelphia as a life coach.…
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Castles, Palaces, And Other Things We Cannot Afford
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – December 19, 2021 Seems now that the City is awash with cash, all those things we weretold about being unable to pay for police, fire, and emergency measureshave gone out the window. Measure “S” the sales tax increase that wasto generate $1.3 million per year to take…