Category: This Weeks News
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The Law, Local Elections and Spending Public Funds
By Linda Sutter, February 26, 2021 October 12, 2020, the Fire District located on Washington Blvd. attempted to tax 5,000 people with a $75 tax on their properties so they could pay 3 fire captains $160,000 per year to work two full days per week. This tax failed so Measure R and Measure S were…
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Leadership, Oh Leadership where art thou gone?
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – February 27, 2021 t should strike the residents of this County after sixty years and alaundry list of Supervisors and City Councilors gone before, exactlywhy we are forced to continue with the travesty that continues onHighway 101 at Last Chance Grade? After CalTrans will have spent, nodoubt, yet…
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Latest figures on Newsom’s Recall = goal 2 million signatures
By Donna Westfall – February 25, 2021 Lag time. That’s the time between submitting petitions and having the signatures verified. For example. The latest news from the Recall Newsom campaign is 1.825 million signatures acquired. Next they are pre-verified by crews working diligently on the recall before submitting them to the counties for signature verification.…
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Is Del Norte High School Really Open?
By Lady Warrior – February 23, 2021 On February 16th, 2021, schools reopened for students to go back two times a week for a little over 3 hours. Students prepared for the opening for a whole week by watching videos, making pledges, learning consequences, and how to walk down a hallway correctly. The first week back, you…
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Hypocrisy?
Opinion Piece By Roger Gitlin – February 23, 2021 Unequal justice? Mayor Pro Tem Alex Campbell is under attack. In May of 2020, Candidate Campbell declared he was establishing City residence to run for the Council. He declared he intended to live at least four days a week at his City domicile, establishing his residence.…
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Letter to BOS and City Council
February 23rd, 2021 To: Board of Supervisors and City Council; to be read out loud. Re: Covid-19 Vaccine and Precautions Many of us in the Elderly Population are wary of the Covid-19 vaccine due to the lack of thorough testing. Given a few months, could it cause body parts to drop off, or turn people…
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CITIZENS OF CRESCENT CITY: Oversight committee for 1% sales tax
By Linda Sutter – February 22, 2021 On November 3, 2020 the citizens of Crescent City voted to increase sales tax from 7.5% to 8.5% under the vote “yes” for Measure S. The city Council will be appointing people for the oversight committee, not by the people, but themselves 5 people for the oversight committee.…
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BREAKING NEWS: US Embassy fired upon in Baghdad
By Donna Westfall – February 22, 2021 Some things never change. While Trump was President, rocket attacks frequently targeted the US presence including soldiers, contractors and our embassy in Iraq. While attacks slowed down during the election and shift of government to Biden, last week an area in Northern Iraq near the airport and close…
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Unemployment and Del Norte County
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – February 22, 2021 – Graphic Credit to Statista Over the past year much of the news concerned the state of the currentpandemic and our reaction to it. It is well documented that our economysuffered a significant blow as well and unemployment sky rocketed tounimaginative heights. In April of…
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Who says there can’t be honesty and integrity in our voting system?
Governor Ron DeSantis Highlights Proposed Legislation to Strengthen Election Integrity and Transparency Measures Press Release – February 19, 2021, in News Releases, by Staff West Palm Beach, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis proposed new measures to safeguard the sanctity of Florida elections. The Governor’s announcement reaffirms his commitment to the integrity of every vote and the…