Category: This Weeks News
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Opinion Piece by Dan Schultz – April 7, 2020 If you know people watching CNN or MSNBC and it’s scaring the hell out of them, please forward: Someone said to me today regarding the coronavirus “5,000 people have died in the US!!!” That’s sounds scary, doesn’t it? If there were 5000 physical dead bodies immediately surrounding…
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So This Is How You Want To Live? Points To Consider
By Michael Ceremello – April 6, 2020 It looks like no one can get beyond the flu. This is all that is talked about day and night, seven days a week, and politicized on top of its misnomer label of pandemic. Let’s get past the seasonal aspect, the lethal potential, and the impact on our…
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Senator McGuire: Coronavirus Town Hall Meeting By Phone Tonight
April 1, 2020 Dear Donna,We’re working with all levels of government to ensure a unified approach to the coronavirus response here on the North Coast and that the needs of our communities are being met. We also want to make sure you have the latest, most accurate information from the medical professionals who are on…
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Property Taxes Due Friday April 10, 2020 BUT can you postpone it or pay late and get fees waived?
By Donna Westfall – March 31, 2020 Emailed Del Norte County Board of Supervisors Chair, Gerry Hemmingsen the following today: “With the current economic upheaval with people losing their jobs or having hours cut back has the BOS discussed or plan to discuss an extension on property taxes? Or waiving late fees on payment of…
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Is it time to organize barter groups?
By Donna Westfall – March 30, 2020 What is barter? The action or system of exchanging goods or services without using money. Back in the 1970’s when we lived in Los Angeles and our children were small, I belonged to a babysitting co-op. In that scenario, we exchanged services based on hours. There were between…
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Local Updates and News on Weathering the Virus Storm
By Donna Westfall – March 29, 2020 On March 27, 2020, Dr. Rehwaldt and Mitch Hanna spoke before Crescent City Mayor, Blake Inscore and Supervisor, Gerry Hemmingsen. Dr. Rehwaldt, Public Health Office, spoke about discouraging unnecessary travel and limiting hotel/motel/vacation rentals. High demand from travelers coming from out of the area and out of state…
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More Unreasonable Panic
By Michael Ceremello – March 23, 2020 (EDITOR’S NOTE: Some references made relate to the City of Dixon Politics – which is located 23 miles from California State Capital, Sacramento) As if last Tuesday’s council meeting wasn’t enough, as if the non-stop media assault through complicity in promoting a potential pandemic isn’t enough, we had…
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Not Enough Food in the Fridge?
By Angry Old American, Copyright March 22nd, 2020. All Rights Reserved. CAUTION: This letter contains offensive language directed toward more than a few local knuckleheads. Angry Old American is a self-described unrepentant Hater who eschews Political Correctness. By continuing to subject your frail and sensitive eyes and mind to these materials you agree not to…
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Please Don’t Crash The Sewer System!
By Angry Old American, Copyright March 16th, 2020. All Rights Reserved. CAUTION: This letter contains offensive language directed toward more than a few local knuckleheads. Angry Old American is a self-described unrepentant Hater who eschews Political Correctness. By continuing to subject your frail and sensitive eyes and mind to these materials you agree not to…