Category: This Weeks News
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Is Common Core Bad?
Opinion Piece By Donna Westfall – November 17, 2019 Last year I made a public comment to the School Board voicing my concerns about the dreadful education our children are getting in our local public schools. Nothing, to my knowledge, has changed in the last year except that one program airing on KFUG radio is…
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BREAKING: Jury rules against Daleiden, pro-lifers who exposed Planned Parenthood’s sale of baby body parts
Credit to Lianne Laurence of LifeSite News – November 15, 2019 SAN FRANCISCO, California, November 15, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — David Daleiden and the Center for Medical Progress undercover investigators have been found guilty of multiple crimes and must pay millions in damages to Planned Parenthood for the work they did in exposing organ harvesting on…
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The dirty tricks to increase your taxes
Opinion Piece by Jon Coupal – November 13, 2019 Perhaps California’s political structure hasn’t quite devolved into the kind of despotic regime like we see in North Korea or Venezuela, but that doesn’t mean we’re not headed in that direction. As reported last week in this column, the attack on Proposition 13 is now in…
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Are you interested in applying for the Property Tax Postponement loan program?
By Jon Coupal – November 5, 2019 We thought you might like to know that the State of California has a Property Tax Postponement (PTP) program, and the application period is now open to qualifying taxpayers through Feb. 10, 2020. This completely optional loan program is available through the State Controller’s Office. It allows homeowners…
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Cranberry Gleaning Nov 2nd
Join the DNATL Community Food Council in gleaning cranberries this Saturday, November 2nd from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm in Port Orford, Oregon. Don’t miss this opportunity to glean fresh, delicious cranberries from the cranberry bogs of Port Orford, just in time for all your holiday dishes! The cranberry farms are absolutely beautiful and plentiful…
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Remove Gov Newsom from office?
By Donna Westfall – October 29, 2019 It’s not just a Republican thing. Independents, Green Party, Libertarians and some Democrats are signing Recall Petitions to put Newsom back on the ballot. Some of the reasons cited: Violated and subverted Federal immigration law by encouraging “Sanctuary State” and city policies that shield criminal illegal aliens from…
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Open Letter to the Political Candidates of Crescent City and Del Norte County:
Opinion Piece By Jeff McCaddon – October 24, 2019 Candidates, I do not want to hear about your dreams. Dreams lack a methodical plan of action and the all-important element of financing. If you don’t know how you are going to accomplish or pay for an endeavor, then go back to bed… Sweet dreams. Claiming…
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The gas tax bait-and-switch
Opinion Piece By Jon Coupal – October 21, 2019 Cassandra of Greek mythology was blessed with the gift of prophecy and doomed by the curse that no one would ever believe her. Conservatives in California know just how she felt. California’s modern day Cassandras have repeatedly warned about the misuse and diversion of public funds…
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Potpourri
By Guest Columnist, Michael Ceremello – October 16, 2019 When I was growing up, politics was not even on my radar. I first noticed it when then vice president Richard “I am not a crook” Nixon ran against John Fitzgerald Kennedy. The initial concern espoused by many was that Kennedy was a Catholic and he…
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The DOJ agrees: Calsavers is illegal
By Jon Coupal, October 14, 2019 – Anyone paying attention to California politics knows that our public pension funds are in big trouble. Notwithstanding a vibrant economy, both the California Public Employee Retirement System (CalPERS) and the California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) are tens of billions of dollars in debt. Unfunded liability, a fancy…