Category: This Weeks News
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CALIFORNIA COMENTARY: Did the Legislature forget the pension crisis?
By Jon Coupal – May 12, 2025 Years ago, when my family went to a popular Mexican restaurant, my young son started reaching for a raw habanero pepper. I told him not to put it in his mouth but, in a typical act of offspring defiance, he started chewing on it. Suffice it to say,…
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Healthy Victories April 2025
Del Norte CalFresh Healthy Living program supports healthy, active and nourished lifestyles by teaching Del Norte residents about good nutrition and how to stretch their food dollars, while also building partnerships in communities to make the healthy choice, the easy choice. Visit Del Norte CalFresh Healthy Living website and learn more about nutrition and physical…
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Smoke and Mirrors
By Investigative Reporter, Linda Sutter – MAY 7, 2025 The Triplicate Editor, Roger Gitlin, reports Harbormaster receives a $20, 000 dollar pay increase making $114,000 dollars a year which was approved in closed session without giving the public any information regarding the terms of the agreement or allowing public input. But let’s discuss the severe…
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Donors Beware of Voter ID Fundraising
By Brigette Gabriel ACT for America – April 30, 2025 Donors Beware: The Truth Behind Carl DeMaio’s Petitions and Ballot Initiatives Carl DeMaio, a prominent conservative activist and California Assemblymember, has built a reputation as a fighter for reform through his organization, Reform California. Promising to tackle issues like voter ID, tax hikes, and government…
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California Commentary: Sales tax increases slam the middle class in California
By Jon Coupal From the perspective of taxpayers, this month was most notable for the April 15th deadline for filing state and local income tax returns. But just two weeks earlier, many California consumers also had the privilege of paying higher sales taxes. Although Californians pay sales taxes daily on their retail purchases, it can…
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Major Steps Forward
By Kevin Kiley – April 29, 2025 This is the week. The House will be voting on my Congressional Review Act Resolution to overturn Gavin Newsom’s ban on gas-powered cars. You can watch my Floor Speech introducing the Resolution here. This is a major step in our plan to Newsom-Proof California. Another step forward: the FBI…
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Jasmine Crockett is an Idiot
By Majorie Taylor Greene – April 26, 2025 Jasmine Crockett went on Jimmy Kimmel’s Woke Circus to sling insults at me, to the applause of a woke Hollywood audience that thinks being loud is the same as being right… …But all she did was prove that when it comes to actual ideas, she’s still playing catch-up with the grown-ups.She called me…
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A Night to Remember: Hiouchi Cafe’s Wine and Dine Dinner Shines
By Linda Sutter in Hiouchi, California — April 25, 2025 My God in heaven, if you haven’t yet experienced the Wine and Dine Dinners at the Hiouchi Cafe, you are truly missing out. Nestled among the majestic Redwoods of Del Norte County, this small and quaint restaurant proves that you don’t have to travel far…
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DID THE CRESCENT CITY HARBOR DISTRICT JUST REWARD DECEIT? A $20,000 Raise for Interim Harbormaster Raises Eyebrows and Serious Concerns
By Investigative Reporter, Linda Sutter – April 23, 2025 Out of closed session this week, approving q $20,000 salary increase for interim Harbormaster Mike Rademaker. But was this decision based on merit- or was it yet another lapse in oversight? A closer look at Rademaker’s recent history reveals a pattern of questionable conduct, misleading statements,…
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HELP PASS NATIONAL RECIPROCITY (H.R. 38)
By Chris Dorr, American FIrearms Association – April 23, 2025 It’s been more than FIFTY years since a major piece of pro-Second Amendment legislation has passed in Washington, DC. But that all could change –- and soon –- if you and I can mobilize enough grassroots pressure on the U.S. House and Senate to pass…