Category: This Weeks News
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Pro-life medical clinics get Title X funds as Planned Parenthood sees cuts
From Live Action By Kelli – March 29, 2019 – The Department of Health and Human Services has announced that The Obria Group, a pro-life medical organization, has been awarded a $1.7 million grant per year for the next three years — a total of $5.1 million — in Title X federal family planning funding in California.…
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Sup. Roger Gitlin, Crescent City and Pelican Bay State Prison Will Get Recognition
Del Norte County Supervisor Roger Gitlin announces Pelican Bay State Prison , Crescent City will be recognized at the California State Association of Counties Legislative Conference in Sacramento., April 24-25. Secretary of Corrections Ralph Diaz will appear on a panel with PBSP Warden James Robertson and Supervisor Gitlin at the Administration of Justice Policy Committee…
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Fine Forgiveness at Del Norte County Public Library
Celebrate National Library Week with a clean slate! From April 7 – 13, 2019, fines associated with overdue items will be waived as long as the items are returned in good condition! Fine forgiveness does not apply to fines that have been sent to collections or lost/damaged books. So, take those overdue books back in…
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Action Alert Update – ACA 1 under fire but moving forward
By David Wolfe, Legislative Director of Howard Jarvis Taxpayer’s Association – April 5, 2019 – Last week, we sent out an Action Alert asking all HJTA members to call lawmakers on the Assembly Local Government Committee and urge them to oppose Assembly Constitutional Amendment 1. This measure would make it easier to pass tax increases by cutting the…
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LOCAL TOWN HALL MEETING HOSTED BY SUPERVISOR GITLIN
By Linda Sutter – April 3, 2019 – A local townhall meeting was held in the Arts and Crafts building of Del Norte County fairgrounds. Topics of discussion were the following; CRESCENT CITY ORDINANCES REGARDING HOMELESS. Mike Justice of Daily Bread Ministries stated there are a handful of bad apples but that is not the…
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Kathryn Murray spends time in jail on DUI
By Donna Westfall – April 2, 2019 – Around a quarter to eight last night, April 1st… and this is no April’s Fools Day joke; former Crescent City Councilwoman, Kathryn Murray was arrested by our local police for “RP REPORTS INTOXICATED FEMALE SUBJECT TRYING TO DRIVE AWAY FROM SAFEWAY AFTER TRYING TO BUY MORE ALCOHOL.”…
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LAUSD’s punishing parcel tax proposal
April 1, 2019 – By Jon Coupal, President Howard Jarvis Taxpayer’s Association – America’s most dysfunctional school district has stepped in it again. The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), apparently coming to the shocking realization that there was no way they could pay for the horrible deal they just cut with the unions, has…
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The Truth Of The Matter
By Guest Columnist, Michael Ceremello – March 26, 2019 – We have quite a comedy of errors going on nationally these days. Of course this started some ten years ago after the mostly failed regime of yet another Bush and ended in the suicidal tenure of Barrack Hussein “Benito” “Milhouse” Obama who couldn’t muster even…
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Live Action Applauds U.S. State Department Commitment to Enforce Mexico City Policy
“NGOS should focus on bringing good to the humans they serve, not exterminating them.” Washington, D.C. (Mar. 26, 2019) – Today, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced an expansion to the Mexico City Policy, which prohibits U.S. aid from going to foreign groups that promote or perform abortions. Today’s announcement includes language to ensure: The U.S. State Department…
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Town Hall Meeting Set for April 3, 2019
March 25, 2019 – Del Norte County Supervisor Roger Gitlin announces a Town Hall inviting the public to discuss local and regional issues affecting Del Norte County. Subjects for discussion on the Agenda include the new City Ordinances addressing the 2018 Court of Appeals ruling decriminalizing resting and sleeping on public lands and the collateral…