Category: This Weeks News
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Supervisor Berkowitz’s response to the Recall Notice
June 18, 2018 For the last year and a half, my one goal has been to help make our county a better place to live, work and raise a family. I am proud of our board’s accomplishments. After years of inaction, we’ve begun the process of replacing Last Chance Grade. We have motivated Sutter Coast Hospital…
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Supervisor Gitlin responds to RECALL notice
By Donna Westfall – June 18, 2018 – On June 12th, a Certified Letter was received by Sup. Gitlin containing the Notice of Intention to Circulate Recall Petition mailed by Jesse Davis, the former Chair of the Cannabis Working Group and advocate for the recall. Also included in the Certified Letter were the first 20…
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HAPPY FATHERS DAY
By Donna Westfall – June 17, 2018 Take a hike, go out to eat, buy or make your father a treat. Former President Richard Nixon proclaimed Father’s Day in 1972. But, other President’s tried making it a holiday before then. In Catholic Europe, it has been celebrated on March 19 (St. Joseph’s Day) since the…
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Recall smells fishy!
Opinion Piece By Donna Westfall – June 13, 2018 – Something smells very fishy about the recall effort against Supervisor Bob Berkowitz. Jesse Davis, the Vice Chairman of the Cannabis Working Group has mailed a notice of recall against Berkowitz. Last I looked, Jesse Davis lived in McKinleyville, so what’s he doing in Del Norte…
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What? … The Light Bulb Finally Flickers
By Guest Columnist, Michael Ceremello – June 13, 2018 – I was pleasantly surprised this last Friday when, while attending a meeting of the Central Solano Citizens Taxpayers Group, one of its members started talking my talk about both water resources in the State of Kalifornia and Agenda 21. And here I thought no one…
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ANOTHER trip to Japan
Opinion Piece By Samuel Strait – June 10, 2018 – Another trip to Japan for our Chairman, Chris Howard, and Mayor, Blake Inscore. Yawn! I guess both men haven’t had enough vacation time in the land of the rising sun and the Japanese are tired of footing the bill. What is this, third time around?…
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Anger over the ill conceived Harbor “bed tax”
Opinion Piece By Samuel Strait – June 9, 2018 – It has been several weeks since I came face to face with the effort to put a bed tax on November’s ballot to support the financial misadventures of the current Harbor Commission. I can remember at the time when I gave a rather curt “NO”…
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Final Election Results for June 5th Primary and other votes
By Donna Westfall – June 8, 2018 – Earlier this week, I called Congressman Jared Huffman’s office to ask him to vote YES on Pres. Trump’s first rescissions package to cut nearly $15 billion in wasteful government spending. Today was the vote. It passed 210-206. Huffman voted NO. November 2018 propositions: The gas tax was passed…
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Press Conference about Planned Parenthood’s Failure to Report Child Sexual Abuse
Washington, DC – June 7, 2018 – Lila Rose, Rep. Vicky Hartzler, Rep. Diane Black, Rep. Chris Smith, Rep. Mark Walker, Rep. Steve King to Hold Press Conference about Planned Parenthood’s Failure to Report Child Sexual Abuse Washington, D.C. – Live Action Founder and President Lila Rose and Members of Congress will hold a press conference on Thursday to…
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A Message from Mark Baird – Jefferson Declaration Committee spokesman
June 6, 2018 California is irreparably broken. We need to break up the state, if for no other reason but the restoration of Liberty to those parts of the state with the ability to restore It to their citizens. 23 Counties have already signed Declarations and Petitions to withdraw from California under A4 sec 3…