Category: This Weeks News
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Problems Pregnant women have with Planned Parenthood
Pregnant women contacting Planned Parenthood can’t find the health care the pro-abortion politicians promised them WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 2, 2017) – Pro-abortion members of Congress have been telling the American people for years that Planned Parenthood desperately needs hundreds of millions in taxpayer funding to provide health services like prenatal care and mammograms. But Live…
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Leslie McNamer passes away
Two term Supervisor for District 1, Leslie McNamer, passed away today. She was initially elected to the Board of Supervisors in 2004 after working for the County in a variety of roles. In 1997, she started as a clerk typist. Then moved over to the Probation Department where she was legal process clerk. Next,…
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SOON-TO-OPEN CVS CAREMARK CRESCENT CITY WILL BE “LOCKING UP THE LIQUOR.”
Del Norte District 1 Supervisor Roger Gitlin announced today that CVS Caremark Store #10478 in Crescent City will be securing its hard liquor behind locked partitions in an effort to reduce pilferage and hard spirits ending up in the hands of minors. CVS is the second major retailer in Del Norte County to announce the…
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The Brown Act strengthens your 1st Amendment rights – Freedom of Speech
Opinion Piece By Samuel Strait – April 28, 2017 In 1953 the Ralph M Brown Act became the law in California. Most people believe that it is mainly to prevent mischief by government representatives conducting the business of the government in secret out of the view and control of the public. It seems that there…
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Will California start executions soon?
By Donna Westfall – April 27, 2017 – There are currently 728 men and 21 women on death row. California hasn’t executed anyone in 10 years, but this past November’s election is set to change all that when voters approved Prop 66. Prop 66 is supposed to speed up the legal process leading to an execution.…
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Alternative Truth
By Guest Columnist, Michael Ceremello – April 27, 2017 – We are going back to the national scene for this week’s column. There is so much “fake news” being spread by the mainstream, (that is blatantly liberal), media that it would do us all good to consider how to handle it. I have come to…
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Bad news for Planned Parenthood in defund battle: Abortion giant’s own stats show abortions increasing, services decreasing
New video shows abortions are up 27% and government funding doubled over 10 years while clients and cancer screenings declined WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 27, 2017) – As Congress works to stop federal taxpayer funding to Planned Parenthood, a new analysis of the abortion chain’s last 10 years of annual reports shows that it is losing…
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Sutter Health – Picture Postcard of Greed
By Donna Westfall – April 26, 2017 – CEO of Sutter Health, Mitch Hanna, spent some time before the Board of Supervisors April 25th describing the update on things going on at Sutter Coast Hospital. His slide presentation gave a snapshot of the numbers of people coming and going through Sutter Coast Hospital. He spoke about the…
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Local Tax Association decries wasting of taxpayer money on Ranger case
By Donna Westfall – April 26, 2017 -Connie Morrison wants Bryan Ranger out of jail on his own recognizance. Why should her opinion matter? Because she along with the other members of the Board of Directors of the local taxpayers association have been adding up all the taxpayer money apparently wasted on prosecuting what looks…
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Is obstruction of justice a felony or a misdemeanor?
By Donna Westfall – April 26, 2017 – It never ceases to amaze me when when government officials are paid to do a job and then don’t do it. For example; the Ranger family is in the news again as Bryan Ranger goes on four years in jail without benefit of a trial. Now that…