Category: This Weeks News
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Guilty until proven innocent – Judy Ranger’s Story – Part 4
By Donna Westfall – April 26, 2017 – Judy Ranger is sick and tired of having her husband sit in jail going on four years without a trial or without having the case against him dismissed. During the April 25th Board of Supervisor’s meeting, Judy spoke for three minutes during public comment letting the Supervisor’s…
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Do the mentally ill have more rights than you?
By Donna Westfall – April 22, 2017 – We live next to a liquor store. Every day men and women walk to get their daily alcoholic needs met. Sometimes, they urinate or defecate in our yard, and our neighbors yard, or steal something if we’ve left it outside. But nothing so far has compared to…
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Recognizing National Crime Victims Week
Submitted by Lt. Berg at Pelican Bay State Prison – Tuesday, April 19, 2017 – Pelican Bay State Prison hosted its annual luncheon to recognize National Crime Victims Week. Agencies within the community attended and honored those in our community who bring their energy, skills, and commitment to their work. They were recognized because they provide…
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The Daily Town Hall Meeting
By Donna Westfall – April 19, 2017 – While Sup. Bob Berkowitz spends this week in Sacramento learning how to get along with his fellow supervisors, Sup, Roger Gitlin is holding down the fort at the Fisherman’s Restaurant from 6-7 am holding The Daily Town Hall Meeting. Roger W agreed with some others that there’s…
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Friends of Del Norte questionable
Opinion Piece by Samuel Strait – April 17, 2017 – It has been a few days since I noticed a letter to the CCTimes by Nicki Reddwood, of Brookings, Oregon “For Eileen Cooper and Joe Gillespie (And everybody else as well)”. I realized it at the time that it would be difficult to convince Mrs…
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BREAKING NEWS: Part 2 – Mercy Ranger Confesses
By Donna Westfall – April 16, 2017 – MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE? Whenever a person of principal sits in jail unwilling to admit guilt or to plea bargain, some might call that person stubborn. Some might call that person steadfast. Some might call that person stupid. How many in our area would call that person good,…
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Did the passing of SB1 -another gas tax – and more taxes on cigarettes create a potential criminal enterprise zone?
By Donna Westfall – April 15, 2017 – Do you ever shake your heads wondering what goes through the minds of politicians? Specially in the great State of California where you are taxed for anything and everything? Where it’s hard to start up a new business because of all the red tape and hoops to…
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Better Than Sleepless In Seattle
By Guest Columnist, Michael Ceremello – April 14, 2017 – You just can’t make this stuff up. If you aren’t laughing then you will be crying. A symptom of the times we find ourselves in. Let’s start with the lighter stuff first. As Samuel Clemens who wrote under the pseudonym of Mark Twain once said,…
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BREAKING NEWS: Mercy Ranger Confesses
By Donna Westfall – April 13, 2017 – While Bryan Ranger continues to sit in jail approaching four years on charges of rape and lewd acts perpetrated by his oldest daughter, Mercy Ranger, now 21 years old, new information has surfaced. In documents shown to me by Bryan Ranger totaling about 50 pages of testimony…