Category: This Weeks News
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Scanner indicates law enforcement, ambulance and hospital is busy this morning with stabbings and shootings
By Donna Westfall – March 20, 2017 – This just submitted by Scanner Nick around 4:30 am. Mudslide activity indicated right now at Last Chance Grade after emergency responders dealing with multiple stabbings in Klamath at Crivelli’s Bar and RV Park. Law enforcement is overwhelmed. Right at the same time Law Enforcement and fire trucks…
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Bond Oversight Committees need some teeth
Credit to The “Little Hoover Commission”, an independent oversight committee formed in 1962 – Report # 236, February 2017 – Titled “Borrowed Money: Opportunities for Stronger Bond Oversight” According to a report issued in February by the Little Hoover Commission, groups that oversee government bond spending could stand to grow some teeth. The commission suggests Gov.…
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Taxpayer survival in a tax happy state
Submitted by Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association – March 19, 2017 -Are you concerned about what Governor Jerry Brown and his supermajority in the Legislature have planned in the days ahead? What does the current political environment mean for Prop. 13, for our state’s tax burden and our struggling economy? The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association will…
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2017 Economic Summit – some good and bad surprises
Opinion Piece By Donna Westfall – March 18, 2017 – There were so many in attendance Friday, March 17th, that you could barely walk around the tables. There was plenty of food for breakfast and lunch. Lots to drink too – no, not alcoholic drinks; water, tea and coffee types of drinks. Now for the surprises: the bad…
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Pelican Bay State Prison Awards and others
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation – Submitted March 17, 2017 – Warden, C.E. Ducart has announced two staff from Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) will be receiving awards in the annual Law Enforcement Administrators of Del Norte (LEADN): Officer of the Year – Correctional Officer Robert Acosta Supervisor of the Year – Correctional Lieutenant David…
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Help get the graffiti removed from Preston Island
Personal Appeal from Roger Gitlin, Private Citizen – March 16, 2017 – Greetings, All: You are looking at iconic Preston Island along the Del Norte County coastline and arguably one of the most beautiful locations along the North American coast. Today, and for some time, it is not so beautiful. Sadly, some years back, criminal…
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Sending two Supervisors to Washington DC…a case of the blind leading the blind?
By Donna Westfall – March 14, 2017 – Board of Supervisors Agenda Item #23. The vote – 3 to 2. That means that taxpayers are sending two supervisors (Howard & Hemmingsen with Cowan as the alternate) to Washington DC. Isn’t that special? What’s the crisis? Last Chance Grade. What’s the plan? There isn’t any plan..…
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Should Tod Roy be indicted? Should Judge Follett step down?
By Donna Westfall – March 12, 2017 – Let’s spend some time examining the Grand Jury system in Del Norte County. This is bound to be a multi-part series. From allegations that it’s too white, to being too connected to some Judges, to foremen and jurors being handpicked in order to parrot the Judge’s agenda or…
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We blew it on the time change
By Donna Westfall – March 12, 2017 – This is what happens when you take a day off. You forget to check on things like IS THERE A TIME CHANGE COMING UP? At 2:00 am this morning, the change leapt forward by one hour starting Daylight Savings Time. 2 am became 3 am. Daylight…
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2016 LEADN AWARDS
Del Norte District Attorney’s Office – March 10, 2017 The Del Norte District Attorney’s Office has announced the recipients of its 2016 Law Enforcement Administrators of Del Norte (LEADN) awards. The District Attorney typically recognizes an officer of the year and a citizen of the year at the annual awards ceremony, which will be held…