Category: This Weeks News
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Big Win Against Monsanto!
By Donna Westfall – March 16, 2016 – People want to know what’s in their food. And they want to know if their food contains any GMO ingredients. Senator Roberts’ (R-Kansas) bill which would prevent states from requiring labeling of genetically engineered (GMO) foods and stop pending state laws that require labeling from going into effect.…
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Joey Young Case: The Sentence that makes NO Sense
The Del Norte County District Attorney’s Office announced that the Honorable William H. Follett rejected the five year state prison commitment that was requested by the District Attorney and recommended by the Probation Department and instead sentenced Joseph Aaron Young (41) of Crescent City to three years of probation with one year in county jail. …
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SUTTER COAST HOSPITAL’S LOOPHOLE, “WELFARE EXEMPT”
By Linda Sutter – March 10, 2016 – The meeting at Del Norte County Health Care District lead me to Del Norte County court house, where I spent three days reading six volumes of legal files regarding the two entities. What is Welfare Exempt? Welfare exempt is utilized on non-profit hospitals so county assessors cannot tax them for property…
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Simple typo or intentional fraud?
By Donna Westfall – March 8, 2016 – The ordinance that increases sewer rates was adopted last night by the Crescent City, City Council, in a unanimous vote; but first there was lengthy discussion. In Ordinance #792 were the WHEREAS clauses. Bear in mind that there are five council members that supposedly read these things.…
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Sunshine Week – Open Government is Good Government
By Donna Westfall – March 6, 2016 -Sunshine Week is a national initiative spearheaded by the American Society of News Editors to educate the public about the importance of open government and the dangers of excessive and unnecessary secrecy. It was established in March 2005 with funding from the John S. and James L. Knight…
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A little common sense needed by City Council
Opinion Piece by Samuel Strait – March 4, 2016 – Before the City Council gets all giddy with relief at the failure of the Sewer Rate Protest to garner enough signatures in recent days and makes the mistake of miss reading of the level of angst over the impending vote to go ahead with the…
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Profit Centers at the Wastewater Treatment Plant?
By Donna Westfall – March 3, 2016 – Are there ways to save ratepayers on their sewer rates? During the 2007 workshops on how the $43.8 million loan was to be repaid, former Public Works Director, Jim Barnts, told us that the laboratory, which cost $2.5 million to build, would pay for itself in 2…
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Serial Killer/Rapist Behind Bars Again
By Donna Westfall – March 1, 2016 She was only 17 years old when she was kidnapped and raped by a serial killer. For the moment, we are keeping her identity anonymous because of current court cases, and so that her family can maintain their privacy. I’ll call her Ava. She’s in her 40’s. A…
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DA’s office names Sarah Asbury as Law Enforcement Officer of the Year
The Del Norte District Attorney’s Office announced today that Crescent City Police Department Officer Sarah Asbury has been awarded the DA’s Law Enforcement Officer of the Year award for 2015. Ms. Asbury will be recognized at the annual awards ceremony to be held at the Crescent City Cultural Center on March 22, 2016 at 5:00…
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Hwy 199/197 Project: Troubling conflicts with Friends of Del Norte?
By Samuel Strait – February 24, 2016 – While it no longer appears to be the task of the local newspaper, The Triplicate, to question anything that is published by the “Environmental Lobby” within its pages, or “Heaven Forbid” have one of its vaunted reporters ask questions about the many troubling conflicts of information supplied…