Category: This Weeks News
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David Bowie Dies
Credit to IMDB.com- January 11 2016 – “I’m looking for backing for an unauthorized autobiography that I am writing. Hopefully, this will sell in such huge numbers that I will be able to sue myself for an extraordinary amount of money and finance the film version in which I will play everybody.” The very versatile,…
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Berkowitz running for Supervisor 5th District
By Bob Berkowitz – January 8, 2016 – I have decided to seek your support to run for a seat on the board of supervisors. Let me tell you why. It seems to me that many of the problems that face our county get kicked down the road year after year, decade after decade. I…
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More Than 100 Seniors Died After Receiving This Flu Shot Given By Pharmacies
Credit to Yelena Sukhoterina and AltHealthWorks.com – January 6, 2016 – As it happens every winter, the marketing push for receiving a flu shot continues. CVS is offering a 20% shopping pass when you get your flu shot. They are also marketing a high-dose vaccine, which is of course more profitable for the manufacturer and the…
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Need a Job?
The Crescent City-Del Norte County Taxpayers Association is hiring signature gatherers to protest sewer rate increases. They are paying $2 per valid signature. Easy to equate to $10/hr or more depending upon how resourceful you are. A valid signature is from someone that pays a sewer bill or owns property that is connected to sewer.…
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Tyranny in the world is advancing
By Guest Columnist Michael Ceremello, former Vice-Mayor/Council member of the City of Dixon – January 7, 2016 Tyranny in the world is advancing, as it is here … Mark Levin. Just as the national syndicated talk show hosts see the obvious, it is rarely applied at the local level. At least the market for the…
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ATTENTION SEWER RATE PAYERS
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: STOP THE MADNESS! Do you believe the City wants to LOWER your sewer bill? Take a stand with the Crescent City-Del Norte County Taxpayers Association. Log your protest vote since, as we know, when the people who want to increase our rates are also the vote counters, not all votes get counted.…
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Board of Sups Needs to Enter Sewer Rate Debate
Opinion Piece By David Markel – January 3, 2016 – We live in the Bertsch Track. In the 70’s, sewer and water lines were installed thought out this District and then the Bertsch Ocean View Community Services District was born. This District was formed by the Board of Supervisors of the Del Norte County on May 25,…
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Sewer Rate Protests – I Remember When
By Katherine Kelly – January 3, 2016 – I remember when: During the very first proposed sewer rate increase, you know, the one that was meant to pay for a newly expanded too-expensive sewer, I was at a council meeting when I heard Ward Stover, or was it Jim Barnts, maybe even Eric Weir, state…
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Sewer Rate Protest Begins
Opinion Piece By Donna Westfall – JANUARY 1, 2016 – NOTE: 1 protest per property! If you own 10 properties, that’s 10 protests. I received the PROPOSED INCREASE IN SEWER SERVICE RATES from Crescent City, City Hall. I plan to protest. I have until February 16, 2016 to hand in my protest. I’m going to…
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WHAT IS THE DEL NORTE HEALTHCARE DISTRICT AND HOW CAN YOU HELP IMPROVE LOCAL HEALTHCARE?
by Roxie Hazard, Certified Radiologic Technologist – December 30, 2015 – Here is a brief history on California’s Healthcare Districts, and why our local Healthcare District is so important to our community: In order to address healthcare shortages in rural areas, the California legislature approved the formation of local Hospital Districts, now called “Healthcare Districts.”…