Category: This Weeks News
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Bid Rigging on the WWTP?
By Donna Westfall – June 29, 2015 CREDIT TO DAVID SCHOLL, Publisher to Dixon’s Independent Voice Before the videos of the Crescent City, City Council meetings were destroyed and during the years of 2008 through 2010, I asked whether or not the bid was rigged referring to the one and only $37 million Wahlund bid…
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Help Establish National Whistleblower Day
The National Whistleblower Center believes it is important to change the culture of retaliation that often results in destroying whistleblowers’ careers. We need your help in establishing July 30th as National Whistleblower Appreciation Day. Over the last few years the National Whistleblower Center has worked to build bipartisan support for the issue of whistleblower protection.…
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From Del Norte County Sheriffs Office
The Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying a female subject. On June 26, 2015 members of the Elk Valley Rancheria discovered that an unidentified female started a fire near the back door of the office complex. Also, discovered was vandalism to the locking mechanism of the doors. Security personnel…
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Cleaning Up Graffiti and Blight In Crescent City
By Donna Westfall Every year before the 4th of July, our City gets cleaned up. Wouldn’t it be nice if our city felt pride of ownership and were as invested in keeping it nice and clean year round for all of us that live here? In a series of email communications sent to Mayor…
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Running Scared
By Guest Columnist Michael Ceremello; Former Vice Mayor/Councilman City of Dixon Constructive criticism is always a welcome commodity. The premise of unsolicited advice is my audience or followers already know of my distinct displeasure with our current city government. As I have already made my points numerous times, it has been suggested I be more “positive” and…
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New Campaign To Stop Police From Stealing Innocent People’s Property
Credit to Nick Wing at Huff Post/Politics In most states, to reclaim seized property, owners must prove it is not connected to criminal activity, effectively inverting the American legal principle that suspects are innocent until proven guilty. While seizing assets of those involved in criminal activities is an effective tool for law enforcement, abuse happens…
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Bounce -A-Palooza
By Donna Westfall Life partners Bob Young and Ava Hilton are opening the newest business in downtown Crescent City and it’s for KIDS! They will be opening Saturday, June 20th at 10:00 am. Kids 12 and younger are going to have a great time jumping, sliding and bouncing. For teenagers 13 and older, there are…
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1st Rodeo Queen Crowned in 2004
By Donna Westfall Oftentimes in Crescent City history gets rewritten for one reason or another. Is this such a case? Attending the Thursday night, May 28th, Del Norte County 41st District Board Meeting were three Board members of the Crescent City-Del Norte County Taxpayers Association. During public comment I asked the question about rewriting history because…
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Another Lousy Grand Jury Experience
NOTE BY EDITOR, Donna Westfall: This goes hand-in-glove with my article, Grand Jury System Broken? published March 23, 2013. Dated Friday, December 5, 2014 TO: Judge William Follett Subject: The Grand Jury I have waited a few days to collect my thoughts and have decided to contact you directly to express my extreme disappointment and…
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Voodoo Lounge
By Linda Sutter What is more spellbinding than the t.v. series Charmed? Gourmet Burgers served at the Voodoo Lounge in Brookings Harbor. It has been probably twenty years since I have been to the VOODOO LOUNGE over in Brookings Harbor, but WOW, what a complete transformation. Outdoor patio’s offer pots of flowers, picnic tables and twinkle…