Category: This Weeks News
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Sup. McClure Not Appointed – Yet.
By Donna Westfall For those of us that are not Martha McClure supporters and continue to wonder how she wins each election by 20 or 30 votes, it came as no real surprise to hear that she was not appointed YET to the position of Project Director for the State of California Safe Routes to…
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Sup. Martha McClure Could Be In Conflict of Interest?
By Donna Westfall McClure already earns $40,000/year as Supervisor for Del Norte County. Now Thursday, April 9th, Executive Director Leighton of the the Del Norte Transportation Commission recommends to the Board to appoint McClure and Associates ( Martha McClure) to the position of project director for the State of California Safe Routes to Schools program. The…
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Nonsense and Incompetence
By Guest Columnist Michael Ceremello Former Vice Mayor/Councilmember of the City of Dixon Where are Rich Geertson and John Dawson when we all need their lucid, biting commentary concerning events at the State and Federal levels? While I do not pretend to even have a rudimentary knowledge of these two venues, my knowledge is…
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SEED PROPAGATION
A New Column by Ryan Minkler, Owner of NorthCulture Garden Supply Planting your seasonal crop can be as easy as putting some seeds in the ground and hoping that mother nature provides a perfect season, or you can take steps to ensure that you do have a good harvest, regardless of mother nature’s weather decisions this…
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One More Step In The Fight To Repeal Sewer Rates
By Donna Westfall Credit to Dixon’s Independent Voice, and Fairfield Daily Republic A legal issue of great interest is brewing in Solano County in the city of Dixon. On Wednesday April 1st (and no this was not an April Fool’s joke), Solano Superior Court Judge Scott Kays ordered the names and addresses of more than 1,700…
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Protecting Bees By Banning Neonic’s
Credit to Natural News Portland, Oregon is the latest city to ban the pesticide credited with billing off bees – neonicotinoids or neonic’s for short. After the Wilsonville incident, the Portland City Council voted unanimously for the ban. When the Wilsonville, Oregon incident occurred right outside a Target store, people immediately knew something was drastically wrong.…
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Anorexia Crackdown
Credit to the Guardian If you’ve ever had a friend or family member suffer with anorexia, you know the frustration of watching a loved one battle that dreaded disease. 9 out of 10 people suffering from anorexia are women. Many are mystified by the disease. Why would anyone intentionally want to be concentration camp thin?…
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What Have We Become
By Guest Columnist Michael Ceremello, Former Vice-Mayor/Councilmember from the City of Dixon My intention has always been to concentrate on one or two issues in a column. The lack of integrity amongst our leaders prevents this as there seems to be an endless stream of topics I can assail. This week is no different. …
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Exotic Thailand
By Jaime Yarbrough As many readers and my Facebook friends know I went to Thailand for a month in January of this year. I sent back a few pictures with some captions and commentary but have recently been asked about some of the details or an expanded version of my ‘trip report’ So here I will do…