Category: This Weeks News
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Another City Battling Sewer Rates
CREDIT TO DIXON’S INDEPENDENT VOICE Third Time the Charm for Initiative? Will the Third Time be the Charm to give the people of Dixon to vote on Raising Sewer Fees to fund a $30 million waste water treatment plant using obsolete hundred-year-old technology? While the City of Dixon politicians and bureaucrats rush to encumber…
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Remembering Leonard Nimoy as Dr. Spock
Starting with the original Gene Roddenberry series, Start Trek, in September 1966, Dr. Spock was not of this universe. For science fiction lovers, seeing his pointy-ears, his stoic Vulcan demeanor, his signature hand salute and his famous phrase, “Live long and prosper,” started a life-long love for actor Leonard Nimoy as Dr. Spock the half human- half alien…
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Bipartisan Group of Senators Launches Whistleblower Protection Caucus
Washington, D.C. February 25, 2015. Today Senator Charles Grassley announced the official formation of a Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus during a press conference held in the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing Room. The founding members of the caucus are Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) (chairman), Ron Wyden (D-OR) (vice-chairman), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Deb Fischer (R-NE) Thom Tillis…
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Response to BlackHawk Pistol Story Parts 1 – 4
OPINION PIECE BY ED HANSON “God’s Not Here Today” For those were the words touted and declared in a demonic tone emanating from one of the Del Norte Sheriff’s deputies while Dave Egan was reciting, The Lord’s Prayer, (that infamous day back in August 2011 under the late regime of former sheriff Dean Wilson at my friends home), as Dave…
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Anonymous Hackers Attack ISIS On-Line Supporters
While most of us sit at home sickened and repulsed by reports of video’s of beheadings of Christians, journalists and other innocents by the terrorist group ISIS, the hacktivist group, Anonymous, reports they are taking down ISIS sites on Twitter, Facebook and others. If Anonymous has taken down 800 Twitter sites, doesn’t that beg the question about Twitter’s…
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Dixon City Attorney Files Lawsuit to Stop People’s Repeal of Sewer Rate Increase
Credit to Dixon’s Independent Voice City Attorney Files With Courts to Stop People’s Vote on Sewer Rates. City Clerk & County Registrar of Voters Named as Respondents The Dixon City Attorney, following instructions from the City Council, filed legal motions in Solano County Superior Court in the late afternoon this past Wednesday seeking to…
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The Fred Hansen Story – When and How to File A Complaint With The Sheriff’s Office: Part 2
By Donna Westfall At 11:30 am, Wednesday, February 19th, Fred Hansen was awoken from sleep by two Sheriff’s Deputies. They asked him if he could accompany them to the Sheriff’s Department to discuss his complaint filed on January 21st against Det. Richard Griffin. Fred complied, but first he contacted me by phone. I was in…
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Krispy Kreme Faux Pas
Credit to IndyStar Who doesn’t love a good donut once in a while. Nothing like the heavenly smell of freshly baked Krispy Kreme’s. They recently created the Krispy Kreme Klub using the initials (KKK), not realizing that stood for Klu Klux Klan and that, my friends, is called a faux pas….pronounced fo pa which stands…
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Good News About Your Candy Bars
Credit to BBC Nestle Company, manufacturer of 250 different products, has agreed to remove all artificial flavorings and coloring from their US chocolate candy bars. The Swiss giant bowed to pressure from American consumers that they wanted these gone, kaput. They will replace the flavorings and colorings with natural ingredients. For example, their CRUNCH bar…
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How You Can Help Oppose Sutter’s Corporate Plans
SUBMITTED BY DR. GREG DUNCAN If you believe healthcare decisions should be based on factual information in open meetings, please join our effort. To add your name to the more than 4,000 Del Norte County residents who have signed the petition opposing Sutter’s corporate plans, stop by my office on 1200 Marshall St. Forward this information…