Category: This Weeks News
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CROWNING GLORY TO NEW RADIO TOWER
BY JAIME YARBROUGH The Del Norte Amateur Radio Club function of FCC licensing are able to utilize specific areas of the radio frequency bands. These radio bands are broken up into hundreds of allocations for police, fire, military, AM-FM, TV, commercial applications, etc., etc., To be able to use many of them special knowledge…
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MAJORITY OF PEOPLE GRATEFUL
I’ve been helping my grandma, Katherine Kelly, collect signatures for the prop 218 protest to try and stop the water rate increase. For those who don’t know what that is, if we collect half plus one signatures from water customers (only one per property) then the city can’t raise the water rate. This is in…
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AN UNPRECEDENTED CASE: JON ALEXANDER
OPINION BY LINDA SUTTER Today in Del Norte Courtroom #1 a case between Jon Alexander versus the Del Norte County Board of Supervisors (BOS) was described as unprecedented in the State of California for an elected District Attorney to be disbarred and taken out of position by the BOS. Honorable Judge Leonard LaCasse presided over…
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21 DAYS LEFT TO PROTEST WATER RATE INCREASE
If the City receives 50% +1 protest letters on November 4th, they cannot institute the new 150% increase in proposed water rates. Tell everyone you know to fill out this form and mail it in or call for pick-up. Remember the rule: 1 protest letter per 1 parcel. If an apartment complex has 4 units, either…
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DEL NORTE COUNTY COURT ROOM A THREE RING CIRCUS
BY LINDA SUTTER Today I could not believe my ears in Court Room Number 2 run by the Honorable Chris Doehle. The case was the People of California verses Susan White. Remember Ms. White was arrested for “animal abuse” earlier this year, and the public has been led to believe the worst of the…
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OPEN LETTER TO COUNCILMAN RON GASTINEAU
BY KATHERINE KELLY I read a part of Ron Gastineau’s Coastal Voices piece in the Triplicate dated October 5th, and wow, just wow. He serves as a great example of what’s wrong with our leadership here in Crescent City. His vitriolic attack on the Prop 218 organizers lacks actual facts and he traffics heavily…
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COLLECTING SIGNTURES FOR THE GREATER GOOD
BY LINDA SUTTER I call it pounding the pavement. It is hard work and if anyone says different I respectfully disagree. The hardest part about this pay-less job is the fact that each and every person who answers the door has to first be informed, “I’m not selling anything”. The next thing I inform…
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OBSERVATIONS OF A STREET WALKER
BY JAIME YARBROUGH For the last couple weeks I have occasionally helped support the protest movement against the increase of our water rates. While I attended the city council meeting where the presentation justifying the increase was given, I had my doubts about it. As I listened and found myself mixed on the findings…
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MOST DON’T TRUST THE CITY
BY KATHERINE KELLY I am one of the volunteers for the prop 218 water rate protest collecting signatures door to door. The experience has been eye opening. People really are suffering and are not shy to talk about it, especially the elderly people. Most of them have been here for a long time and…
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SIGN PROTEST LETTERS AT THESE LOCATIONS
FRIDAY, Oct 11th: To defeat the water rate increase you must sign a protest letter. When you’re out and about, stop by one of these locations. CRESCENT CITY WATER DEPARTMENT; OUTSIDE 377 J Street. 10 am to noon You can also shop at these locations and sign protest letters: ORIENTAL MARKET on the corner of…