Category: This Weeks News
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FILM RECOMMENDATION
BY DONNA WESTFALL Worth your time to watch “A Dark Truth,” starring Andy Garcia, Forest Whittaker and Eva Longoria. Found it on Netflix. Made this year. This is the story of what happens when corporate greed and control of water rights get in the way of people’s rights.
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HOWARD JARVIS TAXPAYER’S ASSOCIATION CHECKS IN
BY DONNA WESTFALL Just in time for Monday, Sept 16th, City Council meeting, Attorney Tim Bittle sent in this email about the Prop 218 protest over the 60% increase in water rates: Prop 218 allows any tenant to protest a proposed fee increase if he is “directly liable to pay the … fee.” (Cal.…
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WHY WE PROTEST THE WATER RATE INCREASE
BY KATHERINE KELLY It’s understood that the water fund needs money. It’s understood that the infrastructure needs improvement. This is not at issue in this protest against the proposed water rate increases for the next five years, soon to be followed by another increase in our sewer rate. The issue here is demographics,…
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FINANCIAL IMPACT OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
SUBMITTED BY ROGER GITLIN Many of you continue to ask for the financial impact of illegal immigration on our economy. I am forwarding to you the latest statistics from Los Angeles County on those receiving assistance who have entered the United States illegally. In Los Angeles County alone the impact is $1.6 billion, annually! It surprises me…
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NOTHING HAS CHANGED ABOUT THE CITY COUNCIL, RECALL THEM ALL
OPINION PIECE BY LINDA SUTTER As usual the City Council puts on a dog and pony show by asking the opinion of the public in the Eleventh hour for increase in water rates. It is not the fact that the increase is so little, it is the principle that people are not paying for what…
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300 POUNDS OF APPLES
BY DONNA WESTFALL It’s Saturday morning, there’s a slight mist and 5 of us went to pick apples. We forgot the camera. We had phones but forgot to take picture. We forgot a scale. But, we picked plenty of apples. How exactly did this come about? One of the gleaners attend the gym with a…
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NO SURPRISES AT CITY COUNCIL
BY KATHERINE KELLY I didn’t go to last night’s city council meeting where the increase in our water rates was to be announced. I wasn’t feeling well, but if I thought it might make a difference I might have made more of an effort. I figured it would be pointless, the same old, same old,…
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“NO” TO WATER RATE INCREASES!
BY DONNA WESTFALL In the next week, you’ll hear a lot about Prop 218 Protest Vote. It is neither an election, nor do you have to be a registered voter. The Prop 218 protest vote allows each property owner or tenant the right to say, “NO MORE RATE INCREASES.” Last time, in 2007, the…
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CONTACT MONSANTO TODAY
BY DONNA WESTFALL It’s Friday the 13th. Let’s make it a nightmare for Monsanto. The Monsanto representative for Del Norte County is Rachael Medeiros at (209) 606 9483. Her e-mail is rachel.medeiros@monsanto.com. Please take a minute and call her or e-mail to let her know what you think about Monsanto’s policy of not labeling…
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ROOTS AND SHOOTS
BY JAIME YARBROUGH The emphasis was on raised beds. The meeting held Wednesday, September 11th visited 3 gardens. A raised bed is generally the use of boards or stones and filling it with soil. Thus raised beds. Unfortunately due to a prior commitment I was only able to attend 2 of the four functions…