Category: This Weeks News

AN OPINION PIECE BY LINDA SUTTER Since the decision to recommend disbarment by the California State Bar of Del Norte County District Attorney, Jon Alexander, what do we do now?  With the three inexperienced assistant DA’s currently in the office, Del Norte County will now experience the ongoing corruptive practices tenfold, because all they know…

BY DONNA WESTFALL Last May, the California State Bar charged Jon Michael Alexander with seven counts including:  Business and Professions code – Moral Turpitude- Corruption  Rules of Professional Conduct – Communication with a Represented Party Rules of Professional Conduct – Suppressing Evidence Contrary to Legal Obligation Rules of Professional Conduct – Failure to Perform with Competence Last May I wrote an article…

Wal-Mart Crescent City announces grants to “Take a Bite Out of Blight” program Del Norte County 1st District Supervisor Roger Gitlin reports that Wal-Mart Crescent City has contributed $1500 multi-recipient grants to the take a bite out of blight program. 501c(3) recipients Our Daily Bread Ministries and Jordan Recovery Group, both of Crescent City. The…

BY KATHERINE KELLY Our sewer rates just increased by $5.38 a month. This is the last increase allowed under the last prop 218 vote in 2007. Since the sewer project was mismanaged so badly and the costs are still mounting, the latest increase will not be sufficient to keep the sewer fund flush. They’re running…

BY DONNA WESTFALL As unbelievable as it sounds 5 years into the recession, there are elected and appointed officials that believe since no one is complaining about the $5.38/month sewer rate increase; it doesn’t exist.   Maybe they think that 2800 people who signed the Prop 218 protest back in 2007 are doing better these…

OPINION PIECE BY DONNA WESTFALL – March 28, 2013 I didn’t want to write this, but I feel compelled to after my complaints on various issues, mostly having to do with what appeared to be outright fraud/corruption on the Prop 218 protest vote in 2007 (counted 1765 protest votes and needed 1711 to win to…

BY DONNA WESTFALL In follow up to the series on public records requests and the on-going questions concerning the expansion component on the waste water treatment plant, today I received in the mail a letter from City Manager, Gene Palazzo.  He states, “In a previous letter, Mr. Black explained that there are no ‘reports’ by…

It’s my understanding that the sewer rates will increase, and not only that but they are contemplating raising the water rates as well.  This letter is to inform you of my opposition to the increase in water and sewer rates. Additionally, it is my understanding that if the city water department did not receive payments…

SUBMITTED BY DR. GREG DUNCAN SUTTER HEALTH ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION OF HOSPITAL CEO EUGENE SUKSI Summary of the past three weeks:   3/4/13:  Hospital physicians notify Board of Directors of Sutter Coast Hospital that the Board’s purposeful exclusion of interested parties from their decision to transfer hospital ownership to Sutter Health violates Medicare regulations and Joint…