Category: This Weeks News
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Dear Donna
Since March, 2012; 700,000 more people are now free of fluoridation in the US and the Island of Curacao in the Caribbean. Watching the New Hampshire House of Representatives in a vote of 253-23 to include infant warnings on the water bills and annual water quality report just got one step closer to reality as…
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Fluoride Slides
For over 40 years, the Crescent City Water Dept has been providing a steady stream of fluoride in the drinking water. Since 1980, the Water Dept changed products, without a vote of the people and without notifying the public that the new product is Fluorosilicic Acid, a toxic industrial waste product. In January, 2011…
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Toxic Soup
It’s so toxic it can’t be allowed to foul the air, it can’t be dumped into a river, stream, lake or ocean, it can’t be dumped on land, but sell it to our city and it can be put directly into our drinking water. I’m talking about hydrofluosilicic acid (FSA). Our city calls it “fluoride”…
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Why I Voted 2
Between the limitations of “Animal Control” and the rules and regs surrounding “Disturbing the Peace,” a gap existed. Have you ever tried to enjoy a holiday when some dog in the neighborhood barks incessantly for four days non-stop? You found out there was nothing you could do about it. Or a vehicle rolls down the…
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Why I Voted ..
By Donna Westfall – April 6, 2012 If the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) were a public corporation, the shareholders would receive dividends when the plant made a profit. Our WWTP is not a public corporation. But, there are going to be profit centers. Once such profit center is the Septage/HoneyMonster scheme. The plan is to…
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Guilty until proven innocent
When Dean Wilson was re-elected Sheriff of Del Norte County in November 2010, he swore an oath to uphold the US Constitution and the California Constitution. Certain rights afforded our citizens are well known. If you are accused of a crime, the law of our land operates under the presumption that you are innocent until…
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Time for Conflicted City Attorney Bob Black to Go
Good evening, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Council. My name is Roger Gitlin and I am a resident of the City. It has come to my attention that City Attorney Robert Black has graciously declined his 5% automatic pay raise stipulated in his contract. In stead of making this magnanimous gesture as a stand-along item,…
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First in a series on Crescent City corruption
NO SUBSTITUTE FOR EXPERIENCE….. OR IS THERE? Opinion and Commentary By Donna Westfall – January 28, 2012 Let’s just begin by calling this “The case against City Attorney Bob Black and his alternate, Attorney Martha Rice.” When you first meet Bob Black be prepared to enjoy his affable, smooth style. Seemingly intelligent, knowledgeable about law and…
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Replacement for former council member Slert
The city has received numerous applications applying for the position to replace former Council member Charles Slert. Here are a list of questions I think should be asked: Budget Questions: 1. Should the Visitors Bureau and Chamber of Commerce continue to be funded by the City? 2. Should the pool continue to operate at a…