Category: This Weeks News

By Rachel Towe My husband and I have lived in the same house in Crescent City for almost 50 years now.  We’ve seen lots of politicans come and go.  Lots of dirty deeds like burning down the pier by the so-called leaders of the community in the middle of the night.  We’ve been active in…

     I remember hearing about Charles Slert, a man for change.  I took someone’s word that he would make a diffference around this town.  He was running against Martha McClure.  I put his campaign sign on our front lawn.  I heard he lost that election by 20 votes. Sometime after losing the election, I went in to speak with him about…

     In response to Katherine Kelly’s statement, "I hope this doesn’t turn into a trend."  I have an equally frustrating experience to report.  After discovering our city continues to harbor the toxic waste from McNamara and Peepe Corporation’s 40 acre sawmill that operated from the mid 1940’s to December 31, 1981.  The two major polluters…

     Now that the news of Tsunami Landing’s destructon is becoming more public, people will cry to the City Council that they care about it and want to keep it.  But their pleas will fall on deaf ears, as usual.  In case people are unaware, our mayor has a website with designs for the entire…

     Today was my 3rd day in Safety Class for my Tsunai Relief job.  Between 11 and 2pm there was a "company BBQ."  250 workers of which aabout 40 were students going through safety classes like myself met – to get fed (by the company on the clock), to hear the people that organized it,…

     Since 2007’s fiasco with the Proposition 218 protest vote to stop the increase in sewer rates to fund $42.5 million wastewater treatment plant  (WWTP), the subsequent miscounting of the votes by former City Clerk, Dianne Nickerson, the recall against her, her resignation (or early retirement depending on where you sit) the referendum, the initiative that…

     For the past 3 years, numerous discussions both public and private have taken place pondering the question, "What will it take to turn our city around economically?      Recently, someone mentioned that 72% of Wal-Marts merchandise comes from China.  I haven’t checked that statistic for accuracy.  I do know that when I had to…

As I contemplate how the winds of change have affected our 3rd Street business area in terms of economic and social factors, and deal with the attitudes of the Business Improvement District leaders who take pleasure in flaunting their disparaging remarks toward those of us who question their actions, I also recall great memories from…

     Last week, Philomath, Oregon’s city council voted 6-1 to end fluoridation.  Well, the momentum continues to build as another North American community has ended the fluoridation of its drinking water.  On Monday, the city council of  Spring Hill, Tennessee UNAMIOUSLY REJECTED FLUORIDATION due to the cost ($20,000 a year) and cncerns raised about the…

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