Category: This Weeks News
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Prejudice, Bigotry and Anti-Semitism Disturbed City Council Meeting
Commentary & Opinion By Donna Westfall – March 5, 2024 General public comments happen early in the evening of the Crescent City, City Council meetings. Anyone can say anything during the three minutes they are allowed. But the distaste was palatable Monday night, March 4th when several people called in using the ZOOM feature. Five…
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Triumph of Unity: Supreme Court Affirms National Consensus
By Brigitte Gabriel – March 4, 2024 The Greatest Election Interference Plot in US History has been thwarted! Over 1.2M actions were taken to stop this plot and today the Supreme Court has affirmed “elections belong to the people” in a rare 9-0 unanimous decision! In a historic 9-0 ruling, the United States Supreme Court has…
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Panera-Gate
By Kevin Kiley – March 4, 2024 The U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously rejected Colorado’s attempt to remove President Trump from the ballot for the 2024 election. Just as the California Supreme Court unanimously rejected Newsom’s attempt to do the same thing for the 2020 election. At the moment, though, Newsom has bigger fish to fry –…
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Reminder about Prop 1 from HJTA
STATEWIDE BALLOT MEASURE RECOMMENDATION FROM HOWARD JARVIS TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION: March 3, 2024 NO on PROPOSITION 1 Proposition 1 is a $6.38 billion bond (bonds are how the state borrows money, which taxpayers must repay, with interest, over many years). Although Proposition 1 is advertised as a “transformational” solution to mental health care and homelessness, it…
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A bold idea for California: Instead of passing so many new laws, how about some oversight over existing ones?
By Jon Coupal – March 3, 2024 The reaction from politicians to California’s budget deficit – now estimated by the Legislative Analyst to be around $73 billion – breaks down into two camps: the state must either reduce spending or find more revenue. (Euphemism for raising taxes.) In reality, even the most progressive legislators realize…
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NWC 2023 Annual Report Roundup
By Justin Smulison – March 3, 2024 Every year is unique for the National Whistleblower Center (NWC). Between representing brave people who speak truth to power, navigating a complex legal landscape, and advocating for a stronger national and international protections for whistleblowers, wheels are always turning. NWC had several achievements in 2023, in and out…
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BEFORE YOU VOTE
Commentary and Opinion By Donna Westfall – March 3, 2024 Heather Pollen is running for 5th District Supervisor against incumbent Dean Wilson and Linda Sutter. I spent some time with Heather and three other people at the Methodist Church at a Meet and Greet;. Kevin Hendrick and a couple from the Bertsch Tract. She does…
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The 5-0 Club, A Special Event
Commentary and Opinion by Samuel Strait – March 1, 2024 I actually gave thought to attending this particular “Special Meeting”of the County’s Board of Supervisors, on February 29,2024, but thefutility of narrowing down the multitude of issues that surround thecontent of what would constitute a “Strategic Plan” for the County thatwas of any value to…
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The 5-0 Club, Where everyone Drifts In A Haze Of Bureaucracy
Commentary and Opinion by Samuel Strait – February 29, 2024 The Agenda was deceptively short and sweet for a near four hour Board ofSupervisor’s meting on February 27, 2024. A mere eight item ConsentAgenda. yet still occupying nearly fifty percent of the Board’sbusiness. Several obligatory intangible items in the mix, request forfunding in a funding…
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Amateur Radio Club Meeting
By Jaime Yarbrough – February 29, 2024 Monday night, March 4th at 6 pm, at 445 Elk Valley Road in Crescent City there will be a meeting. These meetings generally last with 1 1/2 hours. This is in Hambro’s building. The focus is on Radio Club’s skills and activities. We have a raffle amongst the…