THE FARM BILL: IT’S A DUNG DEAL
BY DONNA WESTFALL CREDIT TO TOM SCHATZ, PRESIDENT, COUNCIL FOR CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE AND REPORTER SHARYL ATKISSON On January 28, 2014, a letter was sent to the U.S. House…
SOLAR JOBS INCREASE; FEDERAL TAX CREDITS EXTENDED
BY DONNA WESTFALL Credit to THE SOLAR FOUNDATION On January 27th, 2014, The Solar Foundation released its highly anticipated National Solar Jobs Census 2013, which found that the U.S. solar…
WHERE THERE IS SMOKE THERE IS FIRE; JEFFERSON STATE OF MINE GONE ROGUE?
OPINION PIECE BY LINDA SUTTER And so was the case at the meeting Tuesday night, February 4th, at Del Norte County Fairgrounds, representing Jefferson State movement. A small brochure was…
THE DOUBLE CROSS; THE CASE FOR THE STATE OF JEFFERSON
BY DONNA WESTFALL Like many others sitting in the audience at the Fairgrounds Tuesday night, February 4th, I’ve been proud to be a born and bred Californian. Proud up to…
RELAX CALIFORNIA
BY KATHERINE KELLY Recently in the headlines are alarming reports about the massive starfish die-off on the west coast. Most reports I read point a hysterical finger at the radiation…
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN, DIED TODAY AGE 46
Credit to IMDb Picture credit to Wikipedia Film and stage actor and theater director Philip Seymour Hoffman was born in the Rochester, New York in 1967. After becoming involved in…
LEFTOVER COFFEE
BY DONNA WESTFALL Are you like so many others that pour your leftover coffee down the drain and don’t think twice about it? That’s how is was in our home…
STARVING IN THE LAND OF THE FREE
BY KATHERINE KELLY With the expiration of the 2009 economic stimulus, on November 1st the SNAP benefit program (food stamps) was cut by $5 billion. In California, the cuts will…
