Bond Oversight Committees need some teeth
Credit to The “Little Hoover Commission”, an independent oversight committee formed in 1962 – Report # 236, February 2017 – Titled “Borrowed Money: Opportunities for Stronger Bond Oversight” According to…
Taxpayer survival in a tax happy state
Submitted by Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association – March 19, 2017 -Are you concerned about what Governor Jerry Brown and his supermajority in the Legislature have planned in the days ahead?…
2017 Economic Summit – some good and bad surprises
Opinion Piece By Donna Westfall – March 18, 2017 – There were so many in attendance Friday, March 17th, that you could barely walk around the tables. There was plenty…
Pelican Bay State Prison Awards and others
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation – Submitted March 17, 2017 – Warden, C.E. Ducart has announced two staff from Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) will be receiving awards in the…
Comment by Erin Brockovich
Comments by Erin Brockovich, Consumer Advocate and Bob Bowcock, Water Resource Manager – March 16, 2017 FLUORIDE We are very disappointed the EPA has determined that a revision to the…
Help get the graffiti removed from Preston Island
Personal Appeal from Roger Gitlin, Private Citizen – March 16, 2017 – Greetings, All: You are looking at iconic Preston Island along the Del Norte County coastline and arguably one…
1 Dead, 29 treated with decontamination after Mass Casualty Event in Ontario, Canada
Credit to KingstonRegion.com, Kingston Heritage reporter Chris Vilela – March 14, 2017 – A shipment of 7,000-10,000 litres of fluorosilicic acid, was involved in a multi-vehicle pile up on Highway…
Sending two Supervisors to Washington DC…a case of the blind leading the blind?
By Donna Westfall – March 14, 2017 – Board of Supervisors Agenda Item #23. The vote – 3 to 2. That means that taxpayers are sending two supervisors (Howard &…
