In My View
Kevin Hendrick: In My View
I attended the Del Norte County Board of Supervisors meeting on April 9 to see what they would do with the Joint Powers Agreement for the Tri-Agency Economic Development Authority. The question for the Supervisors was whether to concur and adopt the same version of the JPA that the Crescent City…
April 18, 2024
Kevin Hendrick: In My View
The Klamath River dam removal is the largest riparian restoration project in the United States. There are a few who still oppose this project, but it is moving forward as planned with a few bumps. The release of sediment from the dam removal was an anticipated short-term impact. Though this is…
April 12, 2024
Kevin Hendrick: In My View
Three County Supervisor meetings have passed since the Crescent City Council and Crescent City Harbor Commissioners adopted the revised joint powers agreement (JPA) for the Tri-Agency Economic Development Authority. To refresh your memory, The City, Harbor and County must all agree on the same…
April 5, 2024
Kevin Hendrick: In My View
As I am writing this it has been two weeks since the election on March 5th and we still don’t have the final results on all the races. Everyone would like election results on election night, but that is just not possible. On election night we get results from our 19 polling locations and some of the…
March 30, 2024
Kevin Hendrick: In My View
This is my 104th column which means that I have been sharing my opinions with you for two years. I laugh when anyone calls me a journalist. I am not a journalist. I am an opportunist. The Del Norte Triplicate has provided me with an opportunity to express my views without censorship. For this I am…
March 23, 2024
Kevin Hendrick: In My View
On Saturday March 2, I attended a local workshop with a panel of experts on offshore wind development. Over 100 people attended including Supervisors Valerie Starkey, Chris Howard, Darren Short and Joey Borges. A group of citizens interested in developing energy resiliency in our county spearheaded…
March 16, 2024
Kevin Hendrick: In My View
Since I started writing my column almost two years ago, I have written at least seven times about the Tri-Agency Economic Development Authority. The first column was in June 2022. At that time the City, County and Harbor were discussing their intent to settle old debts and take steps to reform…
March 7, 2024
Kevin Hendrick: In My View
“I love it when a plan comes together.” This was a famous line by Lieutenant Colonel John “Hannibal” Smith, the leader of the A-Team, an 80’s TV show about four former members of a U.S. Army Special Forces unit. At the Board of Supervisors meeting on February 13 the Del Norte A Team brought their…
March 3, 2024
Kevin Hendrick: In My View
Last week I wrote about the Yurok Tribe sponsored Tribal Offshore Wind Summit in Eureka and the wealth of information I gained from attending this event. The Yurok Tribe is setting a good example of engagement in a public process. They have not taken a position for or against offshore wind but are…
February 23, 2024
Kevin Hendrick: In My View
The Del Norte Association of Realtors sponsored a local candidates forum on January 26 which featured all five candidates for Del Norte County Supervisor. These forums are helpful to compare the candidates side by side. Candidates were asked questions about topics related to living wage jobs, mental…
February 11, 2024
Kevin Hendrick: In My View
When our current Assembly member Jim Wood decided not to run for reelection this created an open seat that has garnered a lot of interest. Our Assembly District stretches from Crescent City to Santa Rosa. Although every assembly district has roughly the same number of voters, the Second District is…
February 4, 2024
Kevin Hendrick: In My View
It seems like every week I read a story about an animal species that is threatened or endangered. In most cases humans are the cause. Either through negligence or intentional harm, humans have created an imbalance of our natural ecosystems. Habitats have been altered and the environment is often…
January 27, 2024
Kevin Hendrick: In My View
The Tri-Agency Economic Development Authority held a Board of Directors meeting on January 4. The meeting was attended by Supervisor Chris Howard, Harbor Commissioner Wes White and City Council members Blake Inscore and Ray Altman. Only a few members of the public were in attendance. Alec Dompka, an…
January 20, 2024
Kevin Hendrick: In My View
A few months ago, when Highway 101 South opened up to 2-way traffic again, I remember thinking how great it was that we no longer have to wait to pass through the single lane on Last Chance Grade. It is now smooth passage between Crescent City and Klamath. People love to complain about Caltrans and…
January 11, 2024
Kevin Hendrick: In My View
Back in May there was a news splash about a Sea to Market project that proposed to install a fish fillet station for local fishermen to use to sell their catch directly to local customers. The project had just received a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for…
January 8, 2024
Kevin Hendrick: In My View
The Del Norte County Board of Supervisors recently engaged in a public discussion about whether to accept a $10.8 million grant that will start to address the problem of unhoused people in our community. I was alerted to this meeting by an email asking for people to come to the meeting to support…
December 28, 2023
Kevin Hendrick: In My View
I just returned from a memorial service for my mother. I thought I might take a break for a week from writing my column, but instead decided to write about life and death. Everyone has lost someone to death. It is a universal experience. Her Story When my mother died last month, I offered to write…
December 22, 2023
Kevin Hendrick: In My View
The Primary Election is March 5, 2024, and it will be here before you know it. It is not too early to start paying attention to what is happening with campaigns if you want to be an informed voter. Ballots will be mailed to everyone in the first week of February. California voting will start in two…
December 18, 2023
Kevin Hendrick: In My View
Sometimes I can write about my insights into local government activities from a firsthand perspective because I attend board meetings and record what I observe. I was at a recent meeting of the Harbor Commissioners when they approved sending a letter to the publisher of the Triplicate asking for…
December 10, 2023
Kevin Hendrick: In My View
I attended the California Democratic Party Convention, November 17 through 19, in Sacramento. I always expect that some controversy will spill over into the convention and that was most certainly true at this one. More than 2000 delegates attended this Convention. This means 2000 different opinions…
December 2, 2023
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