Coastal Voices · Eye on Del Norte
Allow me to digress from traditional local subject matters on which I opine. With indulgence from my Triplicate editors, I appreciate your allowing me to proceed with a very different kind of topic this week: Facing and overcoming your fears. Many of you may be aware Angela and I have been traveling…
October 1, 2022
Guest Column
Crescent City has finally hit ground zero on candidate recruitment. Perhaps the public is so enamored things are finally getting done, no one dares to challenge the incumbents. Therefore, per city ordinance, no challenge to incumbents means there will be no city council election, next month.…
September 24, 2022
Guest Column
The county is mulling over a colossal pain at the pound. The Board of Supervisors is contemplating how best to address a dysfunctional, under-funded, problematic animal control department which has for decades been conjoined with the agriculture department. In a word, the relationship is unworkable.…
September 22, 2022
Guest Column
An interested citizen sent me an appreciative email, recently. She suggested and requested I broaden my scope of subject matter to include national and international issues. I thought about it and wondered if Biden, Pelosi (Nancy and Paul), Taiwan, the border, inflation and the beltway should be…
September 11, 2022
Guest Column
Thirty-seven years ago, Ron Sandler assumed control of Del Norte Ambulance. As the community has grown and changed, so has Del Norte Ambulance in serving emergency service needs for the county. Transporting those in need for emergency and non-emergency incidents in a safe, secure manner is Del…
September 4, 2022
Guest Column
The mission of the California Highway Patrol is to provide the highest level of safety, service and security. In an effort to keep Del Norte's public aware of all law enforcement activity and status, I contacted and conducted this interview with Lt. Commander Larry Depee of the Crescent City area…
August 28, 2022
Guest Column
For the past 16 months, I’ve observed operations at the Crescent City-Del Norte County Harbor. My one word description of the Harbor District is: DISAPPOINTMENT. My original interest in Harbor operations involved the factual lack of any appreciable progress on inner harbor basin dredging in…
August 23, 2022
Guest Column
Military recruitment in the all-volunteer armed forces continues to fall dangerously behind minimum national requirements. Experts claim the problem is critical to national defense. The Selective Service draft terminated 50 years ago in favor of the all-volunteer model utilized today. The…
August 17, 2022
Some weeks back, Triplicate readers weighed in on the survey concerning the Supreme Court abortion decision overturning Roe v. Wade . A whopping 70 percent expressed its opposition to the Court’s 6-3 vote to supplant the near half-century-old Constitutionality of Roe. Nationally, the support is 62…
August 5, 2022
Roger Gitlin: Eye on Del Norte
Crescent City Police Chief Richard Griffin has been on the job over three years. When I asked the question about his service in Crescent City and he told me how long he’s been on the job, I was taken back. Wow! Tempus fugit. What’s going on at the CCPD these last few years? Lots. What’s your vision…
August 3, 2022
Guest Column
The 129th Del Norte County Fair is ready, set, go for August 4 to 7. The seven-year, Measure F quarter-cent sales tax has now sunsetted. What can we expect from this year’s Fair? Lots of very good stuff. The Fair has contracted for new rides from new vendor Brass Ring Amusement. I’m told the new…
July 25, 2022
Guest Column
July 30 is a momentous day in Crescent City history. On this day, 157 years ago, the Brother Jonathan paddle steamer crashed in a roaring gale over then-uncharted rocks, eight miles north of Crescent City Harbor. Its 225 passengers and crew perished as the vessel sunk in 275 ft. of the foreboding…
July 17, 2022
Guest Column
Sheriff Garrett Scott has been on the job about eight weeks, and I’m happy to report morale and work conditions are slowly and steadily improving. I met with Del Norte’s top cop recently and we spoke about priorities, challenges and what the public can expect in the coming months. Having said that…
July 12, 2022
Guest Column
I’m not a big fan of government grants. The inherent flaw of inserting more government politics and spending into local problem solving and the lack of sustainable or ongoing funding, with no shortage of strings attached, contributes to more and higher inflation, chaotic planning and complications…
July 4, 2022
Guest Column
Del Norte’s State Senator dropped up to congratulate newly-appointed Crescent City Fire and Rescue Chief Kevin Carey, last week. Mike McGuire held an invitation-only Town Hall at the Crescent City Fire and Rescue station. I was fortunate to waggle an invite despite the fact I didn’t share the…
June 26, 2022
Guest Column
California is in a state of stagnancy. Since California joined the Union in 1849, it has enjoyed dynamic and dramatic growth. This expansion has apparently come to a grinding halt. In fact, the Golden State is actually losing population, stagnant and stalled at 39.185,000 as of January 2022,…
June 8, 2022
Guest Column
Let’s take a short election news break and change subjects for a moment. Allow me to reflect on how fortunate I am to live in Del Norte County; it is truly a very special place with some very special people. Thirteen years ago this month, Angie and I permanently moved to Crescent City. Speaking for…
May 21, 2022
Guest Column
I’ve been following as many Supervisorial Candidate forums as I’m able to attend this election season. In a very real sense, I’m quite pleased I’m not a candidate but an observer and opinion broker. I’m learning quite a bit about each of the 12 candidates running in the three Districts’ Supervisor…
May 15, 2022
Guest Column
Today, I’m in Southern California to pay homage to the memory of a fallen law enforcement officer murdered two decades ago. Law enforcement is an honorable, exemplary, and potentially life-changing career to those who serve, and to those who are served. Officers who dedicate their lives in public…
May 1, 2022
Roger Gitlin: Eye on Del Norte
Delivering criticism to those who serve us in an elected capacity without offering solutions to the problems facing our community is disingenuous. Mea Culpa. From this very column, I will render opinion and suggestion to address elephantine challenges facing rural Northern California and Del Norte…
April 25, 2022
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