You may not be allowed to vote for a candidate for president
When you completed your voter registration card did you select “No Party Preference”? If you did, you will not have …
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The T-Mobile, Sprint merger will benefit rural America
For years, my colleagues and I who represent rural California have fought to bring equal access to technology to our …
Read moreIt turns out homelessness is big business
Make no mistake, as regular citizens are battling the pollution, crime and illness brought down like a firestorm upon various …
Read moreRock’s greatest drummer has left the planet
The Fresno I grew up in during the middle to late 1960s was a market city, meaning if a musical …
Read moreBeware — flu season will be here soon
Each year as summer turns to fall and winter, the flu bug spreads among the human population. The flu virus …
Read moreSmall town living: It’s the connectivity
Living in a small town means I enjoy coffee that is delivered to my office; coffee roasted locally by the …
Read moreLassen Community College needs to move forward to find a workable solution
No one should doubt in the least the very hard and difficult decisions facing Lassen Community College now that it’s …
Read moreSigns of rural decline in Lassen County — dealing with the source
The “broken windows theory” is a criminological theory that associates signs of community decline with increased vandalism, crime, homelessness, drug …
Read moreCriticism may be necessary, but hatred is not
I have always been told if you can’t take criticism then you can’t fix mistakes you make. Harsh or not, …
Read moreIncreased transient traffic is taking a toll
Pristine beauty is one of the features that attracted me to Lassen County. I felt drawn to the mountains, lakes, …
Read moreResidents speak out and make a difference
Kudos to the people of Susanville who spoke up and to the Susanville City Council and Caltrans for listening to …
Read moreListening for immigration at the Democratic debates
If you’ve been repelled by the family separations and other immigration-related cruelties perpetrated by the Trump administration, and if you …
Read moreWe could vote for socialism — Austria did
With all Democratic Party 2020 presidential candidates seemingly embracing socialism, we could vote for socialism — Austria did. In the …
Read moreIt’s up to us to decide the future of hunger
When I was born in 1932, the world had two billion people. Today, the global population has swelled to 7.7 …
Read moreCaltrans projects: Fuming and appreciating
The Camp Fire was snuffed by a rainstorm on Thanksgiving Day — finally. Since then, getting back and forth to …
Read moreMain Street striping forces council to make a difficult decision
A proposal by Caltrans to restripe Main Street through the Uptown business district and reduce traffic from two lanes in …
Read moreWhy the LGBT community should fear socialism
Virtually all of my acquaintances in the LGBT Community are Democrats, but their party leaders have left traditional democratic principles …
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