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Recent My Turn was about the mayor, not about LARP

February 20, 2023February 20, 2023 Sam Williams

Earlier this afternoon I got a call from a Local Area Revitalization Co-op officer regarding the My Turn I wrote…

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An important lesson for our ‘dumbfounded’ and ‘confused’ mayor

February 20, 2023February 20, 2023 Sam Williams, Lassen News

At the Susanville City Council’s Tuesday, Feb. 15 meeting, Susanville Mayor Quincy McCourt went on what some have characterized as…

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Respect for Marriage Act is just another small American step toward equality

December 8, 2022December 8, 2022 Sam Williams, Lassen News

Congrats to Congress for passing the Respect for Marriage Act. I bet the president will sign it, although not everyone…

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Thank you, Lassen Senior Services

November 22, 2022November 22, 2022 Sam Williams, Lassen News

In August 2020, more than two years ago, Lassen Senior Services and the Planning and Service Area 2 Area Agency…

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This photo ran on the front page of the Lassen County Times in 2006.
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You can’t sneak sunrise past a rooster

November 9, 2022November 9, 2022 swilliams

Let me say, the local debate over the devil’s weed has bitterly raged across Lassen County for decades. And let…

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My Turn Opinion 

Beware Publisher’s Clearing House scam

October 26, 2022October 26, 2022 Sam Williams, Lassen News

Oh, boy, oh boy, these folks running this Publisher’s Clearing House scam in Susanville are pretty darn slick. Don’t get…

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Wait on the pitchforks and torches — let’s reserve judgment until we hear the judge’s side

September 16, 2022September 16, 2022 Sam Williams, Lassen News

Gee, I sure have mixed feelings about the allegations leveled this week by the Commission of Judicial Performance against Lassen…

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Citizens of California — heed my warning

July 14, 2022July 14, 2022 Sam Williams, Lassen News

For two weeks now I’ve been absolutely beside myself fuming over the recent developments regarding the city of Susanville’s lawsuit…

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Someone — please tell the Dems local elected offices are nonpartisan

June 30, 2022 swilliams

The local June election is over, and we have new faces in local government. That’s how our system works. The…

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MyTurn — LMUD makes the right decision

June 6, 2022June 6, 2022 Sam Williams, lassennews.com

Today the Lassen Municipal Utility District announced its decision to remove the Hayden Hill transmission line, abandoning its effort to…

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Do onto others …

June 2, 2022June 2, 2022 Sam Williams, Lassen News

Sexual orientation recently became a hot topic within the city of Susanville. I’m not going to take sides to criticize…

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My Turn – This brouhaha is nothing less than the absolutely perfect coda to the Trump administration

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 Sam Williams, [email protected]

Despite my deep issues and concerns with the incoming Donald J. Trump administration four years ago, I publicly accepted his…

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My Turn Opinion 

Between March and August, local prison inmates received more than $6 million in unemployment benefits — just a small part of what could be ‘the most significant fraud on taxpayer funds in California history’

November 25, 2020 Sam Williams, [email protected]

Inmates in Lassen County and across California receiving unemployment benefits — are you kidding me? Sadly, the answer to that…

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My Turn – We must put politics aside and answer this COVID-19 wakeup call

October 2, 2020 Submitted by Sam Williams

For nearly a year now the people of Susanville have struggled with how to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Today…

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My Turn – Remembering the classy Tom Terrific

September 3, 2020September 21, 2020 Submitted by Sam Williams

Oh, my poor old heart nearly broke in two Wednesday evening when I heard the news Tom Seaver had died….

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