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6A Daily News – Friday, December 6, 2013 Opinion Kelly/Griggs DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF TEHAMA COUNTY T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U NTY S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Greg Stevens, Publisher gstevens@redbluffdailynews.com Chip Thompson, Editor editor@redbluffdailynews.com Editorial policy The Daily News opinion is expressed in the editorial. The opinions expressed in columns, letters and cartoons are those of the authors and artists. State of Jefferson Editor: On a recent Saturday, our RV group from Napa area enjoyed an awesome tour of the Kelly/Griggs Victorian House. We would like to thank both guides for the opportunity and very enlightened tour. Once we entered those double doors it felt we were living in the 1880s. The house is so lovingly restored with nice artifacts. With their great stories and vast knowledge of the displays, we could have stayed the rest of the day listening to the guides. It is sad to know that Kelly/Griggs, like many organizations, is having a hard time recruiting new members and guides. This house is such a gem for Red Bluff, it would be a shame and so sad to have it sold or closed. Thank you once again to the guides for giving so much of their time. Betty de Hales, Shingletown Editor: My husband and I attended both meetings regarding the proposed succession from California. Also in attendance were a few opposed to the idea. Very few. Why do they oppose this? What's wrong with this being on a ballot? Many more are for this than against, no question about it. What's their problem? The majority I've talked to are in favor of pursuing this, we have rights too besides the control-freak liberals. They use the excuse of it costing $12,500 to put it on the ballot. A drop in the bucket with all the money wasted by all their special interests, etc. I would gladly contribute money to pay for this just to shut these nuts up. We should thank those willing to step up and tackle this complex task. We moved from Southern California, a small town of 5,000, and Los Angeles County was constantly throwing something on us that we didn't need. We fought and excess power of the unions and fought and succeeded in every their damage to the academic fight. The term you can't fight city quality. hall is a bunch of baloney. You School taxes are the highest need people willing to take on the taxes that we face, and we are not job and others to support them. receiving full value for our dolThe secession leaders seem to be lars. As in any public or private well informed and I entity there is the 10 have no doubt they're up percent poor and 10 Your to the job. percent outstanding I also was impressed employees and various with the supervisors shades in between. A who attended and voted superintendent needs to for this. I never expected identify the outstanding it to go so quickly and I thank and poor performers and take the them all for their work. I have a action needed to employ only the positive opinion of them aside of best and the brightest, since under what I think of so many others in union rules, every employee is office. paid the same high pay scale. This is a new beginning. Long Too many outstanding superoverdue. intendents loose their job because Bernice Cressy, Cottonwood principals and school boards are unwilling to challenge the union ownership of public schools. Hire and retain those superintendents, Editor: principals, and teachers, willing Taxpayers and responsible to tackle the failing academics of parents need to support strong so many public schools. superintendent and school board Joseph Neff, Corning leaders willing to reign in the Turn Fight unions Letter policy The Daily News welcomes letters from its readers on timely topics of public interest. 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Box 220 Red Bluff, CA 96080 Your officials STATE ASSEMBLYMAN — Dan Logue, 150 Amber Grove Drive, Ste. 154, Chico, CA 95928, 530-895-4217 STATE SENATOR — Jim Nielsen, 2635 Forest Ave., Ste. 110, Chico, CA 95928, (530) 879-7424, senator.nielsen@senate.ca.gov GOVERNOR — Jerry Brown, State Capitol Bldg., Sacramento, CA 95814; (916) 445-2841; Fax (916) 5583160; E-mail: governor@governor.ca.gov. U.S. REPRESENTATIVE — Doug LaMalfa 506 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515, 202-2253076. U.S. SENATORS — Dianne Feinstein (D), One Post Street, Suite 2450, San Francisco, CA 94104; (415) 393-0707. Fax (415) 3930710. Barbara Boxer (D), 1700 Montgomery St., Suite 240, San Francisco, CA 94111; (510) 286-8537. Fax (202) 224-0454. Commentary Attention getting Regarding the search engine Yahoo on the Internet, in the section devoted to people in the news, was this disclosure: "Kim Kardashian goes without underwear." It did not specify if this was an occasional wardrobe malfunction or a new trend. I have seen her name before and she appears to be today's answer to Paris Hilton, but I never understood what either did that made them newsworthy. This is of course another example of "too much information." I would rather read of President Obama's insurance mandates. However, perhaps Yahoo is a better judge of how to capture viewer's attention. Sources say Katie Couric, longtime anchor woman with ABC television, is to become "global anchor" for Yahoo. Perhaps she will add a little class to the medium and tone down the tabloid aspects of same. And speaking of getting attention, it is said that the Board of Supervisor's meetings are often poorly attended. Do you suppose that if they spiced up their meetings with hair-brained ballot measures it would at least afford them photo ops in the DN and thereby increase public attendance? Well they have done just that. After another presentation by secession advocate M. Baird Tuesday, the Board voted, 4 to 1, to spend an estimated $12,360 to put the matter on the ballot to see if the voting public is just as nuts as their elected officials. Attention Shelter for the Homeless proponents: The Board apparently has a slush fund that is need of instant dispersal. But, if it's not too late, and cooler heads prevail to void the ballot measure, I suggest, to enliven Board meetings, they consider dispensing with reaffirming their allegiance to the flag in favor of some banjo plucking or perhaps an impromptu wrestling match between a Supervisor and a State of Jefferson advocate. *** Dates probably overlooked: November was National Impotency Month. From the 1st to the 7th was National Fig Week...and the 15th was designated National Bundt Pan Day, whatever that is, though some designator must have thought it important to observe. *** Stuck for that perfect gift for your favorite baseball filbert? Joe Konte's book about the Giants/Dodgers feud. "The Rivalry Heard 'round the World" is available at all one needs to do to qualify is to live long. Barnes and Noble Books in Redding. Where do I sign up to get in on some of the *** The world's population continues to esca- action? *** late, yet this potentially calamitous From the Sonora, Calievent gets little press. Why fornia Union Democrat: "A is that? China tried to stem reporting party states his the tide in 1979 by mandatgoat herd has been stolen. ing a one child per family It happened sometime policy. How did that work today. He said he should out you ask? Sources say have known something was that because of said policy, up because one of his 400 million fewer Chinese remaining goats kept lookwere born. Sounds like a ing at him funny, like good start to save the earth something was wrong." I from overpopulation. Howcan understand that. We ever, this draconian move Robert used to have goats and they has had unforeseen results. are very perceptive when In 2025 China will have something is amiss. Cermore adults over 64 than tainly more so than a cat, children under 15. So much for example. for the work force imbal*** ance. And a gender dispariLast week's quiz was once again not sucty has occurred. There are 18 million more boys than girls under the age of 15 in China. cessfully navigated, although S. Camp took So much for the next generation of guys get- me to task for an incomplete source for the ting lucky. 30 million men of marriageable saying "A penny for your thought" (it is sinage by 2020 may be unable to find a spouse! gular rather than plural). I sourced it as That will be a serious situation that may Proverbs when it should been Heywood, manifest itself in a variety of ways. Same Proverbs. Filling in the blanks of the saysex marriages may become the rage in ings, the correct versions are as follows: China, thus further limiting population "Give him an inch, he'll take an ell," Variety growth. And transgender operations may be is the very spice of life," Love of money is taken for granted in a country not previous- the root of all evil," "Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink" and "I only ly known for liberal concepts. I was being lulled to sleep regarding the regret that I have but one life to lose for my population explosion by assuming that the country." This week's quiz: What do you have in new liberal minded Pope was going to o.k. contraception and stem the people tide all by December that you don't have in any other himself. In the past, war, famine, pestilence month, what is the preferred pronunciation and earthquakes could be counted on to limit of the word "forte," and "Railroad crossing, the infant brigades. As such calamities are look out for the cars." Can you spell that overcome in our improving society, future without any r's? *** generations may have to take a number in A young cowboy walks into a liquor store order to find a place to sit. Ah well, too complicated for me. The and says, "I got a date for tonight. Give me missus and I had four little darlings. Our a 6 pack." The clerk asks, "You need a paper progeny are registering about 1.5. That's bag?" The cowboy answers, "Gosh no…she's plenty good lookin'!" progress isn't it? C'mon…I don't make up the jokes. *** And speaking of demographics, in the Robert Minch is a lifelong resident of Chico Enterprise Record I note that one J. Red Bluff, former columnist for the Corning Warwick (apparently no relation to my tennis doubles partner H. Warwick) has Daily Observer and Meat Industry become a "Certified Senior Advisor for an magazine and author of the "The Knocking insurance company. Sounds like a good job Pen." He can be reached at not requiring a lot of smarts. I would think rminchandmurray@hotmail.com. Minch I Say