Author: North Coast BBQ

Secondly here is a message from a California U S Representative Kevin Kiley about happenings in our country’s capitol. All things that are happening effect our lives very much regarding income, employment, livability
and just plain survivalbility.

I would also like to say that Governor Newsom may be running for president after practically ruining the state of California. Just so you know.

A Warning to America – from Kevin Kiley

On Wednesday, we voted in the Judiciary Committee to hold Hunter Biden in criminal contempt. That is a routine step for any witness who defies a Congressional subpoena. Yet in a wild scene, Hunter decided to show up and crash one of the hearings – before abruptly fleeing.

In their own cartoonish way, Hunter’s antics encapsulate the *growing lawlessness of this administration. For instance, Biden has baldly “re-nominated” his “Acting” Secretary of Labor Julie Su, who was rejected by the Senate last year yet has clung to power nonetheless.

Worse, with Congress having rejected his attempt to nationalize Newsom’s vile AB 5 law, Biden is simply imposing the policy on America by Executive Decree. This week, he announced an “Independent Contractor” rule that takes a sledgehammer to the American workforce.

On the House Floor, I read a list of all 600 professions that have been decimated by Newsom’s law in California. I also outlined every possible tool I am using to block Biden’s decree, including fast-track legislation to nullify it and language in the Appropriations bill to de-fund it.

Meanwhile, in a deposition on Capitol Hill, Anthony Fauci said “I don’t recall” over 100 times and admitted the “6 feet apart” COVID rule was not based on data but “just sort of appeared.” Turns out “following the science” meant making things up.

And Newsom rolled out his budget, falsely claiming the $68 billion deficit is “only” $38 billion (the nonpartisan LAO says otherwise). Particularly revealing: Newsom is cutting support for foster kids as he insists on providing free healthcare to everyone in California illegally.

It has never been so clear. Newsom’s California is the furthest thing from a “model for the nation.” It is a warning to the nation.

* growing lawlessness may describe the previous, the existing and further administrations of our country and citizens really need to get involved and pay attention.

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Winter Storm Watch for our area. In a weather briefing today, the NWS-Portland stated that the coast and coast range have a good probability of light snow and freezing rain. Freezing rain is a very dangerous condition where utility and emergency response is delayed and extremely dangerous to responders.

Click the following link to read the full article:
mailchi.mp/evcnb.org/evcnb-ebrief-nehalem-bay-coastal-weather-warning-jan-11-2024?e=1ab4a262e0

Are You Winter Storm Ready?

With the predicted weather system moving in to our area, we could be without electricity and cell service.

Click the following link to read our article with tips to be prepared for the winter season:
evcnb.org/news-updates/are-you-winter-storm-ready-12042023

We were told that we would be getting a new City Hall and Police facility that “can accommodate 10 years of growth”‘. Our Officers will now be placed in a building that does not even provide enough space for their existing nor immediate needs let alone for needs 10 years from now.

What happened to the need to combine City Hall and the Police Department into one building for administrative and operational efficiency? A separate City Hall and Police buildings as has now been approved by the Planning Commission was an alternative concept proposed to the Council this past June as a more cost effective building option.

Under this manufactured building design, our Police Department would have had their own 2,232 sq. ft building and City Hall would have had 4,080 sq. ft. of meeting and office space. Both buildings were designed with solar capabilities and their price included all of the pre-wiring to accept solar roof panels. In addition, this option would have allowed the City to repair and remodel and use the Quonset Hut for a wide variety of community uses as well as emergency shelter and storage to be paid with money already available in the City’s Tourism Promotion and Facilities Fund.

This option would have saved approximately $2 – 2.5 million in total project costs, eliminated hundreds of thousands of dollars in consultant fees, completed construction earlier and lessened the amount of City debt for the construction loan. Even though citizens made clear that cost was their number one priority for this project, the Council declined to even consider this new build option.

The Police building is now designated as our Emergency Operation Center (EOC). In the event of a disaster where electrical power is lost, an EOC requires a source of power generation to function. This typically is provided by a permanently installed standby generator that is housed outside of or within the EOC. The plans submitted to the Planning Commission show neither.

The EVC claimed that they needed a dedicated space to serve as a command center for their volunteers in the event of a disaster. The EVC command center must be in the Police Building, but it does not show on the submitted plans.

For years now, the City has selected which of its consultant’s recommendations it would follow just as long as they were on the new build team of the Council’s choice. When City officials and their representatives thought it was expedient to make a commitment or offer a concept that they thought would gain public support for their desired new build option, it would do so.

The expensive consultant driven team presentations on this project are big on style but have fallen short on substance. How about just providing factual information, telling us what we are going to get and then following through on what we are told.

Randy Kugler