Monday, September 3, 2018

Liz Writes Life 9-4-18


Sept. 4, 2018

Liz writes Life

Finicum

Jeanette Finicum will be back in Siskiyou County on Sept. 11, 2018. She is speaking at the Siskiyou Co. Republican Women’s luncheon about the wrongful death lawsuit of her husband, LaVoy Finicum. The meeting starts at 11 a.m. at the Miner’s Inn Convention Center in Yreka. Dave and Kathy Tyler are cooking Cornish game hens, wild rice, veggies, fruit and zucchini bread muffins. Jackie Twilliger will create more of her beautiful desserts. Cost is $12. To reserve your seat, call Annie Ohlund at 530-351-8693 or Marellen Baird at 530-842-7260.

Jeanette spoke to over 200 supporters in May 2017 at the Miner’s Inn Convention Center. It was a packed-house as we listened to Jeanette tell us why LaVoy joined the Bundys at the April 2014 stand-off and the Malheur Refuge occupation in January 2016. Video released by FBI, shows a road block by FBI and Oregon State Police in Eastern Oregon on July 26, 2016. LaVoy exits the vehicle, which had shots fired into it, and was shot three times by OSP officers and died.

I am looking forward to this update. Since, Jeanette was last here, the Bundys were exonerated in both their trials. Also, Dwight and Steven Hammond were pardoned from their second prison terms (after serving two and a half years) by President Donald Trump. Two months ago, Jeanette sat through an FBI agent’s trial for lying and not providing correct information about several of his shots. The jury did not find him guilty, but more information came to light. So, a lot of information has been revealed through the trials and the bias by the federal prosecutors and agencies has been exposed. Hopefully, it will help Jeanette.

Flixx Fest

The 2018 Jefferson State Flixx Festival will be here before we know it as it runs Sept. 20 - 23. Films will be shown at The REC in Fort Jones and Avery Theater in Etna. Activities will also be held at the Denny Bar Company in Etna and California Heritage Farms outside of Fort Jones. Call The REC at 530-468-2888 to get your tickets. Looks like there are lots of films to choose from and they also have package deals.

Correction

Ok, ok, I got it wrong last week. One article I looked at -- before writing my column -- claimed that Canada was about to make a trade agreement with the U.S., which it still is! But it was Mexico that actually made the agreement with the U.S. over trade last week. I was referring to the February 1888 Demorest’s Magazine article regarding commercial trade with Canada and, apparently, the pros and cons are still a problem 130 years later.

Garden

I am getting more ripe tomatoes and have friends that are canning theirs. Other friends have canned home-grown peaches, plums and are now doing pears from Oregon. Yep, it is harvest time. Oh, about the aphids on the lemon cucumber plant. I think the coffee grounds really did help ward-off the little black buggers. There are fewer leaves that are under attack even though around six to 10 leaves are still curling-up from the aphids. So, I don’t know if it was the aphids or the ants that don’t like the coffee grounds. I do know earwigs don’t like coffee grounds. Hum, I’ll need to remember this off-the-cuff remedy.

Jefferson

Mark Baird, spokesman for the State of Jefferson movement, explained the status of the Citizens For Fair Representation lawsuit at the Scott Valley Protect Our Water meeting last Thursday. It has been working its way through the court system, which is extremely slow. But, something really interesting has happened. CFFR has reached a point that by filing for a writ of mandamus, the U.S. Supreme Court will be discussing the brief. This is a discussion not a decision on it. The result should be to move forward and actually make a decision or not or remand it back to a lower court. (I think I have this correct.)

Because this is quite confusing to me, Mark gave me his notes citing the two specific discussions the CFFR is presenting to the Supreme Court of the U.S. 
Here they are:

1.    In a case challenging the constitutionality of the apportionment of leg. Districts, may a district judge, sitting alone, decide a motion to dismiss for lack of standing, or rather does this court’s unanimous opinion in Shapiro v Mc 1365 CT 450 (2015) require that that motion be decided by a three judge court pursuant to 28USC 2284(a)?

2.    May the chief circuit judge interfere with a district judge’s exercise of responsibility pursuant to 28USC 228(6)(1) by instructing the district judge to withdraw the notice issued pursuant to that section and decide motion to dismiss as a single judge district court?

The CFFR has been working to be heard in a three judge court and hopes the discussion by SCOTUS on these two specific questions will get them there.

Fires

Erin Ryan, staff for Congressman Doug LaMalfa, gave us more info from the congressman’s meeting with Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke and Secretary of Ag. Sonny Perdue during the tragic early days of the Carr Fire. Both secretaries were shocked at the severity of the fires.

It was brought to Sec. Zinke’s attention that PG&E was not able to replace the many power poles that had burned. Apparently, more poles and infrastructure burned in the Carr fire than in last fall’s Santa Rosa fires. The National Park Service was trying to make PG&E dig the giant pole holes by hand, because archeology studies and other environmental studies first needed to be accomplished. Yep, that is outrageous. But, not to be out-done, the USF&W demanded spotted owl studies prior to hole-digging. Yep, it would be nice to know how many owls burned up in the fires!

PG&E complained to LaMalfa’s staff that the National Park Service and USF&W wouldn’t let them replace poles. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of people were without electricity. LaMalfa related the frustration to Zinke who looked at the two lead federal agency officials (they were at the outdoor Carr Fire meeting) and insinuated the poles needed to be replaced -- immediately. There are legit Emergency Exemptions regarding environmental and other policies during drastic circumstances such as the Carr Fire. The really sad part is that the agency officials knew about the Emergency Exemptions and decided to delay and add red tape. This is ridiculous, just over-the-top obstructionist attitudes. So, good for LaMalfa and super good for Zinke!

There will be more next week from the Protect Our Water meeting.

Liz Bowen began writing ranch and farm news, published in newspapers, in 1976. She is a native of Siskiyou County and lives near Callahan. Call her at 530-467-3515. Check out her blog at: LizWritesLife.blogspot.com
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