By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – October 27, 2021 Clearly there is a pattern that is emerging in the United States that has found its way into Del Norte County and even into the city limits of Crescent City. What is it one might ask, and the answer will be found in the recent broadcast of a letter penned by Karen Harner, lauding Governor Newsom's efforts to keep her and 73 others of Crescent City's finest residents safe from the City's elected miscreants. A letter really? It seems that Ms. Harner is the proud owner of a Facebook Group that agrees with Hair Gel and Dr. Stutz that health and safety restrictions shouldn't be relaxed. Apparently Ms. Harner's activism doesn't extend much beyond her Facebook group or otherwise she would have been privy to the Public Health Officer's latest report to the County's Board of Supervisors that restrictions are to remain in place for the foreseeable future. Maybe none of her 7,000 followers took the time to clue her in with a post. As to Harner's letter, it would appear that 73 others who follow her Blog also didn't tune into Tuesday's Board meeting either. Crescent City after all is within the borders of Del Norte County, just saying. Apparently Ms. Harner is unacquainted with the well know fact that Sacramento and even our illustrious State representatives pay little heed to "letters" from insignificant places like "Crescent City". Letters like the one from the City's Council are more likely to be found in Sacramento's black hole with the other letters that don't bow down to the State's narrative. Ms. Harner, you may rest assured and return to the "pen" with the County's Supervisors, you have earned your virtue signaling stripes. While it is rather boorish of this article to make light of Ms. Harners "Great Expectations", it is interesting to note that Ms. Harner objects to being placed in the City's "one size fits all basket", yet doesn't appear at all troubled by the greater state sized basket of one size fits all mandates. She no doubt will refer to the tired argument that every one is expected to place their life on hold and look after her health a la China's recent experiences. Unfortunately, and this is for Ms. Harner and the 73 other signers, there is no evidence, at least scientifically, that the restrictions have actually done anything to mitigate the spread of the virus despite claims to the contrary. Similarly there have been no long term studies that confirm that vaccines are safe and effective. We will all have to wait on that one. This article is not meant to dissuade Ms. Harner from her "Karen waanabe" efforts, far be it for this writer to pour cold water on any person's right to be recognized. It just seems that the conflicts alone in Ms. Harner virtue signaling is enough to make one pause in actually following through with posting such questionable word salad. Seems that she hasn't made much of a effort to research and listen before taking pen to paper. Vacuum chambers abound on both sides of the aisle.