Mendocino County District Attorney David Eyster said, “No comment” recently when he was asked if the investigation into the untimely and improbable death of Susan Keegan in November of 2010 was ongoing. Eyster’s terse refusal to discuss the status of the case seems to mean that Mrs. Keegan’s unlikely end is indeed a matter of [...]
Given the choice, I’d prefer the real Stalinism over the hippie version prevalent on the Northcoast, no better example of which was Monday night’s (April 2nd) Women’s Voices talk program on KZYX, itself, along with KMUD and KPFA on the subject of the Bari Bombing, heavy on neo-Stalinist conversation controls. Most of the locally generated [...]
Judi Knew Mike Bombed Her by Crawdad Nelson (Ed note: Darryl Cherney is in the news lately for a hagiographic, and thoroughly dishonest, film he’s made called ‘Who Bombed Judi Bari.’ Steve Talbot, who went on to produce the PBS Frontline series, made an honest film also called ‘Who Bombed Judi Bari?’ It is out [...]
We recently ran a letter by Willits citizens Donna Kerr and Bob Whitney, representing “Mendocino County Citizens For Responsible Transportation,” describing how misallocated transportation funds are being used for the Willits Bypass for “political” reasons rather than dealing with real traffic problems both in Willits and other congested areas of the state. (http://theava.com/archives/14533) Kerr and [...]
Back in May of 2010, not long after Supervisor Dan Hamburg first declared his intention of running for Supervisor, Hamburg supporter Michael Laybourne of Hopland wrote to us to explain why Hamburg should be elected. Mr. Laybourne wrote as if he had spoken to Hamburg and supported Hamburg because he agreed with certain aspects of [...]
At their meeting on January 24, the Supervisors “blended” Medicare ineligible retirees with the healthcare coverage of current employees. CEO Carmel Angelo had strongly recommended that the Board keep the retirees separate from current employees because adding these older employees “could be a risk to the county.” I.e., if these retirees increase the County’s healthcare [...]
To: The County of Mendocino, 501 Low Gap Road, Ukiah, California To whom it may concern: This letter is religious in nature. It concerns the City of Ten-Thousand Buddhas (CCTB) located in Talmage, California. Please forward this letter to the government in Talmage. I have reason to believe that the religious institution, The City of [...]
Agreeing that “reality has kicked in,” Kathy Bailey appeared before the Anderson Valley Community Services District’s Budget Committee last Wednesday to discuss the looming closure of Hendy Woods State Park, Anderson Valley’s premier tourist attraction. The “Hendy Woods Community,” Bailey said, has submitted a formal proposal to the State Parks Department to “provide volunteers, revenue [...]
Supervisor John McCowen wanted to discuss an item on the County’s never-gonna-happen “legislative priori ties” list for the upcoming year.
Hi, It was definitely stupid for me to mutter at the council meeting that the seven protest letters that we received were “not very compelling.” I absolutely own that. It was a comment that could only be correctly interpreted by someone who had seen the letters. So it is not surprising that I’m getting criticized. [...]
