Why Bother?
Andrew Lewis Dishman and his many arrests.
March 11, 2010 | Posted in The Jaundiced Eye | Read More »
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Think Locally, Invest Locally
Not long ago the Ukiah Daily Journal ran an unsigned “In Our Opinion” column entitled “Back to the market we go.” The columnist advised readers that, although investing in the stock market involves risk, as demonstrated by the current downturn, “there may be some good deals out there for the smart buyer.”
The Journal criticized a [...]
March 4, 2010 | Posted in The Jaundiced Eye | Read More »
A Very Simple Proposal
The Groundswell following Dave Smith’s generous “Draft Scaramella for Supervisor” suggestion has been, ahem, less than underwhelming. Not one letter of support has been received for publication. And I think four, maybe five, people have indicated various degrees of lukewarm support to me personally. None of those five mentioned anything about my basic “platform” that [...]
Fake Pinot
The worldwide wine industry is abuzz with the recent conviction of a French wine combine which defrauded Gallo Wines by delivering at least 18 million bottles (the equivalent of 460 oil tanker loads) of “cheap French red table wine” (blended with with cheaper merlot and syrah grapes) and calling it “pinot noir” for “at least [...]
Illegal Junkers & Other Strange Charges
Three interesting charges have appeared in the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Bookings lately, all of which have prompted a bit of cyber-skepticism about why a person would be arrested on such charges.
Two people in recent months have been charged with “Use of offensive words,” which would appear to be a violation of the Constitution’s Free Speech [...]
February 16, 2010 | Posted in The Jaundiced Eye | Read More »
Great Moments in Public Deliberation
Mendocino County Board of Supervisors Meeting, February 2, 2010. Agenda Item: Approval of Minutes.
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Board Chair Carre Brown: I think the Clerk put 6c on the agenda, discussion. There was one item and I think Supervisor, uh, uh, Colfax alluded to the fact that it was only his choice that that was to be [...]
February 10, 2010 | Posted in The Jaundiced Eye | Read More »
Who Really Won The Murray Case?
Guest Commentary by Susan Rush, Manchester
There was no surprise, on my part, by the article which appeared in the Independent Coast Observer (ICO) by D. Glenn O’Hara on February 4, 2010, in which he states Point Arena Superintendent Mark Iacuaniello was “cleared” in the civil suit filed by former Point Arena Elementary Principal Matt Murray [...]
Mendo’s Major Industries
I thought I overheard the following discussion the other day outside the Ukiah Visitors Center. A man in a tailored suit who was driving a late model BMW was discussing his line of work with a friend of his who was in dirty work clothes and drove a white pickup. Let’s call them Mr. Beemer [...]
February 4, 2010 | Posted in The Jaundiced Eye | Read More »
Mendo Media
My uncle, the late 5th District Supervisor Joe Scaramella, was an avid reader all his life. He described the county’s media during his tour in office in the 50s and 60s as “mostly duplicative and wishy-washy.” But Uncle Joe conceded that despite its pale timidity, the Mendo media were influential: he always said that without [...]
Required Viewing for All Mendo Planners & Officials
James Howard Kunstler has become the gold standard for doom and gloom predictions. Kunstler may be one of the most entertainingly negative people in the Country about where the US is going and why. He’s a real expert on Peak Oil too. Although we’re not yet convinced of the specific numbers, obviously there’s only so [...]
January 21, 2010 | Posted in The Jaundiced Eye | Read More »
