Joy Greenfield & The Russians
The New Cold War comes to Mendocino County.
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Hoyle & The Bulgos
by Bruce McEwen
The high profile bust featuring the Bulgarians of Covelo has devel oped an added angle — and more defendants.
Those Wild Pot Tax Revenue Guesses
How do you estimate the commercial value of Mendo Mellow? What do you count? Plants? Processed bud? It’s a bit like counting grains of sand on the beach.
Caught in the Crossfire
by Bruce McEwen
Everyone in a position to know says this is another banner year for the marijuana cultivation business, Mendocino County franchise. Sheriff Allman says simply, “It’s everywhere.” And it’s drawing people from everywhere. Last year law enforcement grabbed young people from Italy, Bulgaria, Israel, China, Spain, Russia, and, of course, Mexico who had come to Mendocino [...]
‘In the Kingdom of Mendocino Things Can Get Medieval’
Though there is no fury like a woman scorned, comparable emotions are engendered in Pot People when one of their own is taken down. Spurred on by what appears to have been a flurry of recent DEA-led raids in the County, Mendocino Medical Marijuana Advisory Board founder Pebbles Trippet called a meeting to discuss the [...]
O, Laytonville!
“Hey,” my nephew said, “that place you used to live is in the newspaper.” And so it was; in a lengthy SF Weekly piece about the mishmash of conflicting regulations and practices regarding marijuana and how they might be affected by this November’s statewide referendum on its legalization, my lovely old Laytonville loomed large. True [...]
The Greatest Story Never Told, Continued
by Fred Gardner
A San Francisco Chronicle reporter named Kevin Fagan called on Monday, July 12, to get some quotes. He explained his angle: NIDA and the prohibitionists cite studies showing that marijuana is harmful, while “the pot people” cite studies showing that it’s helpful. “And you’re going to provide a fair and balanced overview,” I said. Fagan [...]
July 21, 2010 | Posted in Marijuana | Read More »
They Got Teddy! Drop the Bong!
The news took less time to filter through the crowd of over 500 than the spark from a spliff filled with Bell Springs Blue Dream picked up by the cool afternoon breezes that meander through the coastal canyons of Mendocino County. The place: Area 101, about ten miles north of Laytonville on Highway 101. The [...]
New Pot Rules Create More Confusion
Mendocino County is taking another step towards legitimizing medical marijuana with new regulations for collectives. But federal law is getting in the way. Medical marijuana collectives can grow up to 99 plants per five-acre parcel through a new countywide permitting and zip-tie program. It’s an exemption to the county’s 25 medical marijuana plants per parcel [...]
A Couple of Real Doozies
by Bruce McEwen
Even by Trustafarian standards, Bess and James Sanderson had been living well in a $3 million dollar oceanview home near Mendocino but also drawing food stamps and other welfare benefits.
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