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 [...]
Matt Finnegan talks about why he’s running for district attorney, why he’d make pot trimmers felons and his dismissal from the DA’s office.
Mendo Central, Ukiah, is broke and getting broker faster than previously thought. Revenues are drying up, costs increasing, an untenable situation getting less tenable by the month.
by Tim Stelloh
Volume is the first thing you notice about Joe Munson: He doesn’t seem to have much control over it. The hearing aids stuffed in his ears are next. They’re the result of being an alcoholic. More specifically, they’re the result of going on a bender in Pontiac, Illinois, of talking shit to a very large man, of receiving an asskicking so severe his jaw broke in three places and his hearing vanished.
It’s getting harder and harder to keep up with The Great Unraveling, Mendo Branch.
Nobody in authority in Mendocino County has any idea what to do about the ever more grim fiscal news.
by Daniel Mintz
A study by a statewide group of public works officials ventures a startling prediction — California’s local street and road system will collapse without better funding.
Irv Sutley was ten years old when he first took on God.
It was 1955, and Sutley was in the fifth grade at Park Elementary School, Mill Valley.
Reader Michael Laybourn of Hopland recently asked: “Given the state of the county budget, what would you suggest to fix it other than layoffs of safety personnel?”
First, the County should eliminate all management bargaining units. It’s an oxymoron for management to glom together as a pseudo-union and claim some kind of bargaining rights. All managers [...]
The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors heard from the County’s shelter administrators last Tuesday. Being intimately familiar with outdoor living, Mr. McEwen is co-authoring this report.
The only person at the meeting who had anything close to a practical grasp of this county’s unsheltered was Lisa Hillegas, Legal Services attorney. She has successfully sued the County [...]
by Hank Sims
The North Coast Railroad Authority, the public agency that controls the long-dormant train tracks between Humboldt County and the Bay Area, is on the verge of running out of cash. It’s been 12 years since any trains have made the trip from the city up to our area, and though it looks as if freight service [...]
