Archive for: March, 2008

WINTER SOLDIER

by Letters to the Editor

WINTER SOLDIER

Dear AVA, I am appalled at the complete lack of mainstream corporate-media coverage of the 2008 Winter Soldier hearings (held last week in Maryland). These hearings contained important, powerful testimony from men and women who have served in Iraq. I encourage all Americans to listen to what these people have to say. They are speaking [...]

The Mall Man’s Dreams For Ukiah

by Mark Scaramella

The Mall Man’s Dreams For Ukiah

They can talk. They can do statistics. They’re really good at charts and drawings. They’re absolutely teriffic at green-speak. But what they’re best at, they say, is mythology. They say they have the facts, their critics merely grasp at the wispy tails of myths. Ohio-based Developers Diversified Realty Trust (DDR) delivered three impressively well-prepared presentations [...]

Inside The Hamburg Pot Bust

by Mark Scaramella

Inside The Hamburg Pot Bust

At a dramatic preliminary hearing for self-described marijuana activist Laura Hamburg last Thursday, retired Superior Court Judge James Luther threw out all the evidence the Sheriff’s Department obtained during the execution of a search warrant at the Hamburgs’ Boonville Road property. The basis of the October raid, Luther said, was obtained via an “intentional omission” [...]

Inside The Hamburg Pot Bust

by Mark Scaramella

Inside The Hamburg Pot Bust

At a dramatic preliminary hearing for self-described marijuana activist Laura Hamburg last Thursday, retired Superior Court Judge James Luther threw out all the evidence the Sheriff’s Department obtained during the execution of a search warrant at the Hamburgs’ Boonville Road property. The basis of the October raid, Luther said, was obtained via an “intentional omission” [...]

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