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Posts published in “Day: December 20, 2017

Letters (Dec. 20, 2017)

At a recent hearing with Supervisors Hamburg and McCowen, the proposed changes to our Class K ordinance were discussed and members of the public were allowed to comment. The supervisors have been gathering information to support or challenge the changes. Out of approximately 12 speakers, only one was for the changes (North Coast Builders Exchange). The rest argued for the continued use of Class K, unaltered. The changes proposed would basically gut the ordinance, requiring many of the code requirements which make building a home so expensive today.

The Goat Island Mystery

At one time early in the twentieth century Fort Bragg, California, was home to three dozen whore houses at the same time. The most unusual…

Bird’s Eye View (Dec. 20, 2017)

It’s the holiday season and the end of yet another year just around the corner. What happened to 2017? It was just beginning and now…

Shelter: A Perspective

“Human beings are the only species on the planet who have inflicted on their own species the need to buy, rent, or beg for their…

My Life As A Cat Named Chowder

I was working as assistant chowdermaster in Mendocino County's worst seafood restaurant, which shall of course remain nameless. I have no desire to interfere with…

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017

Branding FB;
Frog March;
Unresponsive;
Ambulance Skimming;
Figs;
SuperRisers;
Candidate Elizondo;
Ed Notes;
Little Dog;
Shelter Opens;
Holiday Plans;
Joyful;
Farm Report;
Aliens;
Yesterday's Catch;
Fox Sex;
Trumpersticker;
Ojai Ring;
Corktop Legislation;
Another Bubble;
Mesa;
Sales Job;
Fire Recovery;
Russia Probe;
Pissednecks;
Craig Taxed

My Father’s One-Liners

Several things my father said repeatedly occur to me. The first piece of useful information I recall him passing along, was "Hold your sleeves" when…

Measure B: Here We Go Again

Properly sensing that some members of the public (and the AVA) are skeptical about spending tens of thousands of dollars for a professional “needs assessment,”…

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