by Bruce McEwen
You could call them the Courthouse Players. Their repertory changes every day and fresh talent? An annual cast of thousands! The Mendocino County Courthouse stages new dramas every working day, but some weeks the material is pretty thin, and last week was one of those thin weeks. All the other local journalists — the cub [...]
by The AVA
This week: Cockburn comes to Fort Bragg, Risk Management goes broke, advice for Sunkett and much more…
by The AVA
This week: Mendo’s House of Horrors, Allman on KMUD, Gingrich’s socialist fantasies and much more…
Hullo Freda, Thank you for your opinion piece in the “AVA” about the lack of responsible reporting by the “Fort Bragg Advocate News” especially in coverage of Aaron Vargas. I’m sure I don’t have to tell you the corporate-owned, corporate-friendly print and electronic media has an OBLIGATION to inform—as fairly as possible—its readers/audience. A major [...]
My name is Susan and I live in a small Iowa town. Not much happens here, and for the most part, I live in a safe quiet community. A wonderful place to raise a family. However, like anywhere, we have our own share of hidden secrets. That is why I am writing you this letter. [...]
This is in response to a post on your Facebook page in regards to the Aaron Vargas case. There are quotes like “If Aaron is allowed to go free, get counseling, and do community service by dedicating his life to educating our public safety officers and the general public, he will have well served his term” [...]
by Freda Moon
Aaron Vargas pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter Tuesday afternoon for the February ’09 killing of Darrell McNeill.
I don’t know if Aaron Vargas, the Fort Bragg man who was scheduled to go on trial this month for killing his longtime sexual abuser, is by baptism a Roman Catholic. But I suspect during his lifetime he encountered the same icy indifference of those in authority not unlike that being offered up by Catholic [...]
by The AVA
This week: deVall & the 5th District Supes race, the Rural Legal Club, Mendo Branch, Tichinin’s “Day of Action” and much more…
AN ATHEIST’S REPLY Editor: I always enjoy reading the letters of Lee Simon from Far’N’Away Farm in Virginia. His letter in the February 24 AVA was on the mark. His criticism of religion in general, and the Catholic Church in particular, echoed my comments in a series of e-mails I recently exchanged with my friend [...]
