Back in May of 2010, not long after Supervisor Dan Hamburg first declared his intention of running for Supervisor, Hamburg supporter Michael Laybourne of Hopland wrote to us to explain why Hamburg should be elected. Mr. Laybourne wrote as if he had spoken to Hamburg and supported Hamburg because he agreed with certain aspects of [...]
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COUNTY COUNSEL Nadel announced late Monday that the County employees bumblingly represented by SEIU have voted in favor of the proposed Tentative Agreement as have the Supervisors: A 10% permanent general wage reduction effective the first full pay period after formal approval by the Board; A labor management committee which will meet the second Thursday [...]
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THE AVA SUFFERED a major fubar last week when at least faulty 300 papers were distributed. If you got one with duplicate pages, please call or e-mail us and we’ll send you a replacement copy.Subscribe now to access our entire site—only $25 for 1 year. Rather pay with a check? No problem— e-mail and let [...]
SUPERVISOR MCCOWEN has been elected Board chairman, Supervisor Hamburg, vice chair at the Board’s first meeting of the year last week. The vote was a unanimous 5-0. A Lilliputian squabble occurred last year over whether McCowen or Hamburg should be Vice Chair. This year, a larger dispute arose when the Board considered McCowen’s recommendations for special assignments. Kendall Smith, who [...]
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LIVING PROOF of the old adage “You can’t keep a good man down,” the good man we’re talking about here is Vern Piver, the true mayor of Fort Bragg no matter who happens to be sitting in the mayor’s chair. Subscribe now to access our entire site—only $25 for 1 year. Rather pay with a [...]
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This Week: SEIU shelves deal with county; Norman Solomon in Ukiah; The Pelosi Brigade & KPFA; and much more
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THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS (AOC) — front group for the state’s pampered judges — has reversed the order for its two preferred sites for the new Ukiah courthouse, putting the railroad depot parcel off West Perkins ahead of the obviously unworkable “library site” on Main Street. Please again note that the new Courthouse [...]
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This Week: the sherrif’s fancy new computer system; pot cops & pot prices; sniveling for Affinito; and much more
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SMARTMETER OFF Editor, Recently PG&E initiated two versions of Robo calls to PG&E users, who either do not have a SmartMeter yet or on the SmartMeter Delay list. In the former situation, Willits folks received a call if they did not have a SmartMeter that threatened power interruption if a new Smartmeter was not installed. [...]
Louise “Wheezer” Gonyo was recently elected president of SEIU Local 1021. Gonyo is assumed to be one of the SEIU hardliners who claim the County is insisting on wage concessions simply to break the union, not to balance the budget. The SEIU rank and file are being told that the County would settle for nothing [...]
