Mendocino County Today: Saturday, Nov 28, 2015

By AVA News Service on November 28, 2015

Cold & Waves
Catholic Jocks
Blood Drive
Scam Timeline
Acidic Crabs
MRC's Greenstamp
Measure U
Lovers Lane
Rainfall Collection
Yesterday's Catch
Ideological Purity
Woodrow Wilson
You're No Good
Holiday Open House
Geoengineering
Regime-Change Wars
Noyo Mural
So Young

FRIGID TEMPERATURES may cause localized icy spots on area roadways this morning. Additional below-freezing temperatures are expected overnight tonight as well.

LONG PERIOD SWELL will arrive at NW California beaches Sunday morning causing a moderate sneaker wave risk. Long period waves will cause larger breakers to arrive in sets with lulls of several minutes between sets.

--National Weather Service

INTERVIEWED by Marin County sports writers in the wake of Fort Bragg's 49-0 playoff loss to Marin Catholic, Fort Bragg coach Roy Perkins said, “Our section talks about competitive equity, but was there competitive equity today? We were 11-0 in the playoffs and became cannon fodder. It's a travesty. This is a violent sport and our system is broken. There has to be a better way.”

THAT BETTER WAY would be to put all the Catholic schools in their own Bay Area league, and that league should include Cardinal Newman of Santa Rosa. The CIF has been controlled by oafs and idiots for years. They perpetuate the annual high school football imbalance. For years, Marin Catholic has beat up on all the Marin County high schools, and all the while claiming they don't recruit athletes, the kind of cosmic lie that few people even try to refute anymore since it's at least fifty years old and the practice continues.

THE UPSHOT this season of the ongoing travesty? Marin Catholic will almost certainly meet Cardinal Newman for NorCal Division IV championship at Rancho Cotati High School in Rohnert Park on December 5th or 6th, and who cares?

THE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS of the LA area have their own league. Some of those schools have 300 or so students a hundred of whom just happen to be talented athletes. It continues to surprise me that the supine public schools of Marin County allow Marin Catholic to play football in the Marin County League. Basketball? The public schools can hold their own and often do, although the rich kid private schools have been recruiting for years now and often mop up the public schools.

YOU CAN SEE several powerhouse private school basketball teams at next week's Boonville Redwood Classic tourney. They get their jollies by driving up to Boonville from places like Branson to wipe out Laytonville 95-3, proving absolutely nothing except that lots of people in Jock World get their kicks winning 100 to zip.

THE BLOOD CENTERS OF THE PACIFIC are working with Lake, Sonoma and Mendocino county fire departments for a tenth annual blood drive. Last year, some 600 people donated more than 500 pints of blood for patients confined to Northern California hospitals. Geyserville Fire Protection District won first place with 61 people giving generously of their precious life substance. Look for a donor center near you.

ANATOMY OF A SCAM

by Judy Valadao

(Ed Note: Linda Ruffing is Fort Bragg City Manager. Jennifer Owen is Fort Bragg’s “Community Development Director.” Dave Turner is Mayor of Fort Bragg. Realtor Scott Dietz is a Fort Bragg City Councilman. Carine is the family that owned the Old Coast Hotel and sold it to the City of Fort Bragg for way under market value plus a substantial tax credit via an over-appraised market value appraisal. Gary and Lynelle Johnson are members of the Mendocino Coast Hospitality Center board of directors.

This was a DONE DEAL from the beginning and now it seems dirty politics have come in to play. Regarding purchase of The Old Coast Hotel:

November 12, 2014 — Jennifer Owen emails Linda Ruffing telling her Mendocino Coast Hospitality Center (Anna Shaw and perhaps Gary and Lynelle Johnson and perhaps another board member)  would like to meet with her and Council ASAP so they can lock in negotiations and have reasonable assurance they will have the City’s support of the location.

November 13, 2014 — Linda Ruffing emails Dave Turner and Scott Deitz asking them to give her a time and date when they can meet regarding the purchase of The Old Coast Hotel by Mendocino Coast Hospitality Center.

November 13, 2014 — Dave Turner emails Linda Ruffing saying Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. works for him and he believes it works for Deitz as well.

November 13, 2014 — Linda Ruffing emails Scott Deitz asking if Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. works for him to meet with Mendocino Coast Hospitality Center, Turner and herself.

November 24, 2014 — Linda Ruffing emails Jennifer Owen and Marie Jones telling them Turner has given 100% support of it.

December 1, 2014 — Jennifer Owen emails Linda Ruffing saying this is amazing the Carine’s have accepted The Old Coast Hotel deal. Looks like CDBG will require a new public hearing and  resolution with the new specific address. Once the New Hope Project (Hospitality Center at Old Coast Hotel) resolution as well as supplemental activities resolution are  adopted we can finally get a grant agreement.

December 1, 2014 — Linda Ruffing emails Jennifer Owen saying that’s good news but it worries her about the 30 day escrow period and asks how soon they can get the CDBG approval.  Then asks: if they have commissioned an appraisal.

December 1, 2014 — Jennifer Owen emails Linda Ruffing saying the timeline is tight but they won’t enter escrow until special conditions are cleared then there aren’t many steps to close escrow.  The seller (Carine) wants an appraisal to maximize their donation (we just need an amount greater than the Mendocino Coast Hospitality Center cash price.  I’m a little concerned about the March 15^th exercise date since that will require that we have the grant agreement by late January but I’m reasonably sure the  Carine’s will work with us if we are slightly delayed.

December 31, 2014 — Many letters are written in support of The Old Coast Hotel deal. (By the way the public has not been notified about this yet).  A legal announcement comes out in the Advocate News stating the location as 101 South Franklin St. (not the real location of 101 North Franklin St.)

January 8, 2015 — An article in the Advocate News comes out telling of the probable purchase of The Old Coast Hotel. (This is the first the public is aware of it)  Letter’s dated December 31, 2014 are on the City’s website from as far away as Arcata and Yuba City, again dated in December while the community was not aware of the purchase.

January 12, 2015 — City Council meeting regarding the deal. Christina Affinito (owner of the Affinito buildling which formerly held Fort Bragg’s Social Services offices) told the Council that the old social service building was not looked at by Mendocino Coast Hospitality Center.  It had been stated that in fact it had been looked at when it had not. Scott Deitz commented that he voted yes because more letters were submitted in favor of the location  and a few more speakers were in favor of the location. (Keep in mind, the public had only known about this for four days and most the letters in support were written in December  well before the public knew about it. I for one find that a little strange).

January 26, 2015 — The Council was given a petition with over 1,200 signatures opposed to the location. They refused to listen, even though Deitz had voted because of a  handful of letters written well before the public was notified. These 1,200 signatures were obtained in 10 days and not even taken into consideration.  After this, an additional 469 signatures were turned over to the Council making the total number opposed to over 1,600. Still no one listened.

February 9, 2015 — Council meeting was moved to Old Recreation Center because of power outage. Hammerstrom was angry because public comment was made before  he wanted it to happen so said he was ill and excused himself from the meeting.

May 26, 2015 — Dave Turner served with Recall papers.

The rest should be reasonably fresh in people’s minds. The recall papers were filed and returned by the City because the wording wasn’t correct in their opinion.  A second recall petition was written and the signatures needed were collected and the paperwork approved. A lawsuit was filed and an initiative was being written so the recall was temporarily called off until the other issues were settled. The petition for the initiative as turned in to the Clerk and according to them was one-fourth of a person short so it was rounded up to a whole person making  the petition short by 1 person.

On July 27, 2015 Charles Brandenburg informed the City that the needed signatures would once more be gathered and the  petition resubmitted. (Keep the date of July 27, 2015 in mind for later in this timeline)

At the August 24, 2015 City Council meeting. Scott Menzies [proprietor of the Perfect Circle Tai Chi studio] is the first to use the word bigotry.

November 9, 2015 — City announced more than enough signatures on the petition for the initiative. Agreed to put it on the June ballot.

November 23, 2015 — City Council has on the agenda an argument against the initiative written by the so called Go Fort Bragg group (a local spin off of the  Dave Turner I Love Fort Bragg group). After a lot of questions from Mike Cimolino and lots of back and forth talk it was brought to the attention of the  Council (by accident) that in fact the wording had not been submitted to the Clerk nor did it have any signatures on it. What then was it doing on the agenda?  Lindy Peters asked that question and didn’t get an answer and did not pursue it. As I understand it the City Manager does in fact have the power to put  something on the agenda. My question is; The people in favor of the initiative had to write their argument in favor of and get the correct signatures and  turn it in to the Clerk. Why were the rules not the same with the group against the initiative?

At the same November 23, 2015 meeting Annie Liner informed the Council that the Children’s Fund would be affected by the initiative because they are located in the Central Business District.

This brings us to today with these questions: Why did Lindy Peters and Dave Turner go to the Veterans meeting and ask the Veterans to vote no on the  initiative knowing full well the Vets are served not in but out of the Central Business District? Also knowing full well how all of us feel about our Vets  and want to do as much as possible for them. This was a low blow to the Vets in the opinion of many and thankfully one spoke up and told the two that  the Veteran’s were not a political organization and that was the end of Turner and Peters presentation.

Now back to the date of July 27, 2015 when Charles Brandenburg told the City Council that a new petition would be started and the proper number  of signatures gathered for the initiative would be turned in to the Clerk. Why would any organization knowing this choose to be located in the heart  of the Central Business District? Could it be because the organization is one that serves children? Could it be because it is an organization that is  near and dear to many of us? Yes, of course that is why. This would really raise hell with the initiative wouldn’t it? If passed they would have to move?  No, in fact they can stay right there in that spot or move and expand all they want. Don’t be fooled for a moment. They are not a Social Service organization they are in fact a Charity.

THINGS DON'T LOOK GOOD FOR FORT BRAGG CRABBING — Domoic Acid In Crabs Shoots Up From 0% To 66% Off Fort Bragg

MSP just took a look at the latest "domoic acid levels" in crabs taken off Fort Bragg and found the level shot up to 66% on Monday, November 23 from 0% from the sampling taken Friday, October 30.

Here's a link for more information: https://cdfwmarine.wordpress.com/…/domoic-acid-testing-111…/

(Courtesy, MendocinoSportsPlus)

MRC GETS GREEN STAMP (reported for the second time)

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/4793863-181/mendocino-redwood-company-recertified-as

FORT BRAGG CITY COUNCIL MEETING

by Malcolm Macdonald

The initiative to ban social service organizations, retroactive to January 1, 2015, in Fort Bragg's Central Business District will be entitled Measure U on the June, 2016 ballot. The Fort Bragg City Council has already stated, by a 5-0 vote, that it stands against the measure. The City Council (CC) meeting of November 9^th ended with the CC deciding not to write their own argument against Measure U for use on the official June ballot, but leaving open the option that they, as a body, might sign on to such an argument if one was offered up before the November 23^rd CC meeting. The deadline for any arguments, for or against, Measure U, was 5 pm Wednesday, November 25th.

So we move to the Nov. 23^rd meeting itself. The first item under “Conduct of Business” was just that, whether or not the City Council would sign onto an argument against Measure U authored by a group calling itself Go Fort Bragg. Go Fort Bragg's argument against Measure U reads as follows:

“Vote NO on the Measure to Ban Social Services in the Central Business District. All five City Council members agree: This measure is a bad idea.

The City Attorney has said it could be challenged as discriminatory and unlawful under State and Federal laws and that the retro-activity provision would likely be subject to challenge.

This measure is discriminatory, unenforceable and unjust. It threatens the civil rights of everyone who uses social services, which includes veterans, seniors, and children.

It will expose the City to very costly litigation. It will waste your taxpayer dollars fighting lawsuits. It will be deemed illegal and unenforceable.

Fort Bragg has a proud history of helping those in need - let's keep it that way. Show your support for organizations like Project Sanctuary, Art Explorers, Parents and Friends, The Food Bank, Hospitality Center, Mendocino Coast Children's Fund, and Habitat for Humanity by rejecting this measure.

We ask you to join us in voting NO on the Measure to Ban Social Services in the Central Business District.”

After City Manager Linda Ruffing outlined what had previously transpired, Councilman Scott Deitz asked if any other arguments, pro or con, had been received. The City Clerk, off microphone, appeared to answer that the Go Fort Bragg argument had been the only one submitted to that date.

Councilman Mike Cimolino said he had received a large number of phone calls asking how the Go Fort Bragg argument got on the agenda so quickly. Ruffing replied that the Go Fort Bragg group submitted their letter before the agenda went out (in the prior week) and because the item needed to be voted on before the Nov. 25^th deadline, the Go Fort Bragg argument was placed on the agenda. Readers should be apprised that one of Fort Bragg Mayor Dave Turner's adult daughters is a prominent member of the Go Fort Bragg group.

Councilman Cimolino pressed the matter further with at least two more questions directed toward Ruffing, one which indicated he did not know how something gets placed on the CC agenda and another query, “Did the whole staff recommend that they wanted us to take a look at this again?”

Ruffing answered in the negative. A few moments later, Vice Mayor Lindy Peters outlined what had happened at the November 9th meeting and concluded with, "I think the process was followed fairly clearly from Council direction." Looking at Ruffing, Peters continued, "I'm not trying to defend you, but I'm trying to answer Mike's (Cimolino) questions with what actually took place at that meeting."

Peters glanced at Cimolino then back toward Ruffing. "We (the City Council) gave you that direction rather than you giving us direction. That is what I wanted to make clear."

This was a direct refutation of one of the main claims of the die hard folks who opposed the use of the Old Coast Hotel as a mental health services center and a five room, ten bed transitional housing facility. Many of these people believe that City Manager Ruffing controls just about every aspect of city government including the City Council itself. Peters' statement flew in the face of this belief, doubly so because a goodly number of the Ruffing-haters lauded the election of Peters and Cimolino a year ago as two councilmen who would refuse to do Ruffing's bidding.

Public comment on the issue ensued with several people in favor of the Council writing their own statement against Measure U while others just asked the CC to sign on to the Go Fort Bragg argument against the measure. Some of these opinions came from people involved with other social service organizations within Fort Bragg's CBD that might be impacted. Some of the usual Mendo Libs expressed similar thoughts.

Perhaps the most interesting of the public speakers was Charles Brandenburg who has at times spoken out vehemently against the Old Coast Hotel project. On this night he chastised the City for not giving the general public more time to consider the prospect of mental health services in the Old Coast Hotel, but Brandenburg also stated that he could not vote for Measure U due to its impact on other organizations.

Then the cracker barrel jester of Fort Bragg public meetings, Rex Gressett, stepped to the podium. He sarcastically directed the Council to vote for signing on to the argument against Measure U, but added, "I know there are at least two councilmen who are not going to."

Gressett went on to declare that Fort Bragg City Attorney Samantha Zutler ought to be held accountable for her actions by the State Bar. As for Go Fort Bragg, Gressett stated that they only represent a small, yet vocal, minority of the populace in Fort Bragg. Gressett worked himself up to what he does best, rant. In his wound up state Rex's voice rose as he stated, "We don't have a democracy here[Fort Bragg], we have a political machine, and a political machine does not like elections, but we are going to have one anyway, and the people of the city are gonna tell you what to do with that hotel [Old Coast Hotel that is now run by the Mendocino Coast Hospitality Center]. You can't take some outrageous organization like Hostility House that grinds the faces of the poor into the dirt, takes every single penny, four million dollars from CDBG [Community Development Block Grants]... and they got every penny of it... You used to be able to get a meal five days a week in Fort Bragg, but now if you don't go to Hostility House [Hospitality House, the flagship enterprise of Mendocino Coast Hospitality Center] you don't eat. They run a racket. And that racket has co-opted our City Council, has co-opted our city management. It has taken our process and made it into something they call shameful. An election is not a shameful thing to have."

The beauty and the problem with this and many of Mr. Gressett's sojourn's through his ample vocabulary is that there is always, at the very least, a modicum of truth therein. Yes, problems abound surrounding the general issue of feeding the homeless on the Mendocino Coast. Yes, those in charge at the Mendocino Coast Hospitality Center are far from the best purveyors of mental health services as they are subcontracted to do within the county's two and a half year-old system of privatized mental health services. Yes, the public is entitled to gather signatures to get an initiative, and, yes, the same citizens are entitled to an election on that measure after enough valid signatures have been gathered.

Bet you guessed there was a "however" coming. If said initiative and Measure turns out to be overly broad, if it has unintended consequences that will adversely effect other, relatively innocent organizations, then the authors and backers of said initiative/Measure might want to suck it up, fold up shop, and find another methodology with which they can approach the problem. But no, the bombastic, like Rex Gressett, are loath to give up on a lost cause. They don't even recognize their foolhardiness. Such folks are thoroughly convinced of their righteousness because some part of their argument is correct. They don't see or don't care about the part of their argument that is utterly off the tracks.

Remember Coucilman Cimolino's statement that he'd "been pummeled with phone calls since the agenda came out," wanting to know how Go Fort Bragg's argument against Measure U got on the agenda so quickly?

If one wanted to make assumptions based on one's sneaking suspicions about Fort Bragg City Hall, one would assume that because Go Fort Bragg includes Mayor Turner's daughter among its members, Go Fort Bragg got special treatment. Since Measure U is an election matter and election matters are largely under the control of the City Clerk, one could inquire if Go Fort Bragg had actually submitted their argument against Measure U to Fort Bragg's City Clerk.

Once you heard that Go Fort Bragg had not submitted their argument to the City Clerk, one could walk into the November 23rd City Council filled with righteous indignation. Enter former Fort Bragg Police Chief Scott Mayberry. Actually this is about his exit from Town Hall, but we must back up to get the full picture.

After public comments on the matter ended, discussion returned to the City Council. Vice Mayor Peters stated that when he first saw the initiative written out as Measure U, he thought it stood for unjust. When Councilmen Cimolino said, "It's like an atomic bomb, there can be no survivors," Rex Gressett could be heard at the back of the room groaning, "Oh man."

Apparently there weren't two council members who would vote his way. Gressett made his way out the door. About ten minutes later yours truly had occasion to leave the building as well, to check on a phone message. While I was outside former Chief Mayberry rushed out repeating, "They didn't even submit it, they didn't submit it."

Mayberry's exit had been immediately preceded by a council member asking if the Go Fort Bragg argument had been submitted to the City Clerk. City Clerk June Lemos responded that no arguments concerning Measure U had been submitted to her. That any arguments concerning the measure must be submitted to her, with signatures, by 5 pm on Wednesday, November 25, 2015.

By the time Mayberry was outside and his ramble slowed to a calmer tone, he seemed to be saying that since Go Fort Bragg's argument against Measure U had not been submitted to the City Clerk it should not even be on that night's agenda, and the press needed to tell people this was emblematic of greater wrongs within Fort Bragg city government.

When I went back inside, the Council was voting to sign on to the Go Fort Bragg argument against Measure U. That vote was 5-0, with Councilman Cimolino saying, "Reluctantly Yes."

At the ensuing break I asked City Clerk June Lemos if the Go Fort Bragg argument had been submitted to her. She stated it had not, but added that to get it on the agenda the argument against Measure U, or any other item, would go through the City Manager's office, that the city manager usually sets the agenda, not the city clerk.

We the reading public are left with another example of someone, like former Chief Mayberry, grabbing hold of a single factoid (that Go Fort Bragg's statement wasn't submitted to the town's election officer the city clerk) and running with it straight to the conclusion that the fix is in. After he left his Chief of Police position, Mayberry was hired by the Mendocino County District Attorney's office as an investigator. One has to wonder just how thoroughly Mayberry researches each investigation.

Within hours of the City Council meeting Councilman Peters was being accused of being a sell out. Perhaps it will be instructive for readers and voters to see Peters' reply.

"Happy Thanksgiving to all. May God bless you as he has blessed me. There are some people who are saying I "sold out" because I do not support Measure U, an initiative that purports to ban all Social Service organizations from locating in the Central Business District. After reading a post in my personal Facebook page by Jay McMartin Rosenquist [a Fort Bragg native] asking for a response to these charges, I thought you should all see what I wrote. She ended by saying she is going to run for City Council in 2016:

"Since this appeared on my personal Facebook page I guess I should respond. I am an independent thinker. As an elected official, I am not beholden to one group or another. I am going to vote for what I think is best for Fort Bragg. I also talk to people and keep an open mind before making a decision. I voted against the Main Street Merge project because I felt a majority of the community opposed it. I voted against the Hospitality Center moving in to the Old Coast Hotel because I believed a majority of our community opposed it and for other reasons I articulated at the time. I spoke to your group when you said you were going to craft an initiative that would prevent the Hospitality Center from taking over that location. Your group did not have the initiative written yet. So I encouraged you to go for it. The initiative that is now before us is flawed in my opinion. I said publicly that I would not sign the petition but would not discourage others from doing so. I met a second time with two members of the CCFB [Concerned Citizens of Fort Bragg] group and advised them that unless they could find an example of retroactive re-zoning here in California than I believe this initiative will not accomplish what it is intended to do, which is to close down the Hospitality Center at its new location. No one to this date has ever produced an example. I refused to write a ballot argument against the initiative but agreed to support one if somebody else did. It is not my fault that the only one turned-in by the deadline was from a group that includes the Mayor's daughter. I have yet to see an argument written in favor of the Measure. The deadline for this is today. Did you write one Jay McMartin-Rosenquist? I did not run for City Council for myself. I ran for the people of this community because I thought I could give them honest and fair representation. The pay is almost laughable. Yes, there are medical benefits as there are with other jobs that pay a lot more. I stand by my position to vote no on the Hospitality Center relocating to the Old Coast Hotel. If I thought this initiative might change the outcome of what transpired then I could support it. In my opinion it will not. Instead it will force the Mendocino Children's Fund (who raised a lot of money and goods for Valley Fire victims) to move from their current location if it passes and is indeed enforceable. Do you think that is fair? I don't. I encourage you to run for City Council Jay. I know you have run in the past. Maybe you will succeed this time and you will find out that tough decisions are not always black and white. Some legislation results in negative unintended consequences if it is not thought through completely. I haven't sold out to anybody. Thank you for taking time to share your thoughts in your post and best of luck in your campaign."

Since Ms. Rosenquist-McMartin has professed a desire to run for public office it is fair game to recount my chance meeting with her outside Preston Hall in Mendocino on November 18th. Ms. Rosenquist-McMartin approached in a somewhat excited manner, asking if I was going to attend the November 20th court session in Ukiah, involving a filing made by the husband of Mendocino Coast Hospitality Center's (MCHC) executive director. In my opinion Ms. Rosenquist-McMartin appeared excited about the potential for something, anything, damaging that could be connected to MCHC.

In the very next breath Ms. Rosenquist-McMartin asked me to stop printing her name when she makes disparaging remarks on Facebook about public issues. She gave no indication that she grasped the irony or hypocrisy of gleefully asking if I would be covering the court hearing that might prove embarrassing to the MCHC director while requesting that her own potentially embarrassing remarks be excised.

LOVERS LANE TRAFFIC ALREADY BAD

To the Editor:

I would like to thank John McCowen for voting against the destruction of Lovers Lane and in support of the residents. It is currently a racetrack and, with all those housing additions bringing all that extra traffic, I don’t even want to think about it. Virtually nobody follows the speed limit now. When I am going the speed limit, any cars following me either pass over the yellow lines or, as soon as I turn off, hit the gas.

A few years ago, when I was entering Lovers Lane from Carrigan and after looking both ways as is my habit, I entered the street only to be run into by a child and his girlfriend in his vehicle. He could have seen me the instant I entered the road. The lady across the street came out when she heard the squeal of the brakes. I was sideswiped and both cars were totaled. He told the officer, who believed him, that he had only been going 30 mph. Odd, because he left approximately 40 feet of skid marks. I tried later to, but I could not duplicate that impressive feat. I fear it is going to get even worse.

Karen Seydel, Ukiah

WHAT ABOUT STORAGE?

To the Editor:

Now that Al Gore and other like-minded alarmists have confused “Global Warning” with “Global Cooling,” rather than citing the human race for the extinction of various ecosystems and species. Now this latest prediction for the coveted “El Nino”? For months now we have been hearing ever progressing percentages of our chances for this monumental gully washer from our questionable array of weather prognostications.

On the topic of the drought that we have been living:

What do the Ukiah City Council and the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors intend to establish for additional rainfall storage capabilities within the City of Ukiah and Mendocino County? It would seem prudent to develop a system of rainfall storage contingencies such as containment structures throughout Mendocino County. Considering that the “El Nino” is forecast at some point in January 2016, rainfall containment structures or other means of storage should be addressed as soon as possible.

The “El Nino” event does not necessarily end the drought and will cause damage to Mendocino County mountains, towns and rivers including subsided soil and wildfire burned areas within the region. Our prayers for rain may be realized but we must be diligent with rainfall collection and natural emergency preparedness. Are the Ukiah City Council and the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors prepared?

Chris Scott, Ukiah

CATCH OF THE DAY, November 27, 2015

ANTHONY CLARK, Hopland. DUI.

JOSEPH DARMIENTO, Ukiah. Domestic assault, court order violation.

DAVID FOORD, Ukiah. Vandalism, loitering, resisting.

MELODY HEDIN, Willits. Under influence.

JEROME MCMURPHY, Ukiah. Parole violation.

DEREK MUSTRA, Phillipsville/Ukiah. Suspended license.

NOE REYNOSO, Vallejo/Ukiah. DUI, suspended license, false ID.

THOUGHT OF THE DAY

In a more reasonable society, the will of the masses overcomes the dictates of ideological purity.

Ken Ellis

New Bedford, MA

ON LINE COMMENT OF THE DAY

Regarding Woodrow Wilson… Some pundits have pointed out – quite convincingly – that his racism went beyond the pale (no pun intended) even by the standards of his own time, what with he having re-segregated Washington, D.C. and reversing the integration policy of McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt and Taft (even the much vilified Warren Harding was a proponent of civil rights). Oh yeah, Wilson was also a KKK supporter. It only goes to show you that the evil that men do really does outlive them while the good they do does not, and the good Wilson did do – the New Freedom programs (torn out by Harding and Coolidge), the Fourteen Points, the League of Nations – never stood a chance.

However, he did give us the Federal Reserve.

“I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the civilized world no longer a Government by free opinion, no longer a Government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a Government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men.” -Woodrow Wilson

YOU'RE NO GOOD

Feelin' better, now that we're through

Feelin' better, cause I'm over you

I've learned my lesson, it left a scar

Now I see how you really are