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Off the Record

THE SAD SAGA of Captain Fathom continues. Monday morning about 8 I walked into Pic 'N Pay to buy a Chronicle. I couldn't help but notice a flashy black Mercedes out front. A sedate, prosperous-looking…

Letters to the Editor

AMATEUR HOUR Dear Editor, I'm something of an amateur forensic accountant, and I am most certainly a very diligent citizen watchdog of Mendocino County finances. Most folks know me as an outspoken critic of our…

Valley People

DAVE NORFLEET and Paula Kesenheimer are just back from the State Grange convention in San Jose. Dave, as most of you know, is our Philo Grange master and unsung co-founder of Boonville Beer. He's also…

Off the Record

This week: Want & Fear 2030, privatizing Mendo's mental health system, firing Point Arena's city clerk and much more.

Valley People

THURSDAY NIGHT'S school board meeting will be a hot one, and here's why: Late last week, Ernie Pardini received a phone call from high school principal Jim Tomlin who proceeded, in typically passive-aggressive style —…

Letters to the Editor

MOVE TO AMEND Dear Editor and readers; A recent poll found that 85% of US voters believe “corporations have too much influence over the political system,” and “93% say that average citizens have too lit­tle…

Off the Record

AGAIN, OUR PAPERS are lost. Or languishing at Petaluma's vast sorting center. Or some combination thereof. The Bay Area got its AVA's, as did Vermont and Atlanta and Philadelphia. The Northcoast didn't get their papers.…

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