On Saturday, July 26, Johnny Pinches’ Friends, family, neighbors, and constituents, showed up at the Laytonville Rodeo Grounds to honor, respect and share stories and remembrances about Laytonville’s native son. Here’s part of what I…
Posts published by “Jim Shields”
During the June budget hearings, Board Chair John Haschak attempted to persuade his colleagues to implement very modest, one could say nearly insignificant, reductions to the Board’s annual budget of approximately $20,000. Truth be told,…
Back in early May, the Board of Supervisors unanimously signed off on a letter I characterized as a “Hail Mary” imploring “state agencies and lawmakers for greater collaboration from state agencies to enforce cannabis laws…
There’s an old saying that sometimes your second idea on something is oftentimes better than your first idea. At the Board of Supervisors meeting this Tuesday, June 24th, the Supervisors are planning to take a…
Characterizing the County Supervisors recent tentatively approved 2025-26 budget as a “budget-balancing shell game,” Mark Scaramella, of the Anderson Valley Advertiser, posits that the facts just don’t cooperate with those who might disagree with his…
It's impossible not to recognize the seemingly institutional dysfunction in the governing process whether it be at the local, state or federal level. Our elected representatives and their staffs far too often flummox themselves and…
At Tuesday’s (May 6, 2025) Board of Supervisors meeting, the Board unanimously approved the following agenda item: 4i) Discussion and Possible Action Including Approval of Transmission of Letter of Request to State Agencies and Lawmakers…
No Contest This week on his 100th day in office, DJ Trump bloviated about how history-making his first one-hundred days have been. "We're here tonight in the heartland of our nation to celebrate the most…