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Posts published by “Jim Shields”

Time To Regulate The Deregulators

Note: I read with some interest the posts regarding the CPUC and PG&E in Friday’s online AVA. Your post was spot-on pin-pointing the bi-partisan collaboration between Republicans and Democrats in fostering the collapse of electrical…

Shelter From The Storm

Quick Weather Report Lots of folks have commented about how cold this winter has been. I agree, we’ve had a prolonged period from Nov. 1 to now where it’s been pretty damned frigid night and…

Lousy Legal Advice Leads To Lousier Public Policy

Apparently, only in Mendocino County is the question to copy or not to copy.  Kate Maxwell, publisher of the Mendocino Voice, reported this week on something I thought was resolved way back in the mid-90s…

‘Busy Solving Emergency, Paperwork Will Follow’

On Thursday, Feb. 23, around 6 pm, Highway 101 was closed in both directions from Willits to the Humboldt County line and motorists were stranded in Laytonville. The Laytonville Fire Department requested that my daughter…

Outside Media Gets Mendo Weed Woes Wrong (As Usual)

Be sure and check out the SF Chron’s story on weed woes here in Mendoland (“California County’s Cannabis Industry On The Brink Of Irreversible Failure”). It’s another in a long string of articles by outside…

It Came Out Of The Sky

Be sure and read Mark Scaramella’s excellent recent report from last week,“Veg-Mod Hell.” Here’s some brief background on this bewildering issue of the Weed Ordinance’s provision prohibiting the removal of even a single tree for…

How Much Would You Pay For A Covid Shot?

It’s been announced that President Biden will end all the pandemic emergency orders on May 11. Seems like just as most folks were getting used to living under permanent Covid regs now they’re going to…

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