You can say everybody who’s a politician is getting into the drought act. They’re all coming up with solutions to end all solutions. It would help if Mother Nature were giving her advice to the…
Posts published by “Jim Shields”
At this week’s Board of Supervisors meeting (March 15), a series of recommendations were discussed concerning the ongoing drought and related activities involving property owners selling water to water haulers from existing wells or drilling…
Gavin Newsom’s mental health proposal released this past Thursday is the first workable, feasible and, dare I say, spot-on plan, that if enacted into law, could actually begin to solve a 50-year-old problem. Perhaps as…
A month ago I wrote a column featuring former County Supervisor John McCowen’s thoughts on retiring CEO Carmel Angelo’s tenure in Mendo County. As I said then, a number of authoritarian, PC lunatics called McCowen’s…
Quick Water & Weather Report Why did flows increase out of Lake Mendocino this month? According to this press release from the Sonoma Water Agency, (and believe it or not) “Lake Mendocino’s watershed is in…
I recently wrote a column featuring former county supervisor John McCowen’s thoughts on retiring CEO Carmel Angelo’s tenure in Mendo County.…
I recently reported that Mendocino County library supporters informed me of their intention to circulate petitions to place a tax measure on the November 2022 ballot that would add a one-quarter cent (0.25%) sales tax…