A major item under discussion at the Board of Supervisors meeting this past Tuesday was a full-scale hearing on proposed fee increases wished-for by 16…
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If you haven’t had the opportunity be sure and read Mike Geniella’s excellent piece on David Colfax, former long-time Mendocino County Supervisor, who passed away…
It appears we all made it through another week which is no insignificant accomplishment in these perilous, unsettled times. It's impossible not to recognize the…
Last week, the Laytonville Area Municipal Advisory Council (LAMAC) unanimously approved a letter-statement recognizing and thanking businesses, non-governmental organizations, and non-profits for their efforts in…
Here’s the latest installment in the super-politically charged, three-ring legal circus that is the Chamise Cubbison affair. At the Oct. 17 BOS meeting, the County’s…
Before getting down to the business at-hand today, I want to let you know that all politics aside, I am personally embarrassed to live and…
Just when you think things couldn’t get any worse in Mendocino County given its fiscal mess and talk of a bankruptcy-style reorganization plan, things get…
The past couple of weeks, I’ve covered the fiscal crisis that has been the main topic under discussion at Board of Supervisors meetings for the…
Most folks know that for months, I’ve called for the County to stop talking about the County’s fiscal crisis and start doing something, get to…