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Posts published by “Jim Shields”

Making Oil Refiners Disclose Profits

As I reported to you last month, there’s a proposed law that would require oil refiners to disclose their per gallon profits on a monthly…

Supes Drop Water Sales Tax: Fire Tax Only

As they say, all’s well that ends well, and that sums up Tuesday’s (June 21) Board of Supervisors meeting where a decision was finally made…

Supes’ Sales Tax Proposal

In last week’s column I explained that three Supervisors, Ted Williams, Mo Mulheren, and Glenn McGourty, are planning to place a sales tax measure on…

State Weed News

The Governor’s Office this week released a revised 2022-23 state budget proposal, jiggering numerous line item estimates from the original January budget. One of the…

Coastal Commission’s Water Obstructionism

Last week, the California Coastal Commission rejected the proposed construction of a desalination plant in Huntington Beach “sealing the controversial project’s fate after more than…

Water, Wells & Water Hauling

More good news on the weather and drought fronts. While all of California is classified by the U.S. Drought Monitor as being in a ”severe…

Water & Wells, Gas Gouging

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…

Mandated Care For Mentally Ill

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,…

Hate Speech Nonsense: The Solutions

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…

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