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Posts published by “Mark Scaramella”

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Supes Rubberstamp Brooktrails Scam-A-Rama

As expected, Supervisor John McCowen brought up Mendocino County’s participation in the perpetual sales of “unbuildable” Brooktrails lots to unsuspecting buyers. When these unsuspecting buyers tardily figure out that there is not now nor is…

Judge Vinson Does Us A Favor

Many local liberals and other Obama supporters con­tinue to think that somehow Obamacare (aka “the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”) will bail them out and they “hope” that health care will magically become “affordable” starting in 2014.

Affinito Still Gouging Fort Bragg

Thanks to some excellent follow up work by Ukiah Daily Journal reporter Tiffany Revelle, we learned last week that the County is still paying an outrageous $308,000 per year in rent to Dominic Affinito for…

Going Nowhere Fast

The lowest point in last Tuesday’s slightly unhinged Board of Supervisors meeting was the slam dunk of Supervisor John McCowen’s noble attempt to address the flagrantly wasteful and spectacularly unneeded remodel of the Board of…

No Smarts for Mendo

Besides the potential health affects cited by Antonia Lamb and the other "electrosensitives" at last week's Supervisors meeting, serious questions about smart meters remain.

‘All the Money Will be Spent’

Especially if it's public money. Count on it, but don't try to count it. The numbers will change on you. $15.25 million. That's the amount Anderson Valley voters have approved for rehabbing The Valley's crumbling…

‘They Could All Be Yellow Squares’

County CEO Carmel Angelo was not talking about conservative Asians but the reduced number of board meetings called for 2011 to the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors.

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