Guest Commentary by Susan Rush, Manchester There was no surprise, on my part, by the article which appeared in the Independent Coast Observer (ICO) by D. Glenn O'Hara on February 4, 2010, in which he…
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I thought I overheard the following discussion the other day outside the Ukiah Visitors Center. A man in a tailored suit who was driving a late model BMW was discussing his line of work with…
Paula Patterson was appointed interim principal at Point Arena Elementary in November of 2006 by Point Arena Superintendent Mark Iacuaniello. Iacuaniello and his lockstep school board had just fired Matt Murray although Point Arena Elementary's…
My uncle, the late 5th District Supervisor Joe Scaramella, was an avid reader all his life. He described the county’s media during his tour in office in the 50s and 60s as “mostly duplicative and…
Testimony continues in the civil trial of Point Arena School Superintendent Mark Iacuaniello, who's accused of “fraudulent inducement” — hiring principal Matt Murray to improve Point Arena's troubled elementary school then firing Murray after he'd successfully lifted the school from what amounted to state probation.
James Howard Kunstler has become the gold standard for doom and gloom predictions. Kunstler may be one of the most entertainingly negative people in the Country about where the US is going and why. He's…
The trial continues of former Point Arena Elementary principal Matt Murray, who lifted the troubled school from probation and was fired behind closed doors.
It’s getting harder and harder to keep up with The Great Unraveling, Mendo Branch.
Nobody in authority in Mendocino County has any idea what to do about the ever more grim fiscal news.