Thanks to our colleagues at the Independent Coast Observer in Gualala, we were spared the annoying tedium of having to wade into Mendo’s “complicated” and…
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Last Wednesday at the Anderson Valley Community Services District budget committee, AV Fire Chief Andres Avila told the committee that the Valley’s volunteer ambulance service…
From the Attachment to Consent Calendar Item 3m which was approved without discussion or comment along with the rest of the consent calendar on Tuesday,…
It was a routine day at the office in the early 70s at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi. I had been transferred to…
The last item on Tuesday’s Supervisors meeting consent calendar is a retroactive, five year, $4.2 million renewal of Mendo’s emergency dispatch services contract with CalFire.…
According to the Oxford English Dictionary: “Boondoggle, n. work or activity that is wasteful or pointless but gives the appearance of having value,” and, “A…
No, no. It’s not what you probably think. This is a story told by my father about an experience he had while he was in…
LAST TUESDAY’S SUPERVISORS MEETING featuring the Board’s final farewell to retiring CEO Carmel Angelo signaled what sounds a lot like a return to a version…
What Happened to the Public Safety Advisory Committee? Remember all the hullabaloo in 2020 and 2021 in the aftermath of the George Floyd murder and…