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County Notes: The First District Supes Race

There are four candidates for Mendocino’s First District Supervisor seat being vacated by retiring Supervisor and former UC Ag Extension wine advisor Glenn McGourty: Madeline Cline, Adam Gaska, Carrie Shattuck, and Trevor Mockel. Ms. Cline…

County Notes: Legal News

Item 3m on Tuesday’s Supervisors Consent Calendar Agenda is: “Approval of Agreement with Liebert Cassidy Whitmore in the Amount of $100,000 to Provide Legal Services, Effective Upon Full Execution through June 30, 2025.”  Summary of…

County Notes: Misplaced Complaint

Jacqueline Williams of Ukiah’s Ford Street Project commented on our recent article entitled ‘The Betrayal of Measure B’ on Facebook after someone re-posted it on Mendocino News Plus. Facebook is a poor vehicle for discussing…

County Notes: County Workers Get Modest Raise

But the County has agreed to give them a larger “market rate adjustment” in following years. (From the agreement proposed to be approved by the Supervisors next Tuesday) Agenda Item 4g) “The Board of Supervisor’s…

County Notes: The Cubbison Papers, No Smoking Gun

But maybe some gunshot residue… We submitted our Public Records Act request for information related to the suspension of former Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector Chamise Cubbison back on November 3, 2023 because there was speculation that Ms.…

Painful Watching

CEO Darcie Antle placed the following item on the Board’s Tuesday agenda: “4e) Discussion and Possible Action Including Review of Board of Supervisor's Directives Requiring Follow Through from County Staff and/or Other Agencies; and Deletion…

County Notes: Betrayal Of Measure B Is Official

The recent publication of the County’s long overdue ACFR (Annual Comprehensive Financial Report) for 2021-2022 (covering July of 2021 to June of 2022) is being bragged about by at several County supervisors. They mention no…

Whistling Past The Budget Gap

At the beginning of her brief statement to the Supervisors on Tuesday morning, First District Supervisor candidate Carrie Shattuck, asked the Board: “Please bear with me, I may need an additional 15 seconds.” Here’s a…

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