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Posts published by “Mark Scaramella”

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My Favorite Audit

There’s been an interesting mini-discussion about audits and auditing in the comment section of our website, since some readers seem to think they wouldn’t vote for a new library sales tax unless an audit of…

County Notes: The Betrayal of Measure B

Much of the original intent of Measure B, the “Mental Health Treatment Act,” which was passed in November of 2017 by more than two thirds of Mendo’s voters, seems to have been forgotten. The ballot…

County Notes (February 3, 2022)

Supes Prefer Being In The Dark From the superlatives the Supervisors laid on outgoing CEO Carmel Angelo at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting one would never know the reality of a badly (or un-)managed county.…

Crop Talk

Mendocino County’s latest crop report covers activity in 2020. It was released last week, more than a year after the end of 2020. There’s a significant lag in assembling these things because of the in-built…

County Notes (January 27, 2022)

THE LONG-AWAITED STUDY of a possible Psychiatric Health Facility (PHF) at the site of the crumbling, long abandoned former Nursing Home on Whitmore Lane south of Ukiah that CEO Angelo bought for a few covid…

The Road Ahead

Is it too early to start speculating about Mendo After Angelo? Of course it is. Way too early. So, let’s look into our Crystal Ball using what little we know about the current chaotic state…

Mendo’s Wine Grape Production Is Tanking

Last March (2020) we reported that grape production in Mendocino County was way down for 2019 compared to 2018, according to the “latest” crop report from the Ag Department. We put “latest” in quotes because…

County Notes (January 13, 2022)

CEO Angelo To Retire In March, Months Before Her Contract Expiration The rumors were correct. County CEO Carmel Angelo announced her March retirement this weekend with an exit interview with Matt LaFever. The CEO said…

County Notes: County Caves

On December 18, I filed a Brown Act Complaint and Correct and Cure Notice demanding that each board member explain their justification for voting the way they did. Further, I demanded that the Board specify…

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