A discussion at the Tuesday, October 7, 2025 Supervisors meeting began as another self-evident analysis of the shaky finances of the County’s three volunteer ambulance service operations in the unincorporated areas morphed into a larger…
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As expected, the Supervisors were flummoxed on Tuesday by their CEO’s attempt to dump some raw staffing requests at their podium without any recommendations, budget data, or analysis. The first item to be plopped before…
Despite posting a $6 million deficit for this year and maybe triple that next year, and flailing away randomly to reduce the deficit by an official policy of: We Hope A Buncha People Will Quit,…
Item 4c on next Tuesday’s Supervisors Agenda: “Discussion and Possible Action Including Approval or Denial of Requests from Department Heads and Elected Officials Regarding Budget Impacts, Funding and Recruitment of Vacant or New Positions Following…
On Tuesday, we wrote that Supervisor John Haschak had said that he read something in CEO Darcie Antle’s CEO report about the County not meeting its attrition/cost savings targets that we had not found in…
And a $3,000 Comfort Support Dog For The DA’s Victim Witness Office. Agenda item 4b for next Tuesday’s Supervisors meeting is entitled: “Discussion and Possible Action Including Approval or Denial of Requests from Department Heads…
What started out during public expression at last Tuesday’s Board meeting as a seemingly innocuous staff request to delay a planned organizational restructuring, has turned out to be a major crisis in Mendocino County’s Family…
“You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you’re going because you might not get there.” — Yogi Berra Toward the end of Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting, Board Chair John Haschak…