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Posts published by “Mark Scaramella”

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Local November Election Highlights

Among the candidates for local elections this November are some recognizable names from the past. Most of the special and school district races are uncontested with the same number of candidates (often including incumbents) as…

Mendo Matters Makes Their Case; Supes & Sheriff Lukewarm

“To The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors, A significant amount of taxpayer money is being spent to fuel what has become a multi-million dollar “homeless economy” in our County, benefiting both the housed and unhoused…

County Notes 9/19/2024

After seven weeks off, what did the Supervisors have to say about their activities last Tuesday having just given themselves big raises in July then going their seven-week long “August Recess”? Glenn McGourty: Nothing, Ted…

County Notes 9/13/2024

“…there are some who promise many more things than they deliver, and some who threaten much and perform least.” — Romulus (Fifth Century AD) Scaramella’s corollary: “…there are some who want to be paid for…

A County Noise Ordinance?

According to Monica Huettl’s Latest report on the Redwood Valley Municipal Advisory Committee meeting at MendoFever.com, First District Supervisor Glenn McGourty said “he is busy despite the fact that the BOS does not meet in…

County Notes: PHF Breaks New Ground — In Empty Rhetoric

After more than eight years of dithering, and without much fanfare, ground was officially broken for the County’s new Psychiatric Health Facility on Whitmore Lane in Ukiah on Tuesday, August 20. There was no advance…

Mismanaging The Mismanagement Of Human Resources

Remember that Grand Jury report from last June entitled “25 Years of Transient Human Resources Leadership and a Hobbled Human Resources Department”? From the intro: “The 2022-2023 Mendocino County Civil Grand Jury (GJ) has identified…

The Mental Health Insurance Contract Maze

The other major item on Tuesday’s agenda — after the Board gave themselves a big raise, connected future raises to their own handouts to subordinates, and ignored critical public comment as usual — was another…

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