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Posts published by “Mark Scaramella”

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Born Yesterday: County Water Ad Hoc Visits the Valley

Summary: There’s no hope. Tuesday morning, Supervisors Ted Williams and Glenn McGourty brought the County’s newly hired Water Agency “program manager” Josh Metz to Anderson…

County Notes: Privatized Misery Contract Renewed

On Tuesday, County Behavioral Health (Mental Health & Substance Abuse) Director Dr. Jenine Miller gave the Supervisors a “Specialty Mental Health Services Presentation,” which was…

County Notes (June 30, 2021)

MOST of the dubious consent calendar items we complained about last week were approved by the Supes 5-0 without comment on Tuesday. Supervisor Haschack pulled…

County Notes (June 23, 2021)

REMEMBER THAT SILLY DISCUSSION the Supervisors had on Tuesday, June 9th about holding department heads personally responsible for budget-overruns in their departments?  AT THE TIME,…

CEO Angelo’s Best Interest

At the December 2019 Measure B meeting, B's then-board chair Dr. Ace Barash, on staff at Adventist-owned Howard Hospital in Willits, read a letter the…

Drought Notes

Will Potter Valley grapes and pasture get all the remaining Russian River water? The Potter Valley Irrigation District was in the news last week when…

County Notes (May 26, 2021)

Drought Notes — We have learned over the years not to expect much from local officials on most issues. After all, this is the County…

Pinot Weekend!

Did you know that this weekend is Pinot Weekend in Anderson Valley? Purple banners strung out along 128 heralded the event, and it was promoted…

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