…(And neither are the Supervisors) The Supervisors made it quite clear Tuesday that they care more about water financing than they do about actually delivering water to the Coast, many areas of which have gone…
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Hauling water from Ukiah to Fort Bragg to address the worsening water shortage on the coast was discussed by the Supervisors, staff and zooming public for several hours Tuesday afternoon. Water Agency guy Josh Metz…
You’ve got to hand it to Mendo’s wine mob. Their record of staying entirely unregulated is perfect. They have escaped any serious criticism, let alone regulation, for their sleep-depriving, loud, noise generating frost fans; they’ve…
COUNTY EMPLOYEE UNION REP Patrick Hickey asked the Board to address worrisomely high vacancy rates in some departments, which are overtaxing staff and causing loss of experience, continuity and stability in those offices with upwards…
Sounds like Supervisor Maureen Mulheren got some significant pushback on the question of holding Department heads personally responsible for budget overruns, especially the Sheriff. SUPERVISOR MULHEREN began: “I have an item for public expression. The…
There are a number of County-inflicted financial annoyances the local Community Services District suffers every year. The County goes out of its way to charge “special districts” for lots of relatively small things, but over…
ON JULY 11 we wrote about a very fishy Consent Calendar Item which had its origins going back to March: Item 4ab). “Adoption of Resolution Authorizing a Title Change and Salary Revision of General Services…
Back in 2009, when the State Water Board told Russian River Grape Growers — of which 1st District Supervisor Glenn McGourty is one — that they would have to prepare their own frost protection water…
HERE WE GO! MENDO’S CLERK OF THE BOARD sent out a notice of an amended Board agenda late last Friday afternoon. There was nothing in the notice about what the “amendment” was. But comparing the…