Independent Coast Observer reporter Susan Wolbarst saved everybody a lot of time and trouble last week by summarizing last Tuesday's painfully long Board of Supervisors discussion of the County's cannabis permit and equity grant programs…
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Guess what subject was conspicuously missing from Thursday night’s Ukiah City Council Candidates debate? A subject which will significantly disrupt the Ukiah downtown economy in a few years by moving one particular small group of…
We celebrated President’s Day in February, so it seemed like a good time to look beneath the blizzard of conventional admiration for George Washington, the nation’s founding realtor. America’s founders were eloquent in their speeches…
Mendo’s Health Insurance Plan Is Bankrupt What started as a dry discussion of the County’s audit of the 2020-2021 fiscal year on Tuesday, snowballed into summary of a perfect storm of factors leading to a…
THE BIG SHOWDOWN between the Supervisors and Auditor-Tax Collector Chamisse Cubbison devolved into another fizzle Tuesday morning after the feisty Cubbison gave the Board her blunt initial reaction to their catch-all list of things they…
We have received the County’s response to our Public Records Act request for the documents associated with the Board Chambers Remodel project, a months-long project which then-CEO Carmel Angelo spearheaded on grounds that post-Covid significantly…
Supervisor Mulheren (writing on her facebook page): “In the past developers have stated these [school developer] fees are a hindrance to adding additional housing, I haven’t heard from anyone on the subject yet so I…