Press "Enter" to skip to content

Posts published by “Mark Scaramella”

Major Contributor

Budget Bungling 3.0

The Supervisors have scheduled another budget discussion for next Tuesday. From the looks of the “presentation” the CEO and her staff have prepared, the dismal (both financially and managerially) picture hasn’t changed much. CEO Antle…

The Supervisors’ Latest Betrayal: The Cline Contortion

When the Board discussed the marijuana tax revenue distribution process at their meeting in Willits on April 8th, there was some half-hearted interest in finally, nine years after the fact, allocating those revenues as the…

Convenient Amnesia

Summary: Supervisors Keep Pot Tax Money Promised To Taxpayer-Approved Purposes for Themselves. “Measure AJ. Advisory Vote Only.” [2016] “If Mendocino County adopts business license taxes on cannabis businesses by the adoption of the measure adopting…

Budget Bungling 2.0

As expected given the dearth of information requested by the Board and/or provided by staff last week, Tuesday’s budget discussion was another disorganized, muddled mess. In the end we couldn’t even figure out what the…

Budget Balancing By The Numbers

At the Tuesday, March 25, Board of Supervisors meeting, Board Chair John Haschak casually mentioned that the County’s General Fund budget deficit might be as high as $28 million, adding, “but maybe that’s, um, closer…

Budget Bungling, Er, Balancing

Out of the clear blue, during his Supervisor’s Report on Tuesday, Supervisor and Board Chair John Haschak casually told his colleagues: “The Budget Plan. We heard from the CEO that we don’t have a balanced…

-