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Posts published by “Mark Scaramella”

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Supes Agenda Highlights

[Board of Supervisors Agenda, January 5, 2021] Ten More Deputies Item 5j: Discussion and Possible Action Regarding the Operation, Staffing, and Fiscal Plan for Additional Ten (10) Deputies to the Sheriff's Operations to Address Organized…

Supervisor McCowen Exits without a Single Whereas

We would be remiss if we didn’t acknowledge Supervisor John McCowen’s final board meeting on December 15, 2020. Appearing via zoom at the Tuesday Board meeting, Mendo’s alleged state reps, Senator Mike McGuire and Assemblyman…

Supes Blame Their Utter Failure To Act On Covid

Last week we wrote about the Board’s agenda item last Tuesday concerning the seemingly endless number of ad hoc committees the Supervisors seem to be endlessly appointing themselves to. The public, or that tiny portion…

Mendo’s Looming Mass Casualty Disaster

According to the National Institutes of Health, “A mass casualty incident (MCI) is defined as ‘an event that overwhelms the local healthcare system, where the number of casualties vastly exceeds the local resources and capabilities…

Disaster Prep & Wastewater Planning

Learning that the County expects to receive over $22 million in PG&E settlement money, and that the County intends to use the windfall cash primarily for  disaster recovery and preparation, the Anderson Valley Community Services…

Pot Permits Grind To a Halt

(Not that they were moving much in the first place…) Last Tuesday, the Supervisors discussed a misleading agenda item having to do with declaring marijuana cultivation an agricultural activity. Growing grapes to produce an intoxicating…

County Notes (December 9, 2020)

Kathy Wylie recently posted the following summary of this Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors Agenda:  BOS 12/8/20 meeting agenda is packed…  Another packed BOS agenda for 12/8/20:  • County hazard mitigation plan  • August and Oak…

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