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Posts published by “Mark Scaramella”

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County Notes (April 18, 2024)

Most of Public Expression at the beginning of last Tuesday’s Supervisors meeting consisted of about a dozen locals asking the Board for a resolution calling for a Ceasefire in Gaza. Supervisor Williams said he was…

County Agenda Notes

A Measure B Repayment Plan? Item 4b on next Tuesday’s Board agenda is “Discussion and Possible Action Including Direction to Staff Regarding the Proposed Loan Repayment Plan for Funds Borrowed Against Measure B Fund as…

Boeing’s Snowballing Problems

That recent incident with the door falling out of a Boeing passenger jet in flight was attributed to “missing bolts.” According to the NTSB the door had been removed to repair some rivets; after the…

County Notes: Gross Tax Collection Incompetence & Malfeasance

Lake County Tax Collector Patrick Sullivan and Assistant Tax Collector Elizabeth Martinez presented their department’s results from their May 22, 2022, tax lien default sale to the Lake County Board of Supervisors last week. According…

Rosie Radiator: NorCal Tap Dance Guru, Dead at 78

We were saddened to hear of the death last week of the northcoast’s most famous tap dancer “Rosie Radiator” (aka Bess Bair) at the age of 78 in Florida where she had retired for family…

County Notes

We are now reliably informed that the Veterans Service Office really is moving back to their original office at the cottage on Observatory Avenue where they were prior to January, although we still haven’t heard…

County Notes: Mendo’s Looming Mental Health Staffing Crisis

Sheriff Kendall told the ‘Like It Or Not’ podcast dudes in Ukiah recently that he will need an additional ten uniformed officers (and probably a few more non-uniformed) to staff the new “Mental Health Wing”…

County Notes

From a February Supervisors Resolution “honoring” Civil Grand Juries: “Whereas, the grand jury’s fact finding efforts result in reports that contain specific recommendations aimed at identifying problems and offering ways to improve government operations and…

Election Notes

Initial returns in the First District Supervisors race (Redwood/Potter Valley), posted a little after 8pm last Tuesday night showed Madeline Cline with a large lead over her opponents with almost 60% of the 1405 votes…

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