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Posts published by “Mark Scaramella”

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Redevelopment: The Party’s Over

The theory of “redevelopment” is that public agencies borrow money they then put to public or private purpose to increase the borrower's tax base. The…

Batch Plant Traffic Disaster

After almost two days of public input and discussion the Supervisors unanimously approved the Environmental Impact Report for Northern Aggregate’s asphalt plant and expanded gravel…

Speed Bumps Before A Brick Wall

New state regulations require that most diesel trucks and buses in California be upgraded to reduce particulate and nitrogen-oxide emissions. Heavier trucks must be retrofitted…

How Bad Is Mendo’s Foreclosure Problem?

"Last year 68% of the real estate sales in the County were depressed properties. Real estate values have dropped from a mean of $400k in 2007 to under $200k in 2012, and this is of course compounded by the effects of foreclosures on surrounding property values."

Judi Knew Mike Bombed Her

Judi Knew Mike Bombed Her by Crawdad Nelson (Ed note: Darryl Cherney is in the news lately for a hagiographic, and thoroughly dishonest, film he's…

Traffic Revenue Takes A Nosedive

Say you’re an average Mendo driver and you get ticketed for running a red light combined with lesser offense like not signaling or bad wipers.…

The Cash Behind the Bypass

We recently ran a letter by Willits citizens Donna Kerr and Bob Whitney, representing “Mendocino County Citizens For Responsible Transportation,” describing how misallocated transportation funds…

Take Back Our Forests?

At the February 28 meeting of the Supervisors, Dan Hamburg asked that a seemingly innocuous item on the consent calendar be brought up for full…

Hamburg’s Empty Possibilities

Back in May of 2010, not long after Supervisor Dan Hamburg first declared his intention of running for Supervisor, Hamburg supporter Michael Laybourne of Hopland…

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