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Posts published by “Mark Scaramella”

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Supes To Factory Neighbors: Shut Up

In a purely symbolic move on Tuesday, November 5, the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors discussed a “Right To Industry” ordinance that would tell anybody…

Is Sonoma County Stealing Mendo Water?

Supervisor John Pinches’ proposal for the Board of Supervisors to form an “ad-hoc committee” to look into Russian River water rights got off to a…

Anderson Valley’s New Fire Chief

Andres Avila was hired to replace retiring AV Fire Chief Colin Wilson effective October 1, 2013 and will assume the position of Fire Chief on…

New Jail Unit & New Mental Health System

Sheriff Allman got approval from the Board of Supervisors on September 23 to apply for a $10 million state grant to add a large new…

Treeless Logging, Mendo Style

Mendocino County owns 57 acres of “productive timberland” near Little River Airport on the Coast. The property was profitably logged back in 1996 during the…

Bravery Beyond Belief

When I was in the Air Force in the 1970s I had access to classified information about the Soviet Union’s air defenses, logistics support systems,…

On Whose Say So?

Anticipating a federally funded runway improvement grant, the Boonville Airport Committee put out bids for an engineering consultant early this year. It’s been several years…

The Press Democrat’s Labor Fantasies

Last week the Santa Rosa Press Democrat ran a story titled, “Winegrowers facing labor hurdles as harvest season approaches.” The story began, “Grape growers and…

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