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County Notes 9/13/2024

“…there are some who promise many more things than they deliver, and some who threaten much and perform least.” — Romulus (Fifth Century AD) Scaramella’s corollary: “…there are some who want to be paid for…

A County Noise Ordinance?

According to Monica Huettl’s Latest report on the Redwood Valley Municipal Advisory Committee meeting at MendoFever.com, First District Supervisor Glenn McGourty said “he is busy despite the fact that the BOS does not meet in…

County Notes: PHF Breaks New Ground — In Empty Rhetoric

After more than eight years of dithering, and without much fanfare, ground was officially broken for the County’s new Psychiatric Health Facility on Whitmore Lane in Ukiah on Tuesday, August 20. There was no advance…

Mismanaging The Mismanagement Of Human Resources

Remember that Grand Jury report from last June entitled “25 Years of Transient Human Resources Leadership and a Hobbled Human Resources Department”? From the intro: “The 2022-2023 Mendocino County Civil Grand Jury (GJ) has identified…

The Mental Health Insurance Contract Maze

The other major item on Tuesday’s agenda — after the Board gave themselves a big raise, connected future raises to their own handouts to subordinates, and ignored critical public comment as usual — was another…

The Grange Fire

A series of fires broke out Thursday afternoon near the Anderson Valley Grange. Burning on both sides of Highway 128, the blaze, reported at 3:30pm, spread rapidly into the hills near Prather Camp to the west, Vista…

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