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County Notes (July 25, 2018)

DEPARTMENT OF UNINTENTIONAL SATIRE: From the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors Agenda Item 5a, July 24, 2018:  "Noticed Public Hearing - Discussion and Possible Action Including Adoption of Resolution Accepting Two Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funded…

County Notes

THE UNSPOKEN THEME of Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting was Ignore All  Representatives of all advisory boards — the Behavioral Health Advisory Board, the Library Board, the Museum Board, the cannabis permit “working groups.” Pot permit stalwart…

Supes Notes

WE NOTED this pointed sentence in the Library Advisory Board’s report to the Supes on next week’s Board of Supervisors agenda: “Apparently the County was unaware until last year that the Museum had a problem…

Mendo v. Schnaubelt

Last year a Fort Bragg distiller named John Schnaubelt proposed “an exciting new addition to Noyo Harbor in 2018, Schnaubelt Distillery will be located in the [converted] historic building formerly known as the Noyo Ice…

Boonville Water & Sewer Project Financing

A few weeks ago local realtor Anne Fashauer summarized the high points of the recent “Boonville Planners” meeting where a couple of dozen locals with parcels in the proposed downtown Boonville “service areas” discussed the…

The Fate of Juvenile Hall

In late March of this year, it suddenly dawned on County CEO Carmel Angelo that Juvenile Hall was badly overbudget. Her initial reaction was to simply tell the Probation Department that she was slashing the…

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