The Teeter Plan is an in-house financial arrangement whereby the County advances school and service districts their full share of the annual tax allotment in advance even though not all taxes have come in. The…
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Why do you want to be Supervisor? I want to see a fresh approach to old problems. For example, I want to see the County do a better job of preserving its roads. One way…
Last Tuesday, the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors spent more than half an hour aimlessly discussing Mendocino County's “Legislative Platform.” O mi o my o how can we get federal and state agencies to pay…
Last Wednesday night the Community Services District board convened to hear public comment on the healing center proposed by Laura Hamburg for downtown Boonville. Most Boonville people, if not all of them, believe Ms. Hamburg…
The Fort Bragg Advocate-News published a lengthy compilation of accused double-murderer/fugitive Aaron Bassler’s criminal record last week. The clear primary features of Bassler’s criminal history over about 15 years since he graduated from high school…
Dear Postal Customer: This letter is an informational notice of the US Postal Service's intent to conduct an Area Mail Processing study of mail processing facilities to determine whether consolidation of some operations is appropriate.…
To listen to both County employees and Supervisor John McCowen it is clear that the County’s hope that the budget gap of about $500k will be closed will never happen, and that the “balanced” budget…
August 16, 2011 To: Mr. Marc [sic] Scaramella Re: Citizens Advisory Committee on Redistricting Dear Mr. Scaramella: On behalf of the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors, please accept our sincere appreciation for your efforts serving…
Most of the items on the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors agenda last week were mundane — garbage contract details, redistricting, redevelopment, a couple of routine rezones to rubberstamp, and so on. But there was…