Press "Enter" to skip to content

Posts published by “Mark Scaramella”

Major Contributor

Dredging Up Fees; Building Fences

At the beginning of last week’s Board of Supervisors meeting Fifth District Supervisor David Colfax asked if anyone knew what happened to the mud recently dredged from Noyo Harbor. “Is it dredged up material or…

A Taste of Regulation Ends Up In the Spit Bucket

The title of a recent piece in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat claimed that "Wine country visitors debate later tasting hours." But the body of the story made it clear that the "visitors" were not…

Three Card Monte

Mendocino County CEO Carmel Angelo told the Board of Supervisors last week that her office had considered several ways to make up the County’s $7.6 million deficit through June of 2011 – staff reductions, salary…

Supervisor Brown Defends The Indefensible

Mendocino County Supervisor Carre Brown, in a long letter to the Ukiah Daily Journal this Sunday, tries to explain why she voted for John McCowen's crazy new pot cultivation ordinance (County Code 9.31) by saying…

Q&A with David Eyster, Candidate for DA

Former prosecutor, defense attorney and "compassionate candidate" David Eyster talks about ex-DA Susan Massini, how he'd prosecute pot cases, the Denoyer case and much more...

The Dreams of the Supervisors

Last Monday’s long-anticipated Budget Workshop began with 40-plus people wanting to tell the Board of Supervisors to spare certain services from the budget axe – the Willits library, the County Museum, the Coast Animal Shelter…

Great Moments In Public Deliberation

Mendocino County Board of Supervisors Meeting, March 23, 2010. Subject: Earthquake insurance for the courthouse. Cost: About $85k for a policy that covers up $50 million, then if the damage is more than that the…

Marauding Bears & Abalone Poachers

Board Chair Carre Brown introduced newly promoted CEO Carmel Angelo last week by saying, “This will be your first report in the official position.” That position might soon be prone with her own pistol pointed…

-