An updated guide to modern manners is overdue, and Mendocino County residents are plainly in need of etiquette instruction for the 21st century. Gone is the Emily Post era when heads of household needed to…
Posts published by “Tommy Wayne Kramer”
Tourism in Mendocino County is the ship that never docks, the train that never slows, the freeway exit always closed for repairs. Tourists in Ukiah: the dream that will not die, the hope that won’t…
“Alright then,” announced Mr. Bumpers. “It’s decided. We’ll open the house to those less fortunate, like homeless-type people guests, right? All in?” Nods of agreement around the table. “It’s great,” said Tallulah, the eldest daughter.…
Not wanting to be out-stupided by County Supervisors, our City Council has suddenly demanded the Palace Hotel must be fixed, bulldozed or moved to Laytonville within the next 30 days. And we mean it! Or…
An out of town guest was visiting for a few days and while we were on the back deck dawdling over a sampler of Ritz crackers, Velveeta cheese and PopTart hors d’oeuvres, we discussed Ukiah’s…
By the time I knew enough to know where I was but not how I got there, I was four years old and living in Cleveland, Ohio. I probably shrugged at the news. You will…
We’re getting a good hard lesson in state politics as a new county courthouse is rammed down our throats by forces no one can name. Forget the happy talk about “community action” and “working together…