We are in the midst of a lengthy tailspin into incompetence and mediocrity. We are unable to do anything, or at least not well. Look around Mendocino County. See the decline. Where once local citizens…
Posts published by “Tommy Wayne Kramer”
Graduation season is everywhere, and be happy if you needn’t sit through yawn-inducing ceremonies celebrating the most recent students bumped from the educational assembly line. School administrators permit speakers to address graduates only if they…
Ukiah was among California cities hardest hit by the pottery craze of the 1970s. Ukiah suffered crippling waves of pottery fevers until they lessened and broke circa 1985. Smaller, less toxic crafts-borne plagues were reported…
The biggest favor Mendocino County could do for itself is revive the long dormant logging industry. A well thought-out program to utilize our abundance of trees makes as much sense as growing and harvesting corn…
Disturbing news suggests baseball has grown delirious from ill-considered changes made by owners unfamiliar with the game’s history and traditions. Alarmed, son Lucas and I launched a 250-mile roundtrip journey to Oakland to assess baseball’s…
There are no wrong answers but most are less correct than others. All responses evaluated by licensed officials, scores published, attitudes analyzed, consequences likely. 1) Would you rather A) Be suffering from a serious wound…
A long road paved with good intentions has brought Mendocino County to a hellish land of marijuana cultivation called Covelo. Those good intentions were mostly lies, but well-intended ones. Maybe. After all the years of…
Support for a traffic roundabout at Bush and Low Gap seems confined to those who work in government, which is sufficient cause for skepticism among the rest of us. City officials recently resurrected plans for…