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Posts published by “Tommy Wayne Kramer”

A Land Without Bars

Needing assurance it was still in business, I pushed the Forest Club door open, took a stool and called for a cold can of Coors. …

Let’s Do Jail Different This Time

I remember the county jail when it was on the top floor of the courthouse, and I was on hand to watch the then-new jail…

I Return An Augur

Absent much of the past couple years, I too late realized I’d never taken full advantage of employment opportunities while in Mendocino County. The mistake…

Marginalia, Paragraphs Of

When we saw polar bears skateboarding down the big hill on North Dora Street we knew we were back in time for another glorious spring…

Crawling With Buckeyes

I arrived in Ukiah a long time ago, back when stegosauruses roamed Laytonville, the Dead Sea was merely ill, and no one in Mendocino County…

Escaping Jail Via The Courthouse

Two recent comments, published in opposition to the planned new courthouse, suggest security measures are overrated as there’s no history of breaches or escape attempts…

Death By Bureaucracy

Mendocino County’s marijuana industry was started by curious hippies, all with a tinge of the outlaw, and grew and flourished through the years despite the…

Pot-Head Nation: A Truckful Of Turnips

Recently I came across an article on the long-term effects of marijuana use and as any and all of us would predict, the academic paper…

Don’t Cry For Me, Ukiah

Or put in a parking lot… When tourists visit San Francisco they take photos of the Golden Gate Bridge, Coit Tower and those beautifully painted…

When Giants Strode The Newsroom

There’s hardly such a thing as an old journalist who doesn’t miss the golden era of newspapers and the glamour that went with it.  In…

Just Like That, No Ford Taurus?

Things you don’t see much of anymore, and other observations: SKATEBOARDS: Gone, down south anyway. I’ve yet to spot even one. ACNE ON TEENS: What…

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