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Posts published in “Essays”

HumCo’s Tea Party Movement

Hundreds of county residents converged in Eureka for a Tea Party rally that included a variety of speak­ers, some American Revolution outfits and apparent dissenters who were identified as “infiltrators.” The second annual rally for…

Bach & Taxes

While the rich still have not figured out how to evade death, they have always been adept at escaping taxes even from beyond the grave. During Johann Sebastian Bach’s day, a sovereign’s demise was yet…

Candidates Discuss Local Ag

The four Fifth District Supervisor candidates spoke at a meeting organized by the Anderson Valley Food Shed, the Anderson Valley Grange, and the Mendocino Organic Network which includes the Renegade Certification Program, the folks who…

Farm To Farm

In less than a decade residing in Anderson Valley I've seen hens, lambs, pigs, and calves springing up in backyards like weeds. We are now experiencing the second wave of the “back-to-land” movement. This time…

Finnegan Loses to “Rat Bitch”

A secret report detailing deep divisions within the Mendocino County District Attorney’s office tells how DA candidate Matt Finnegan was fired a year ago after “mounting a campaign of character assassination” against a supervising attorney…

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…

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