DA DAVID EYSTER'S sensible pot enforcement strategies were recently featured in the Daily Journal Legal News, a newspaper for the legal profession. “Under new policy, some offenders can pay restitution and plead to a misdemeanor”…
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THE GREEN PARTY has selected Jill Stein, MD, as the party's presidential candidate. Ms. Stein, a 62-year-old internist from Lexington, Mass, is already being denounced by Democrats as working for Romney, the same canard the…
THE SILENCE coming out of the labor-management impasse at Mendocino Coast District Hospital is becoming more tense by the week. Earlier this month, CEO Ray Hino told employees that he intended to “suspend” the 3%…
IN MAY OF 2010, 15 Congressmen, including Ron Paul and Bay Area Democrats Pete Stark and Zoe Lofgren, asked Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, to “assure financial institutions (banks) whose account holders are involved in a…
KRISTINA RAGOSTA of Arlington, Virginia writes: “Thank you for covering the very important issue of untreated mental illness and Laura’s Law. Unfortunately, the article posted (https://www.theava.com/archives/16456/comment-page-1#comment-62689) distorts some important aspects of Laura’s Law (AB 1421)…
STEVENSWOOD SPA and Resort at Little River, just south of mega-tourist magnet Mendocino, is being advertised as up for auction, meaning the present owners have defaulted. The property is advertised as located on the Mendocino…
THE SUPERVISORS have shunted Laura's Law off to committee, where it is likely to die a silent death. As some of you will recall, Fort Bragg City Councilman Jere Melo and property manager Matthew Coleman,…
INTERIM COUNTY COUNSEL DOUG LOSAK submitted his resignation to the Board of Supervisors late Monday afternoon. Reliable sources say the Sheriff and District Attorney were prepared to force the issue by declaring a conflict of…