LINDY PETERS: Here is some perspective on the Fort Bragg City Council pay scale. Every 2 weeks we receive a paycheck that amounts to roughly $215. So that comes to about $107.50 a week. If…
Posts published in “Off the Record”
MIKE GENIELLA: Why did Judge Brennan apparently give the court only five days' notice of his stepping down in the face of Judge Ann Moorman's service on the state appellate court, and the required training…
SHERIFF MATT KENDALL: Winter is well on its way and I’m hopeful everyone will be prepared for some challenging weather. This morning I ran into a few problems on the way to work. Thankfully, our…
REACH A CERTAIN AGE and you start to fall apart. For me, the great disassembly began when I hit 70, and has accelerated since to where I spend at least one day a week at…
I SHOULD HAVE REALIZED I was in for a major bummer when I saw that I was the only person in the theater. Then, when ‘One Battle After Another’ kicked off, and the audio-visual filmic…
DAILY MAIL, Saturday morning: “Thousands of 'No Kings' protesters clutching obscene signs pack the streets to oppose Trump… as America braces for violent chaos.” DOUBT IT, but violent resistance to Trump's daily crimes is the…
JIM SHIELDS MEMORIAL: A PERFECT DAY Pictured above are Jim’s kids with their spouses and his bike: Roland (holding grand dog Chiquita), Maria, Jim and Jayma. The Shields and Spence Family would like to thank…
CAROL WEASE: Propaganda is not free speech. It is not organic debate. It is intended to sell something. "Iraq has weapons of mass destruction." was not free speech. Donald Trump is a Russian asset is…