REPORTS out of the North County say lightning struck a tree near the Leggett Post Office and the resulting fire spread to the Post Office which has burned to the ground. The locally unprecedented event…
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THE VOTE IN A TIME OF CATASTROPHE Events long ago overwhelmed the two-party system, a system offering people drawn to public office to enrich themselves in an apparatus funded by malign forces. It all looks…
CORRECT BALLOTS ARRIVING FOR MENDOCINO COUNTY VOTERS by Mike Geniella About 53,000 newly printed ballots for the March 2 primary are hitting Mendocino County voters’ mailboxes this week, as county election officials scramble to correct…
THE OTHER DAY a commenter said he didn't think Carrie Shattuck would be a “team player” if she were elected 1st District supervisor. Which, by itself, is a good reason to vote for her, especially…
JIM SHIELDS WRITES: We have two Pineapple Expresses passing our way this week. Pineapple Express was the nickname airline employees, like I used to be and loved every minute of it, coined for winter tropical…
THAT FRIGHTENING incident last week in Ukiah saw a sex-maddened homeless man chase three teenage girls down the street, and I won't say in hot pursuit because there was nothing funny about the episode. It’s…
SUPERVISOR MULHEREN (facebook): “I have always thought a Supervisor needs two or three terms to accomplish all of their goals, as I review what has happened in the last three years I’m so proud of…
ONE YEAR, I CELEBRATED Martin Luther King’s birthday by paying HBO $46 on a Saturday night to watch Mike Tyson knockout Francois Botha. I’d better say here that I think it’s way past time to…
THIS ANNUAL FRAUD is about to commence: Mendocino County Homeless Services Continuum of Care (MCHSCoC) will be conducting its annual unsheltered Point-In-Time (PIT) Count which will be held on the morning of Wednesday, January 24,…