A READER WRITES: I dread the new courthouse. All the preliminary designs I have seen vary from ugly to unremarkable to warehouse distribution center vibe. It will be a high security concrete bubble for our…
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THE DA has charged the dual County officials, Cubbison and Kennedy, of misappropriation of public funds, while the DA himself has hosted staff — a total of somewhere around 70 people — at annual January…
DA EYSTER is using his office to pursue personal vendettas. He has brandished his position as Mendocino County’s top law enforcement officer to threaten to run for judge against Clay Brennan of Ten Mile Court,…
A READER WRITES: In regards to the Assessor Report: This is what happens when an office is combined and all the importance is focused on Elections. Ironically we have only found out about this because…
DISTRICT ATTORNEY EYSTER is telling persons close to him that he will be running against sitting judge Clay Brennan for a seat on the Mendocino County Superior Court. Brennan has been sitting as judge of…
WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE to confirm a rumor that the FBI is looking into the County’s tax assessment and/or tax collector office(s). As we have pointed out before, there are staffing and backlog problems in…
THE MOST DRAMATIC MOMENT at last Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting occurred when an aggrieved young woman complained she’d been mistreated by Mendo law enforcement: “My name is Kelli Johnson. Last Tuesday I was the…
WELL HELL. Started last Thursday morning with a blaring security notice from Apple that locked up my computer. Had to call an 888 number where a barely coherent East Indian told me to do this,…
IT COULD HAPPEN HERE: The restaurant owner whose battle with a Kansas newspaper led to a viral raid has broken her silence to reveal the hate mail she's received blaming her for the death of…