“Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.” — Mark Twain I realize it is not, in Buddhist terms, skillful speech to call anyone an idiot,…
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MENDOCINO COUNTY has needed a slaughterhouse forever, and maybe we're about to get one. The Economic Development & Financing Corporation (EDFC) will hold a public meeting next month to discuss potential plans for a local…
WE’VE COMPLAINED for years that California River Watch, vaguely based in Occidental (Sonoma County), is operated as a shakedown racket by a man named Jack Silver. Silver rifles the reports filed by municipalities with the…
A CLOSER LOOK at the thuggish dismissal of Kathy Corral reveals that the overall survival of the Anderson Valley Health Center might be more precarious than many of us thought. The dental clinic has been…
NORM FLUHER of Mendocino's venerable Blair House used to sit on the board of the Mendocino County Lodging Association until he was purged from that august body for asking the un-askable. Mr. Fluher wanted to…
THE UKIAH VALLEY Medical Center is a for-profit medical complex owned and operated by the tax-exempt 7th Adventist Church. The Center announced last week that it has eliminated six jobs because, it says, it expects…
WE’VE COMPLAINED for years that California River Watch, in Occidental, is operated as a non-profit shakedown racket by a man named Jack Silver. Silver rifles the reports filed with the North Coast Regional Water Quality…
LIKE MANY LOCALS, I’ve enjoyed the Haul Road north of Fort Bragg for years, an amenity we enjoy courtesy of the padrones of yesterday’s timber industry, and an amenity enjoyed by few other towns between…