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Mendocino County Today: Tuesday, June 21, 2022

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Election Update (Local Races)

Mendocino County Election Results, Select Local Races, updated June 20, 2022 County Superintendent of Schools Michelle Hutchins 3,880 (45.09%) Nicole Glentzer 4,725 (54.91%) Supervisor, 3rd District John Haschak 1331 (72.81%) Clay Romero 497 (27.19%) Supervisor,…

Win Or Lose, Warriors Won’t Solve SF’s Problems

The headline above the fold in the San Francisco Examiner on Thursday June 2, read “Golden Opportunity,” followed by “How the Warriors can bring us together, and restore San Francisco’s tarnished reputation.” The article quoted…

County Notes: Supervisor Gjerde’s Finest Hour

The Supervisors voted 4-1 (Supervisor Dan Gjerde dissenting) on Wednesday to ask County Counsel to draft a general sales tax measure for next November’s ballot which would essentially replace the bulk of the expiring Measure…

COVID Omicron Update

Reports are flying around about the two newest subvariants of Omicron, namely BA.4 and BA.5.  To begin with, we should be reminded that most viruses mutate over time and the changes being seen in the…

Off the Record (June 15, 2022)

AS OF WEDNESDAY, early election returns with the first three or four thousand votes in so far showed no surprises. The Hutchins/Glentzer race for County School Superintendent as expected is close with Glentzer ahead by…

From Cakewalk to Streetfight

Most years, elections in Mendocino County are pretty staid, predictable affairs. This is true particularly in the nonpartisan races such as supervisor and Sheriff, where there is generally little controversy and low-level temperatures. The 2022…

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