Those of you who have been around this County for a while are familiar with my views on the weed industry. I’m a poster boy for feeding at the pot manger. While I don’t grow…
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A presentation for next Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting is entitled “Department Accomplishments.” The presentation gets off to a stumbling start as the first department listed is Assessor – Clerk/Recorder – Registrar Of Voters whose…
An outside prosecutor argued Thursday that a chain of missing official county emails in a chaotic criminal case involving Mendocino County’s elected Auditor, and its former top payroll manager are not reason enough to dismiss…
Susan Sher, a newcomer to Ukiah’s City Council but a longtime leftist, has made clear her opposition to Prop 36, an initiative that would roll back many of the leniencies voters (including me) approved in…
Acting Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector Sara Pierce presented her proposed “Corrective Action Plan” response to a state Controller report that had criticized the County’s financial procedures to the Supervisors on Tuesday. As previously noted, the State Controller’s…
State officials overseeing construction of the planned $145 million Mendocino County Courthouse are pushing back against harsh local criticism of its design. In August, when preliminary renderings of the new courthouse were retrieved and published…
In 1986 California voters supported Proposition 49 by a 56% to 44% margin. Both the state senate and assembly had approved the idea behind the proposition by more than a two-thirds majority. Prop 49 amended…
For next Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting, lame duck Supervisor Glenn McGourty has prepared a “presentation” (i.e., a few casual notes typed into a PowerPoint format-template) alleging that the Supervisors need more “staff support” so…