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Election Follies

It’s hard to know what to think about the compost bucket mess of a scandal at county elections, but I’m having fun trying. How about a Netflix series about a zany batch of incompetent government…

Supes Cave: Vets Office To Return To Observatory

Several dozen local veterans packed last Tuesday morning’s Supervisors meeting again to demand fair treatment. Supervisor John Haschak tried to cool down the frustrated vets by telling them that he was going to host a…

AVA Suspending Publication Of Print Edition

Mendocino County’s Anderson Valley Advertiser newspaper, long a maverick in the nation’s media world, is suspending its weekly print edition, choosing to rely only on a daily online version to get the word out. “We’re…

Weed: A Sad, Sad New York Story

A recent story (February 26) in The New Yorker magazine that describes the woes of the legal cannabis industry in the Empire State might prompt California marijuana growers, dealers, sellers and users to declare, “I…

Hemorrhaging Jobs, We Limp On

Ukiah, the city where failure knows no bottom and where ineptitude goes unnoticed, is once again failing and those in charge are shrugging it off. The town is coming apart at the seams. Businesses are…

Landlines = Lifelines

We attended the CPUC Hearing in Ukiah on February 22nd concerning AT&T’s plan to abandon landlines and Lifeline service in California. The Supervisor’s chambers and the overflow room were packed as was the hallway. Real…

Mendo’s Damaging Fee Increases

As you are all aware, the Board of Supervisors back in early December held a full-scale hearing on proposed fee increases wished-for by 16 different departments. Historically, the County typically holds these fee adjustment hearings…

Honoring Judge David Nelson

A community gathering is planned for March 30 in honor of the late Mendocino County Superior Court Judge David E. Nelson, a man whose towering presence helped reshape the county’s legal, political and cultural landscapes.…

A Brief History Of Mendo’s Veterans Service Office

I worked in the Veteran Service Office (VSO) of Mendocino County for 11 years and was the Veteran Service Officer for 5 of those. I just want to clarify what our complaints are. Around 15…

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