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Kangaroo Looking For A Court

Here’s the latest installment in the super-politically charged, three-ring legal circus that is the Chamise Cubbison affair. At the Oct. 17 BOS meeting, the County’s ever-escalating fiscal dilemma was propelled even further into chaos when…

County Notes: Williams Suggests Keeping Measure P Funds

Just as we warned… Anyone who watches gangster movies is familiar with that stereotypical line usually delivered in a heavy Brooklyn accent where the mob boss adjusts his tie, twists his neck, shakes his head,…

‘Our Concern Is Public Safety’

The Ukiah City Council voted unanimously Wednesday afternoon to approve a resolution ordering the owner of the Palace Hotel to take significant action within the next 30 days to either stabilize the building to mitigate…

Fixing Problems: Starting With The Cubbison Affair

Before getting down to the business at-hand today, I want to let you know that all politics aside, I am personally embarrassed to live and work in a county that is as dysfunctional as this…

Another Tale From The Hills: The Sociopath

Remember the case of the whole family who died recently, one by one, over a period of several years? The father, Mike Nicklin, was a sociopath, the mother Joanne Herbert, an abuse victim trapped with…

County Notes: Dubious Claims

Independent Coast Observer reporter Susan Wolbarst covers the Board of Supervisors for the ICO. In her October 20, 2023 report about the suspension of Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector Chamise Cubbison, Wolbarst says that “Since election, she [Cubbison]…

The Backlash: Cubbison Support Grows

Mendocino County Supervisors and District Attorney David Eyster are facing a groundswell of opposition this week in their assault on elected county Auditor Chamise Cubbison. Cubbison supporters say they will show up for her expected…

County Supervisors Under Fire for Cubbison Ouster

Mendocino County Supervisor sat silent as they were chastised Tuesday for arbitrarily removing elected Auditor Chamise Cubbison from office without a hearing. Chris Andrian, a noted Sonoma County lawyer, ripped board members for denying Cubbison…

Fire, Aim, Ready

In a transparent attempt to cover their collective behinds, the Supervisors gave suspended Auditor-Controller Treasurer Tax Collector Chamise Cubbison a technical opportunity to respond to her suspension — after she was suspended. It was obvious…

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