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Far Out Gallery

Art and art galleries are two wonders of The City, my friends North of the Golden Gate tell me. That's true for me. When Anne Marguerite Herbst founded Far Out Gallery, aka FOG, on Taraval…

Public Thoughts On County’s ‘Fiscal Crisis’

The past couple of weeks, I’ve covered the fiscal crisis that has been the main topic under discussion at Board of Supervisors meetings for the last year. I’ve called for the County to stop talking…

For the Toy Department…Bill Veeck

(Slightly condensed from an article in the March 1949 American Legion Magazine by Paul Gardner) In mid-summer of 1946 Bill Veeck limped into Cleveland to head up a syndicate which had bought out the 6th…

County Notes: Another Finance Free Agenda

You might expect after the Board’s frequent hand-wringing about possible bankruptcy and structural deficits and looming budget shortfalls, ongoing employee negotiations, ongoing computer software problems with both the accounting system and the property tax system,…

A Pair of Vindictive Indictments

In a sharp escalation of a running political battle between two elected Mendocino County officials, a felony criminal charge of misappropriation of public funds was filed Friday against County Auditor Chamise Cubbison by District Attorney…

County Auditor Suspended Without Pay

In a stunning move Tuesday, Mendocino County supervisors suspended embattled Auditor Chamise Cubbison without pay although the elected county official has yet to have a chance to enter an expected not guilty plea to a…

At The World Petroleum Congress

One of the panel discussions at the 24th World Petroleum Congress in Calgary last week was on “Social Responsibility: Earning a Licence to Operate.” “I get challenged by my children and grandchildren,” the executive secretary…

Real Deal On County’s Fiscal Crisis

Most folks know that for months, I’ve called for the County to stop talking about the County’s fiscal crisis and start doing something, get to the bottom of the root cause(s), and then take decisive…

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