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The Palace Hotel Deal: A Predictable Collapse

I hate to say “I told you so”, but in my column a year or so ago, when Minal Shankar, the Wall Street whiz kid who was then expressing an interest in taking on the…

County Notes: A Department Of Finance?

“You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there.” — Yogi Berra At their last Board meeting on Tuesday, July 25, 2023 before taking an…

Killed Without Dying

Late on a sun-baked October afternoon in 1995, an attractive, 60-ish woman named Jodine Lesieur drove home after a long day cutting hair in her busy Laytonville barber shop. She turned west at the CDF…

Iconic Neon Sign Refurbished But No Longer In Ukiah

To the surprise of Ukiah locals, an iconic neon Mr. Frostie sign that hung for decades along South State Street in Ukiah is refurbished and now on display but no longer in the Ukiah Valley.…

Jurassic Jubilee at the SoCo Fair

The Sonoma County Fair’s “Jurassic Jubilee” is underway. It began on August 3 and will run until the 13th at the Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa. Friday August 4th was Senior Day so the entrance fee…

Graffiti, Ukiah’s Growth Industry

One of the biggest mistakes Ukiah makes, and has been making for decades, is allowing graffiti to deface streets and buildings.  It’s as if our leaders appreciate graffiti, admire the stuff, encourage young vandals to…

Paul Dolan Remembered

At least 500 people gathered Friday at Dark Horse Vineyards in Ukiah to celebrate the life of wine industry leader Paul Dolan, a man who achieved national recognition for his advocacy of biodynamic farming practices.…

Paying the Price for Progress

It’s amazing how many bright people we have in this county to educate us on the causal factors of what at first may appear to be unfathomable dilemmas. Case in point, how do we work…

County Notes: Insults, Indecisiveness & Inaction

Item 4a on Tuesday, July 25, 2023’s Board Agenda: “Discussion and Possible Action to Direct Staff to Initiate Modernization of New Hire and Annual Employee Standards Including Position-Appropriate Physical, Psychological, Moral Character and Computer Literacy.…

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