AVA PEOPLE were kicking this big subject around today: Why are there no protest songs like the 60s & 70s? Lazarus of Willits popped up out of his grave to offer his opinion: “Completely different…
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Be sure and check out the SF Chron’s story on weed woes here in Mendoland (“California County’s Cannabis Industry On The Brink Of Irreversible Failure”). It’s another in a long string of articles by outside…
Item 4h on next Tuesday’s Supervisors agenda has the seemingly routine and innocuous title: “Discussion and Possible Action Including Review of Board of Supervisor's Directives Requiring Follow Through from County Staff and/or Other Agencies…” We’ve…
DICK WHETSTONE CLARIFIES THE COASTAL HISTORY: Braxton Bragg was never in California. It was named by Lt. Gibson for his former Captain in the Mexican War. From Wikipedia: “In the summer of 1857, 1st Lt. Horatio…
A sunny warmish early afternoon day last week, and retired logging industry truckdriver Morgan Baynham, New Jersey suburbanite “city person” friend visiting me, Suzanne Glatt, and I teamed up to visit the Evergreen Cemetery and…
Abbreviated Overview of Historical and Current Projects 1920’s - Promoted the extension of the highway from Navarro to the mouth of the river. 1930’s - Sponsored Well-Baby Clinics 1934 – Began assisting students studying for…
As staff members are ramping up work on the city’s next spending plan, City Manager Sage Sangiacomo reported earlier this month that revenues have taken a significant downturn in the past year. “On a quarterly…
For two weeks, last week and this week, the Supervisors have spent their meetings entirely in closed session, mostly conducting “performance evaluations” for six department heads. Despite their frequent hosannas to “transparency,” the public has…
Be sure and read Mark Scaramella’s excellent recent report from last week,“Veg-Mod Hell.” Here’s some brief background on this bewildering issue of the Weed Ordinance’s provision prohibiting the removal of even a single tree for…