It was October of 1999 when California's Attorney General made national news by announcing that marijuana cops had racked up a record haul of marijuana from Mendocino County gardens. The Attorney General's triumphant press release…
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If beer is the answer, what is the question? This time of year the question is where can I get together with friends and relatives to say good-bye to the old year and hello to…
Mendocino County District Attorney David Eyster is being asked to voluntarily recuse himself from efforts to criminally prosecute the County Auditor/Treasurer or face possible takeover of the case by the California Attorney General’s Office. The…
J. David Colfax, a key early figure in the homeschooling movement, died at his home in Boonville earlier this month. After leaving academia to homestead a rugged ridge top in northern California, he and his…
David Colfax, a former Mendocino County Supervisor, educator, and expert in data analysis, did not hesitate to show his contempt for critics, and people in the political arena who did not do their homework. Colfax…
In December of 2010, in the aftermath of the “Great Recession,” when the County faced a budget crunch similar to today’s (but for different reasons), then-newly appointed CEO Carmel Angelo boldly proposed that six of…
Despite the County’s many and growing staffing and budget problems, the Board of Supervisors has taken another month off. Their last meeting was November 8 at which they talked about the seriousness of the County’s…