An index of AVA stories, letters and comments about our small claims suit against Supervisor Kendall Smith.
Posts published in “News”
Our ongoing attempt to get Supervisor Kendall Smith to pay back travel money for travel she didn't travel came before Judge John Behnke last week in Small Claims night court. As the Judge noticed, there…
Catch/Release by David Ollier Weber, lately of Comptche presently of Placerville. A novel set here in the Emerald Triangle's most exciting outback venues, mostly along the Mina Road running between Covelo and Alderpoint, Catch/Release begins,…
I met with Tim in the spacious kitchen that is used for cooking classes at his Apple Farm business on the Philo-Greenwood Road and we sat down to talk at the large dining table. Tim…
“Living Treasures” are those elders in a community recognized as having special knowledge, learned over a lifetime, that they share with others. These folks usually aren’t rich or college educated but they possess a mental…
Soon after I became outspoken in my criticism of the regional wine industry, I began having conversations with local people for whom this issue is deeply personal. Across recent decades, the sprawling North Coast booze…
The year ended at the Ukiah courthouse Thursday with the Honorable Leonard LaCasse striding out the door with his robe folded over his arm, his years as a strictly Mendocino County judge completed. Of course,…