An Open Letter To “The Supes”: The Board of Supervisors (affectionately known as THE SUPES) called a special session on Monday Feb 22nd with only 24 hours notice put surreptitiously on the internet on a…
Posts published in “Letters to the Editor”
Editor: The trial jury created by our Constitution is a judicial body with more power than Congress, the President, or even the Supreme Court. Judges frequently say the "issue of law" is for them to…
A DEEP BOW Editor & Reed Whittemore, “I hear the loved survivors tell How naught from death could save, Till every sound appears a knell And every spot a grave.” Wrote Abraham Lincon, at 37.…
To the editor and all of those at the good old AVA: I hope all is well there. I was not going to write this story because the last one had me ending up in…
WHO’S THAT POUNDING? To the Editor: On January 28th at about 2:15pm I was taking a shower. About 15 minutes later there was a loud pounding at my front door. I heard some yelling from…
BLEEPS DEFENDING BLEEPS Dear Editor, The word niggardly, whether it’s an a or an e, or ending with dly, who gives a bleep? We knew what that guy was thinking when he used it to…
To whom it may concern, My name is Glenn Sunkett. I am an African American citizen and Oakland California resident who is being illegally detained, prejudiced, racially discriminated against, inhumanly traded, and a constant subject…
Mendocino County deserves a more democratic approach and participatory budgeting that fosters local buy-in for the difficult choices ahead
VEGETABLES Editor, The new trend among the thinking minority in America is local produce. People are opting for small farmer’s markets, often in suburban parking lots, where the produce is fresh picked and organic. The…