WE DISAGREE Editor: Your response to my letter (January 16, 2013) re: Aaron Bassler's mental health: 1. “…it's clear to us that much of his behavior seemed inspired by methamphetamine.” 2..”....his jailers noted zero indication…
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THE LITTLE TRAIN THAT’S BANKRUPT To the Editor: The North Coast Railroad Authority (NCRA) is an independent state entity in charge of the 310-mile freight rail line between American Canyon and Humboldt Bay. NCRA's Board members…
ADNAN AS METAPHOR Editor, Our man on the spot — Adnan Farham Abdul Latif apparently accepted psychiatric medications casually left a potentially Guantanamo assisted suicide which rescued prison authorities of responsibility. Just as Athenian justice…
ON THE ROAD AGAIN Editor, I enjoyed Todd Walton's latest piece about Kerouac. Here is my story: Back in the late 70's I walked out of the screening of The Towering Inferno (because it was…
It is in the County’s vested interest to establish a Public Bank. This would allow the County to acquire and keep for its own needs the significant benefit of credit creation, instead of lining private…
WHEN THE LITTLE HAND… Editor -- Back in the early 1940s a troop ship left the East Coast bound for Britain. As the ship cleared the harbor and entered the open sea, a crewman made…
As 2012 draws to a close it is a good time to give an update on the school construction projects and to answer a few Phase One of our projects started last summer is 99%…
PUNISHING D-TANK Editor, Punish one, Punish all. I am one of the many inmates in Mendocino County Jail in Ukiah who have prison terms in our past and who are housed in administrative segregation under…