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Off the Record 7/26/2025

POLLY GIRVIN: Immigration authorities are in Ukiah. They went to a community clinic Tuesday morning demanding Medicaid records for the clinic's clients. The clinic did not give them to them. They stayed at Holiday Inn…

Off the Record 7/22/2025

A LETTER TO THE EDITOR in this week’s edition of Jim Shields’ Mendocino Observer from a writer calling himself “The Thorn, Laytonville” entitled “Yet Another of Five Stupid Mistakes Made by Mendocino County Administrators —…

Off the Record 7/16/2025

MENDOCINO GRAND JURY: HEALING THE TOXIC CULTURE IN THE CITY OF WILLITS WORKPLACE The 2024-25 Mendocino County Civil Grand Jury (Grand Jury) received a complaint detailing multiple irregularities including an intimidating and toxic workplace culture…

Off the Record 7/8/2025

MENTAL HEALTH CONSERVATORSHIPS by Mark Scaramella At last Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting after the big Annexation Cancellation agenda item, there was a discussion of the County’s “C.O.R.E.” (Community Outreach Response & Engagement) program in…

Off the Record 7/1/2025

ELISE COX (KZYX News): At the Ukiah Town Hall on annexation Thursday night, Ukiah Deputy City Manager Shannon Riley laid out some unique ground rules — there were to be no statements or comments, only…

Off the Record 6/24/2025

A READER WRITES: On County functioning: 100% they will hire “managers” with a proper degree to hold the space and bill for services. The managers are not trained, nor mentored because there are No Mentors…

Off the Record 6/17/2025

SURPRISE! Auditor-Controller/Treasurer Tax Collector Chamise Cubbison told the Supervisors a few weeks ago that tax delinquency and tax default property sales were still a long way off because of the bureaucrat hurdles involved. But on…

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