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Off the Record 1/20/2026

ADD LOOK ALIKES: MENDO STICKS WITH ‘CLIMATE CHANGE’ MENDOCINO CO., 1/8/26 — After months of debate, the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved using the term “climate change” in a county document…

Off the Record 1/14/2026

THE NIGHT OF THE APOCALYPSE (from the Archive, January 1, 2000) by Bruce Anderson I set out from Haight Street for a night’s walkabout anticipating end-of-the-world spectacles. It was New Year’s Eve, end of an…

Off the Record 1/6/2026

ERIC HART, Willits, has announced he will run for the Mendocino County District 3 supervisor seat. https://mendovoice.com/2025/12/eric-hart-enters-race-for-mendocino-county-district-3-supervisor-seat/ ARTHUR JUHL (Gualala): I ran for Supervisor but I was not a Democrat. If you are you have…

Off the Record 12/31/2025

LISTENING to a recent KPFA fundraising pitch has convinced me to subscribe. I listen to it a lot down here in Marin and think the good stuff on the station outweighs the crackpots, so cracked…

Off the Record 12/23/2025

KATHERINE ‘KIT’ ELLIOTT TO RETURN AS MENDOCINO COUNTY COUNSEL, but as a “contractor” for six months. After that…? Elliott will be paid $31,666 per month, for a total contract value of $190k, or 960 hours…

Off the Record 12/16/2025

PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR (My Annual Remembrance) by Bruce Anderson Count me as one. I was two, my brother one, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 1941. My brother and I were born…

Off the Record 12/10/2025

AT TUESDAY’S SPECIAL BOARD MEETING, after Supervisor John Haschak first announced that the Board would discuss the big, recently completed $800k “draft” state audit report — some 18 months in the making — for a…

Off the Record 12/2/2025

LINDY PETERS: Here is some perspective on the Fort Bragg City Council pay scale. Every 2 weeks we receive a paycheck that amounts to roughly $215. So that comes to about $107.50 a week. If…

Off the Record 11/25/2025

MIKE GENIELLA: Why did Judge Brennan apparently give the court only five days' notice of his stepping down in the face of Judge Ann Moorman's service on the state appellate court, and the required training…

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