Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. First an update from the world of higher education. AVHS alum Cassidy…
Posts published in February 2010
The Tea Party appeals to the swelling numbers of the new former middle class angry at the sudden vanishing of their accustomed perks and entitlements to a predictably comfortable suburban existence. They're mad at the government and hot for “liberty.” But how do they propose to maintain the hyper-complexities of suburban life without taxes to pay for fixing the countless roads their lives depend on or to run the gold-plated central school districts that seem to exist solely to provide Friday night football?
Pitchers and catchers report to spring training this week. There is hope! Baseball is on its way. I would rather watch the Minnesota Twins, but…
Yesterday I came in from harvesting a storm-felled tan oak, my Neolithic mind thinking ahead to winter warmth from these new-cut logs a year hence,…
Delta advocates fear that campaign contributions from Stewart Resnick and other big water interests could heavily influence Jerry Brown, the potential winner of the gubernatorial race in the November election, and his positions on the construction of more dams and the November $11.1 billion water bond. They also fear Resnick could pressure Brown to support legislative and administrative attacks on federal plans protecting Delta smelt and Central Valley salmon.
I don't follow the calendar very well, and since there aren't any Lutheran churches in Anderson Valley I wasn't aware that last Tuesday was actually…
Below are links to the documents I used for this week's story on the strange case of Robert Forest, who's suing former Fort Bragg police…
DEPUTY CRAIG WALKER had no trouble the other day picking up a good natured male pit bull in Navarro. The deputy soon deposited the animal…