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Posts published in May 2010

Off the Record

This week: McCutcheon v. Colombi, the economics of legalization, Lintott's bankruptcy and much more...

Letters to the Editor

GHOST BUSES Dear Editor, In response to the Opinion piece from the Sunday Ukiah Daily Journal regarding the Mendocino Transit Authority’s Solarization & Modernization Project, I’d like to apologize if our previous letter sounded “sar­castic”…

Lives & Times of Valley Folks: Tom McFadden

I met with Tom at his home on Hwy 128 in Boonville and following a brief tour of his wonderful workshop we sat down with a cup of coffee and a delicious ham and cheese…

Bird’s Eye View

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. Let’s start off with a few “Many Happy Returns” to our seniors who celebrate a birthday in May: Walter ‘Shine’ Tuttle, Joan…

Salmon Feeding In San Pablo Bay

Each week during the spring along the shores of San Pablo Bay, tanker trucks hired by the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) deliver thousands of Chinook salmon smolts, born in hatcheries upstream, to strategic…

My Bad

I first heard the expression “My Bad” used on a bas­ketball court circa 1975. The expression most likely came into being among jazz musicians, for many of the most popular expressions emanating from black America…

Farm To Farm

The soils dried up enough last week that we could work a few spots and spread manure on others, while some land was still sporting standing water, tadpoles, and mosquito larvae. Evidently the mosquitos have…

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