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Posts published in June 2010

Writing Good

I daresay creativity cannot be taught. Creativity can be engendered, encouraged, cultivated, and supported, but being creative is as natural as breathing, and so to…

Scrapers

They murdered the jockey within 48 hours. It took two weeks before a hiker found the trainer downstream from a hunting cabin in Idaho with…

Celebrating The 4th With The Enemy

The Fourth of July, as we all know, is Independence Day. Hurray for George Washington and the revolution­aries, down with King George and the British.…

Whacking The Sheriff’s Budget

On June 15 the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors whacked the Sheriff’s Department $2 million. Two million. The vote was 4-1, McCowen dissenting.

Off the Record

This week: The mythical Willits bypass, the problem with the Supes, the PD on Boaz and much more.

Valley People

WITH THE VOTE certified late Monday afternoon, we learned that Measure A, the $15.25 million bond to rehab Boonville's school buildings, was approved by almost…

The Albuquerque Gang Meets Ukiah

On the otherwise tranquil early morning of Wednesday, June 23rd at 1:30am, Ukiah police and firemen were summoned to the Economy Inn where a 1980-ish Ford pick-up was “fully engulfed in flames.”

Weaned On Oil

The U.S. Department of Energy says America uses 20 Million Barrels of oil a day. That's 833,333 barrels an hour, a Billion Barrels every 50…

Will Prop 420 End The Charade?

Of course the "Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010" which will be on the ballot in November will not be called "Proposition 420."…

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