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Posts published in June 2010

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." But whatever number it ends up with in November, it's…

The Boonville Schools & Their $15+ Million

Proposition 39 was approved by California's voters in 2000. It was called the "School Facilities. 55% Local Vote. Bonds, Taxes, Accountability Requirements." It passed statewide 53% to 47% but failed in Mendocino County, 51.5% to…

Vargas Sentenced to Nine Years

Aaron Vargas is the highest profile local news story to go national and even international since Jim Jones. His sentencing last week closed yet another unique chapter in Mendocino County history when he was sentenced…

Off the Record

This Week: The AVA's missing stash, damage control on the Hudson, texting for CHPpers and much more...

Valley People

THE STATE Regional Water Quality Control Board, headquartered in lush leather offices in Santa Rosa, has notified Carolyn Short, former owner of Jeff's Chevron next door to the firehouse (now Guerrero’s Tire Shop) that they…

Don Carlos Invades Boonville

This past weekend of the quarter moon, a chilly breeze tempered the usually hot June sunshine, as the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival got off to cool start. Locals noted the traffic was light Friday…

Letters to the Editor

THE TAO OF NOW Editor, When isn't the United States of America at war? The Taoist ethic says, “Arms are the instruments of unhappi­ness, not of nobility. The wise man conquers unwill­ingly.” Little drops of…

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