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Posts published in October 2010

Bird’s Eye View

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. But only to let you know the Public Service Announcements and to share a little Valley story of our times. PSAs. #134:…

Panther Soccer 2010

Following the season’s disappointing first league defeat, 4-5 to Calistoga the previous Wednesday, and the unfulfilling forfeit made by Tomales in the next game, the Panthers were certainly ready to play and get back on…

Beyond Brown v. Whitman: The Late Great State Of California

California has been depicted as a “failed state”: lead­ing the nation in unemployment, adult illiteracy, lowest bond ratings, the near lowest school scores, most people on welfare, highest number of homes underwater. With most of…

Gay

A good story cannot be devised; it has to be dis­tilled.” — Raymond Chandler Before the advent of the interweb, I frequented librar­ies and secondhand bookstores in search of good short stories, my appetite for…

An Open Letter to President Obama: Eat, Pray, Be Disappointed

Dear President Obama, It seems that the theme emanating from the White House is “Eat, Pray, Be Disappointed.” And yet, when­ever I do feel disappointed, I always realize that the alternative was John McCain, with…

Public Defender in the Dock

Glenn Sunkett called the other day. He sounded pretty good for a guy who just got 63 years in the state pen for a Fort Bragg marijuana job back in July of 2008. It was…

‘The Way We’ve Always Done It’

In the Anderson Valley, there's futbol and there's football.
The football people think their football isn't get ting a fair shake.

Valley People

DAVE NORFLEET and Paula Kesenheimer are just back from the State Grange convention in San Jose. Dave, as most of you know, is our Philo Grange master and unsung co-founder of Boonville Beer. He's also…

Northstone Organics Targeted?

"Next week if they take my medical cannabis I will be pissed off and demand they give it back!" --Angel Raich, Northstone Organics patient Angel Raich spoke these words after Northstone Organics' drivers were stopped…

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