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Posts published in November 2010

Bird’s Eye View

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. I attended what I assume was the final tri-tip bbq fundraiser of the year as a crowd of perhaps 50 or so…

Panther Soccer 2010

Here we go again. For the sixth year in succession, the AV Panthers are headed for the play-offs where, after receiving a first round bye as a result of their fine efforts in the regular…

Sound Familiar, Mendo? Crisis at Pacifica

Capital’s most severe crisis in 70 years ought to be a moment of significant opportunity for the left. But as the right mobilizes disgruntled Americans via its vast radio, television, web, and print empires, the…

Le Village

“I always felt that the great high privilege, relief, and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing.” — Katherine Mansfield A soggy afternoon, the last Friday in October of 2010, Halloween two…

Up In Smoke: Cannabis Initiative Post Mortem

I spent Election Day at Prop 19 Headquarters in Oak­land, California, and witnessed the final, tumultuous hours of the campaign to legalize marijuana. Not legalize it once and for all. To be precise, legalize possession…

Bumper Crop In Mendo

“Is that the Master?” says one friend to another, sitting in a living room somewhere in Mendonesia. “You bet,” his friend replies, as he begins breaking down a sticky bud into tiny crumbles. “It smells…

Valley People

THE SAD NEWS reached us Sunday that Carroll Pratt had suf­fered a terrible fall at his Philo home, injuring himself so severely he had to be airlifted to Ukiah where he remains, as of Tuesday…

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