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Posts published in February 2011

Affinito Still Gouging Fort Bragg

Thanks to some excellent follow up work by Ukiah Daily Journal reporter Tiffany Revelle, we learned last week that the County is still paying an outrageous $308,000 per year in rent to Dominic Affinito for…

Going Nowhere Fast

The lowest point in last Tuesday’s slightly unhinged Board of Supervisors meeting was the slam dunk of Supervisor John McCowen’s noble attempt to address the flagrantly wasteful and spectacularly unneeded remodel of the Board of…

Off The Record

This Week: Susan Keegan's suspicious death, Fort Bragg's hatchet attack, Ukiah's new finance director and much more

Valley People

GARRETT MABERY, 18, is recovering at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital from a terrible accident late Monday afternoon. Garrett was airlifted to the hospital with injuries described by one witness as “serious but not life-threatening.” From…

A .357 Will Trump A .22 Every Time

The Honorable Jonathan Lehan will be going on vacation this week. This is big news, because when his vacation ends, March 4th, his retirement begins. He won’t be back at the Ten Mile Court. For…

Change, changing places

I just got home from a week in Tampa, FL.  I had never been to Florida before.  What I can tell you is this: Gasparilla is no joke.  They take their pirating very seriously in…

Lives & Times of Valley Folks: Tom Rodrigues

I drove out to the Yorkville Highlands and up to a beautiful home with spectacular views behind the Maple Creek Winery to meet owner Tom Rodrigues. For my brief tour of the property, I was…

Bird’s Eye View

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. News Flash! The ‘Original’ Crab Feed, being held this coming Saturday, Feb 5th, is sold out! There are no tickets left anywhere…

Letters to the Editor

WAY TO GO, NPR! Dear All Things Considered, Many thanks for yesterday's story about the shocking revelations brought forward by Al Jazeera concerning the astounding offer made by Mahmoud Abbas to the Israelis; for those…

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