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Posts published in August 2011

Horoscopes

Laura Hamburg’s application for her Boonville pot dispensary has shot her father in his Supervisorial foot; it has removed the Pot Brigade's most pot-friendly Supervisor from the rule drafting process.

Community Services District: No Pot Store Next Door

CSD Director Kirk Wilder was adamantly opposed to the dispensary idea, forthrightly describing medical marijuana as “a bunch of crap” — meaning that he thinks most “medical” marijuana smokers have no real medical condition that pot will help.

Inviting Trouble

The union rally on the Courthouse lawn last Thursday nearly turned into a brawl. The Service Employees International Union Local 1021, representing Ukiah Courthouse employees, had brought in a circus tent and a DJ and…

Valley People

LILA KNIGHT has died. Lila, the last of the Anderson Valley Pomos, was the wife of the late Art Knight. The Knights lived for many years near Lemons Market in Philo. Art Knight worked for…

Off The Record

This Week: A murder in Rockport; SEIU vs. The County, Cont'd; See ya', Congressman Corktop; and much more

Random Bits & the First Day of School

I know, I know. I am not the only mother to ever send her kid to school. But it's my first time sending mine to Kindergarten tomorrow so for me, it's a big deal. I…

Jarheads In The Bike Lane

My birthday showed its face in June, and thanks to the recent auto repossession and my wife’s work sched­ule, it would be an auto-free, solitary celebration. I had a check from a beer newspaper of…

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