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Posts published in November 2011

Mucho Car

It's gone forever, my beloved Triumph Spitfire, that classic, marvelous looking British sports car that never ran anywhere near as well as it looked. Pearl white it was, with black trim. Pretty. But noisy, roaring…

Bird’s Eye View

Greetings. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. Most important duty of the day is to inform you of this month’s AV birthday boys and girls: Jeanne Nickless, Shirley Harris, Judy Long, Dave…

Rock Is Dead

The Doors might have been the first musical discovery of my own youth; after glomming onto my big sister's Beatles, Stones, and yes, Monkees records, I bought all I could by The Doors. My choice…

Robbery

Someone broke into our car last week while we were in Cotton Auditorium for another marvelous Symphony of the Redwoods concert, Marcia in the orchestra, I in the audience. I left our car unlocked, having…

Moral & Immoral Illness

When I was diagnosed with throat cancer, I read up on alternative treatments, of which there are many. Somehow I had a strong intuitive sense that eating grapes or drinking tons of carrot juice was…

Under Water

In the afternoon following the tumultuous Board meeting on November 1st when the Board of Supervisors imposed a drastic 12.5% cut on about 750 of its lowest paid workers, CEO Carmel Angelo told the Board…

‘Not For Publication’

Dear Editor: Your recent article on the 2nd Congressional District campaign contained very serious factual errors relating to water issues (in addition to a strong bias for one candidate throughout the article). I am informed…

Letters To The Editor

SOME PEOPLE Letter to Editor, Why People Support Laura’s Law The reason law enforcement officers across the country support  Laura’s Law is because they know the people who are candidates to  receive Laura’s Law treatment,…

The Oakland General Strike

“During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” — George Orwell On the morning of November 2nd 2011, I drove northbound on Interstate 880 towards Oakland. We were coming from Santa…

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