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Posts published in December 2011

He’s Coming Back

A garbled story last month in the Fort Bragg Advocate informed Fort Bragg that a still young, and perhaps still dangerous, man named Tony Mitchell will soon be out of prison. The family of one…

Save Hendy Woods Regroups

  More than a hundred locals, most of them gray-haired, attended last Wednesday’s meeting to save Hendy Woods State Park. Most of the under-60 people on hand were the young persons who'd kicked the campaign…

The Worst Turkey Day Ever

Defense attorney Keith Faulder is a long-time friend of DA David Eyster. Faulder is also a former senior prosecutor. Faulder said recently, “I told Dave if he’s going to keep filing these shit cases, then…

Off The Record

This Week: the sherrif's fancy new computer system; pot cops & pot prices; sniveling for Affinito; and much more

Getting Crab Out Of Noyo

From the deck of an 18-footer fully loaded for a sport crab run, the sea looked pretty nice before noon. Crossing the Noyo bridge, we noted the flat surface of the cove, with only a…

Gadgets, Rube Goldberg and Native American Studies

It's a beautiful December. The little man is gadgeting. The teenager is neck deep in Rube Goldberg machines. My boyfriend is recovering from some strange chemical reactions, but he has recovered and is back to…

Suddenly It’s Newt

Slapstick depends on repetition. The clown always slips in the pile of elephant crap, inevitably walks into the ladder. By such standards Mitt Romney is now the un­disputed slapstick king of America. About every four…

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