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Posts published in February 2014

Mendocino County Today: February 5, 2014

Like everyone else, I was saddened by the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman. What a talent. How awful that something in him was so haunting that only the killer drug could fight it off.

Mendo’s Labor Wars

The slo-mo labor relations trainwreck between SEIU 1021 and Mendocino County continues to play out with both sides having now issued dueling press releases based on the findings and recommendations of a “fact finding” panel.…

Pepper Spray 101

Pepper spray and the California prison system go together like peanut butter and jelly! If you haven't been sprayed, you haven't been to prison! No sir. It is never just a little. Oh no. Once they pop the top, the fun— why the fun, it just don't stop.

Letters (Feb 5, 2014)

Let me warn you about a man who was pals with the president who kills terrorists —- because he's coming to Mendocino on February 13, 2014.

Judge James A. Washington

The fact that people of color are punished disproportionately by drug prohibition is now widely acknowledged in the United States. Just last week in the New Yorker David Remick quoted the President stating: “Middle-class kids don’t get…

Normal Water Times

Thirst is interesting. One can go weeks without food — especially if starting out corpulent — but only days without water. Rationing ratcheted many down to the minimum required for hydration.

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