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Posts published in April 2014

Bird’s Eye View (Apr 2, 2014)

Yes, readers, it’s the 400th edition of “Bird’s Eye View by Turkey Vulture” and as you can see by the photograph I don’t look a day over 399!

Letters (Apr 2, 2014)

About four weeks ago I stopped in the County Clerk’s office in Ukiah to find out when the last election of the Anderson Valley CSD Board of Directors was. Auditor Meredith Ford said she would look it up and get back to me (no answer). After a few weeks I sent her a letter asking that question and the legality of CSD offi­cers who are not elected (no answer).

Meet The Hornbooks

Kyle Stornetta is a scion of a prominent Point Arena family. Clay Brennan is a scion of a federal court judge whose convenient connections got him appointed to the Mendocino County Superior Court. DA David Eyster is the scion of David Eyster, long time local attorney. And there's Keith Faulder, Mendocino County ace criminal defense attorney, scion of America's confused drug laws, and a go-to guy if you're guilty and can afford him.

Valley People (Apr 2, 2014)

I NEVER thought I'd write this sentence: "Rainbow has sparked an International incident." The popular Boon­ville man, whose given name is Robert Salisbury, has been living and working in Myanmar, formerly Burma, in an area…

Off The Record (Apr 2, 2014)

THE HISTORIC Wilbur Hot Springs resort near the Lake-Colusa county line was mostly destroyed by fire Saturday morning. Lately owned by Dr. Richard Miller, a kind of new age therapist and audio woo-woo peddler for KZYX public radio, Philo, Wilbur Hot Springs began life as a respectable resort for city folks in 1863.

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