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Posts published in January 2016

Three Votes

A long line has formed in front of La Basilica de Nuestro Padre Jesus de Medinaceli, a Roman Catholic Church, specifically a basilica, located in central Madrid. The line is spread across several blocks. Dejected…

The Stony Lonesome: No Homers

Alan "Sunny" Crow, late of Fort Bragg and more recently cooling his heels down Corcoran way, made his presence known here in the letters column a few issues ago where he said some nice things…

Chesapeake Bay, Not Summer

I worked for the Baltimore News-American at the time of the blizzard of '66. I had a blue-and-white 4-place airplane. The News-American asked me to take a photographer up for pictures. We took off the…

The Agonies Of Sensible People

Much as many people-who-ought-to-know-better have been enjoying the disruptive antics of Donald Trump, surely other cohorts and coteries have endured dark nights of the soul as they witness the 2016 election spin into a perfect…

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, Jan 28, 2016

Parole Hearings;
Generator Search;
Ross Sentenced;
Schooners Landing;
Billion-dollar Fires;
Sage Defense;
County Pensions;
ObamaCare;
Mister Frick;
The Oscars;
Shelter Sabotage;
Little Mikey;
Global Warming;
Yesterday's Catch;
Gas Leak;
F&G Grants;
Justice Rising;
Haiku Contest;
Gardening Workshops;
Tantra Workshops;
Wildlife Films

We Were Green…

“We were green: we ripened and grew golden. The Sea terrified us: we learned how to drown. Squat and earthbound, we unfolded huge wings. We started sober: are love's startled drunkards. You hide me in…

The Price Of Protest

I was in court on Friday, Jan. 23rd regarding my Willits Bypass protest case. Judge David Nelson presided this time, since Judge Behnke — who had been with me through it all — is now…

LA’s Dopest Lawyer Bombs In Mendo

The fabulous Allison Margolin of Beverly Hills, who bills herself as “LA’s Dopest Defense Attorney” — and bills her clients proportionately — absolutely bombed at the Mendocino County Courthouse last Friday. Ms. Margolin is the…

Myth Busting Sutter Health

Sutter Health is a tax exempt public charity. The tax code requires Sutter to operate solely for community benefit. Indeed, for decades Sutter Health served to manage community owned hospitals which were governed by community…

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