We are already at Valentine’s Day; February 14 is this coming Sunday, and yet the year seems as if it began yesterday. In fact some folks are still wishing me a Happy New Year! Valentine’s is of course a day to express love and affection, and we all need some of that, particularly curmudgeonly Turkey Vultures like myself, so I am expecting lots of hugs over the next few days. Don’t be bashful.
Posts published in February 2016
New Hampshire Primary;
Kemper Discussion;
Shelter Inaction;
Drug Choices;
Possession Of;
Yesterday's Catch;
Water Bond;
Crybaby Brat;
Rainbow;
Yellowstone Wolves;
Ending Homelessness;
Taxing Wealth;
Public Civility;
Hillary's Record;
KZYX Elects
By now it is no secret that Mendocino Coast District Hospital (MCDH) has put its toes in the water to test the public's temperature about a parcel tax that might raise between $1.5 and $3…
UP ON THE ROOF. Three local high school girls, unaware that their beloved community newspaper never sleeps, climbed up on the roof outside our office window early Saturday night where they downed wine coolers (or whatever sweetened booze our nation's future guzzles these days) and giggled for nearly an hour.
What’s all this smack-talk about Ortner Management Group? Tom Ortner is a genius.
Just look at his tax returns. And State filings. The ones for Willow Glen Care Center over in Yuba City. You can find them at the Registry of Charitable Trusts. Back in 2000, he was serving 1.7 million taxpayers from there in fifteen counties. At 68¢ a head. Then things went to Hell in a handbag. And Willow Glen went off the radar for a few years. But Tom came back. To Nevada County. At $1.02. In 2008.
What about all these poor people in prison for pot, smoking pot? Are there any? Yes, thousands. Why don’t you write about them? Okay, here goes. The first one to go to prison for pot…
YEAH, I watched the Super Bowl. Bad habits don't die hard or die at all if you're happy with them. The game was boring, the ads infantile, the half-time show bizarre. All-in-all a perfect visual…