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Posts published in June 2016

Last Week’s Coast Transfer Station Meeting

It was not a contentious meeting. No punches, no curses. Sweeney [County trash administrator] read the EIR revisions out loud at a special FB City Council meeting attended by four councilors, three Supervisors and a…

Bird’s Eye View (Jun 22, 2016)

I continue to enjoy the Annual Birds of Prey Convention over here in the United Kingdom of Turkey Vultures, Buzzards, and Lesser Birds of Prey. The country is engulfed with three huge topics of conversation.

Blue Uniforms & Yellow Jackets

I blame yellowjackets. If they hadn’t stung me two years ago this week I’d never have become an EMT, sitting long shifts every week in the Anderson Valley Ambulance Barn waiting for impermanence to flex…

Will Shortz Goes Long

Anyone who does crossword puzzles regularly has probably done the New York Times crossword, which is in most daily newspapers, and considered the crème de la crème of that puzzle genre. And perhaps the more…

A Power Lunch In Calpella

The caterers had just arrived and were setting out a sumptuous buffet on trestle tables — all organic — gleaming chafing dishes on white table cloths, coolers full of kombucha, baskets of gluten-free breadsticks, bouquets…

Letters (Jun 22, 2016)

Wow, I was just told of your recent pieces concerning my marriage to county supervisor Dan Hamburg! Your source must be someone very close to Dan, to judge from the detailed information provided.

Off the Record (Jun 22, 2016)

MENDOSPORTSPLUS EXPRESSES PERFECTLY EVERYONE'S FRUSTRATION Wow. Mendo Voting Process. What A Joke!! County 800 Number 'Disconnected, No Longer In Service.' As we previously posted, the MSP household received their Mendocino County ballots in May and…

Bears Invade Russian Town

Elite Siberian commando unit of ferocious furries claws back at human plague.

CPUC Rural Landline Hearing

[Jul 15] I would like to give everyone a “save the date” notice for an event on July 15th, 2016 for the opportunity for people concerned about our landlines, and our ability to keep a…

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