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Posts published in August 2017

Smoke & Fire

Cue the corn pone Nazis. Enter, stage left. Well, what did you expect? With the various authorities in this culture incessantly applying “white privilege” noogies to the public’s skull, sooner or later they were sure…

Over-Reactions

The human brain is an amazing organ, and capable of some genuinely astonishing things. I'm not even talking about Einstein-y super-genius level insight, which is of course amazing but not exactly evenly distributed among the…

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017

Ruffing Retires;
Peak Resigns;
Settler Case;
FB Notes;
Ruffing Opinions;
1947 Airplane;
Library News;
Seven Barns;
Mr Right;
FB Homeless;
Pet Sale;
1984 Heist;
Badass Platoon;
Dr Phil;
Cannabis Updates;
Sustainable Technology;
Little Dog;
Swap Shop;
Hit/Run/Reconsider;
Water Dispute;
Black Phoebe;
Hearing Gunshots;
Yesterday's Catch;
Hard Times;
Zen Punch;
Ukiah Speedway

Re-Opened Cannabis Ordinance Nearly Wrapped

The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors last week) August 8, concluded a month-long series of meetings on cleaning up, tweaking, and amending its three-month-old Cannabis Ordinance. As has been the case with all things marijuana…

Jonathan Opet For The Defense

Anderson Valley’s very own Atticus Finch (the character played by Gregory Peck in the Hollywood version of To Kill A Mockingbird), Jonathan Opet of the Office of the Public Defender lives on Peachland Road with…

Coast Hospital Ignores Complaints

Here's your headline: With a lone exception, the Mendocino Coast District Hospital Board of Directors has decided to ignore a growing list of seemingly valid complaints from a number of hospital staff members because they…

Humco Sheriff: Jail Assault Reflects ‘New Reality’

The attack of a corrections deputy by inmates has led Humboldt County Sheriff Billy Honsal to call attention to the impacts of the state’s public safety realignment and increasing crime and gang activity. Honsal held…

Know Your Snitch

The letter arrived in the mail. They turned me down. Mendocino County refused to issue me a business license for short-term rentals. The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors must be high-fiving on that. Brown and…

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