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Posts published in March 2018

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, March 15, 2018

Student Walkout;
June Ballot;
No Media;
Curry Out;
MacKerricher;
Police Reports;
Hazardous Road;
Little Dog;
Rebuild Expo;
Yesterday's Catch;
Noyo Fence;
Injustice System;
SRJC Planetarium;
Education Alternatives;
Kelp Help;
Bike Crash;
Women's Choir;
Socioeconomic Epidemics;
March Madness;
No Quiz;
Fourth Dimension

Pinoleville – End Of An Era

The late Jim Winner, was the man who made a fortune as the inventor of The Club (auto-theft prevention device.) He settled a claim from another alleged inventor for a reported $10.5 million but that just goes to show how much money was in that thing. He passed away in 2010 when his SUV crossed the center line and collided head-on with a vehicle containing two other very old men.

Talking with Candidate Pinches

John Pinches walked into our office Thursday morning. He was carrying the County Budget, or should I say “lugging,” the three pound document. He's bookmarked and annotated it, occasionally opening to a page to make…

County Notes (March 14, 2018)

LAST OCTOBER, Acting Ag Commissioner Diane Curry told the Board of Supervisors that as far as she knew “only three” of the 734 pot cultivation applicants up to that point had suffered Fish & Wildlife…

Rotten Eggs & Rumpke Mountains

A mostly full moon reflects off the floodwaters to the west of my bedroom window. It is quiet at the farmhouse, 2:36 a.m. The tom cat from our hay loft must have snuck in the…

Letters (March 14, 2018)

Cannabis regulation in Mendocino County is not going well and things just got worse. Since marijuana cultivation is regulated as an agricultural crop under the Food and Agriculture Department, it is a key post. Former Modoc County Ag Commissioner, Joe Moreo, retired after 25 years in that position, was hired two weeks ago by Mendocino Supervisors to lead the local regulatory program through the local Ag Department.

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