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Posts published in February 2020

Letters (February 12, 2020)

[Jean Condon] Two weeks ago this paper vilified the former Buckhorn owners, Jean and Tom. It was not an opinion piece, they were false allegations.

Quid Pro Quo on the Homefront

I was recently made aware of an argument that had taken place between a Mother and her teenage son, six weeks ago or so, at their family home. The heated exchange was regarding the young…

Measure V Enforcement Delayed Again

(Serfs kneel in fear at feet of Mendo's largest landowner) Mendocino County’s chief code enforcement officer, Trent Taylor, told the Supervisors last Tuesday that he had investigated Comptche resident Terry d’Selkie’s nuisance complaint about Mendocino…

AV Land Trust Sues Peachland Family (Part 3.5)

Anderson Valley Land Trust board members Dave Hopmann and (AVLT president) Patrick Miller testified in court (when they sued me last winter) that any time there was a violation of an easement that they had…

LIV Free or Die

The NFL has made it to the ripe old age of 100. The same can be said for only a tiny clutch of its former players. Notwithstanding the league’s PR efforts, it’s a century of…

Hospitality House Looks the Other Way

On September 5, 2019, the night manager at the Hospitality House, on North McPherson Street in Fort Bragg, heard what sounded like a dog crying in pain. Stepping outside to a dirt area alongside the…

State Water Board Comes to Boonville

Joy Wildflower from Regional Water Quality Control Board offices in Santa Rosa came to Anderson Valley last Thursday to discuss the pending water and wastewater projects and, more specfically, the item I wrote last week…

Off the Record (February 12, 2020)

DURING PUBLIC EXPRESSION last Tuesday morning, John Sakowicz mentioned in passing that “little oversight is provided for the $20 million the County gives Redwood Community Services.” Sako’s primary subject, however, was the thuggish dismissal of…

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