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Posts published in May 2022

Unfinished Unpermitted Business

On April 5 I received an unsolicited text message: “Good day! My name is Hunter and I work for a land brokerage. I see you have a VACANT lot of land in Mendocino County, CA.…

Cruel & Unusual Handel

On Wednesday South Carolina’s Supreme Court temporarily halted the execution by firing squad of Richard Moore, a 57-year-old Black man who has been on death row for two decades. The state’s Republican governor, Henry McMaster,…

Sonoma County Rebuffs Disability Needs

Sonoma County has now almost eliminated the need for disabled parking spaces in front of highly special needed spaces. The County has advertised that Covid-19 sites were available to all county constituents by circulating a…

Mendocino County Today: Monday, May 2, 2022

Cold Front | Jim Crelan | Grange Mothers | Film Festival | Giauque Info | Johnson Sculptures | Ed Notes | Inmate Fatality | Redding Answers | Topless Carpenter | Board Observations | Modern Crime | Found Safe | Yesterday's Catch | Ukraine | Homeless Industry | Titanic Menu | Circumlocuted | Blackhawk Jazz | May Day | NewsomCare | Undefeated Timberwolves | Perpetual Wildfires | Pomo Chief | Poetry Celebration | Noyo School | Self Delusion | Cathedral Steps

AV Laundry Day, Over 100 Years Ago

On laundry day, the first settlers in Anderson Valley would fetch buckets of water from the spring or the hand-dug well in the back yard. By the early 1900s, some people had a windmill and…

The Corruption Behind the Ortner Deposition

A few months before Ortner’s three year contract ended by simple non-renewal of their contract options in June of 2016, the County hired well-respected Mental Health Services consultant Lee Kemper to review the County’s privatization…

Playing Third Bass Guitar, Jim Ray Hart

What remains of a once fine (and big) record collection sits upstairs, and even in its current emaciated state will leave dents in the floor when I remove it. Vinyl is heavy.  I’d like to…

Mendocino County Today: May 1, 2022

May Day | Hawthorne | Rainfall Totals | Coastal Stroll | Expensive Lawsuit | Piccolotti Ranch | Pandemic Dollars | Pet Achilles | LakeCo Quake | Piccolotti Family | Larded Lawsuit | Tree Blossoms | Skunk Rammed | Hornet Bag | Rebuilding Experience | Logging 1880s | Ed Notes | Raskin Sketch | Ukraine | Backyard Solidarity | Whitesboro Grange | Specs Wednesday | Skyhawk Vote | Yesterday's Catch | Yeller Media | If Found | Parasite Problem | Minimum Wage | Peace Prayer | Albion Students | Marco Radio | Friend Circle | Ukraine Reporter | Dear Taliban | Viral Migration | Axe

How Not to Buy a House

A recent experience with a buyer brought to the fore several issues around home purchasing that I think are worth sharing. One of these has to do with due diligence on the part of the…

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