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Posts published in July 2022

Philo First Settler Families: Aunt Blanche & Indian Creek

Dr. John Brown, Aunt Blanche’s grandfather, settled in Philo in 1862, during the Civil War. His family had migrated to California, along with Iowa neighbors, the Prathers and Ingrams, in 1863. Brown family roots go…

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, July 21, 2022

Summer Days | Meadow Fire | Five Deaths | River Redwoods | DSL Update | Big Data | Chief Reception | Annie Oakley | AV Village | Housing Zoom | Gas Profits | Night Out | Nomination Time | Property Tax | Farm Report | Redwood Stump | GJ on B | Last Illusion | Ed Notes | Carjacker Guilty | Police Reports | COMMET Busts | Officially Begun | Yesterday's Catch | Consoling BoJo | Regulating Neonicotinoids | Free Assange | Reform Debate | Orwell Shocked | Military Rebranding | Jerry Lee | Ukraine | Nature Reclaimed

Supes Ok Well/Water Hauling Ordinance

Since the Fall of 2021, I have served on a committee working under the auspices of the Board of Supervisors Ad Hoc Drought Committee comprised of Supervisors John Haschak and Glenn McGourty. The charge given…

County Notes: It’s Not Funny, Supervisor Williams

A large crowd of County employees appeared in the newly over-remodeled Board chambers on Tuesday to complain about pay rates, vacancies, over-work and general frustration and low morale. Several very presentable and articulate employees voiced…

Letters (July 21, 2022)

Let’s talk about dealing with drought. Expensive new infrastructure benefits the wealthy. Water rationing benefits most of us.…

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Cooling Trend | Parking Warning | Lindy Running | Ed Notes | Boonville Quiz | County Recruitment | Darkroom Class | New GJ Reports | Navarro Mill | Ordinance Clarity | Spanish Class | Art Gardens | Joshua Grindle | Edie 114 | Portugee Frank | Dam Thoughts | Hippie Gathering | Rosie Grover | Gualala Monitoring | Colorado Flynn | Truck Dream | Go Solar | Midwife Hylan | Yesterday's Catch | Carbon Emissions | Ukiah Existence | Musselwhite Album | Abortion Precedent | Rational Creatures | Jokerman | Expecting Violence | Drinking Party | Ukraine | Tanana Streak | TV Generals | Searchlights | Gaffingstock Biden | Cartwheeling | Consciousness Challenge | Old Oak

History of Health Insurance

Given current negotiations between Adventist Health and Anthem Blue Cross, I thought it might be interesting to exam how our health care system came to rely upon health insurance as an integral component of providing…

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