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Posts published in October 2023

County Notes: Another Finance Free Agenda

You might expect after the Board’s frequent hand-wringing about possible bankruptcy and structural deficits and looming budget shortfalls, ongoing employee negotiations, ongoing computer software problems with both the accounting system and the property tax system,…

Off the Record (October 19, 2023)

DA EYSTER is using his office to pursue personal vendettas. He has brandished his position as Mendocino County’s top law enforcement officer to threaten to run for judge against Clay Brennan of Ten Mile Court,…

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023

Sunny Warm | Jughandle Beach | Ed Notes | Butterfly | Gleaning Party | Stupid Column | Branscomb Road | Listserv Tricks | Leaf Litter | Ms Disinfo | Ukiah Ennui | Creepy Trolls | AV Rieslings | Laguna Point | Guitar Quartet | Frog Woman | Yesterday's Catch | Herb Caen | Joint Speaker | Muscle Car | U.S. Response | Nob Hill | Ukraine | Stiff Joints | CounterPunch Retrospective | Passing Era

A Pair of Vindictive Indictments

In a sharp escalation of a running political battle between two elected Mendocino County officials, a felony criminal charge of misappropriation of public funds was filed Friday against County Auditor Chamise Cubbison by District Attorney…

O Israel…

At the tender age of 19 I boarded an Athens-bound train at the Gare du Nord station in Paris. I was on a train because my mother was appalled that I had been thumbing my…

County Auditor Suspended Without Pay

In a stunning move Tuesday, Mendocino County supervisors suspended embattled Auditor Chamise Cubbison without pay although the elected county official has yet to have a chance to enter an expected not guilty plea to a…

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023

Warming | Route 253 | Rain Prep | Unpermitted Coop | Current Situation | Death Brush | Misappropriation Charge | Eel River | Ed Notes | Brown Announces | Big Butt | Eligibility Specialists | Hearst Road | Skatepark Project | New Hire | Public Loos | Bridge Sign | Novelty Train | Yesterday's Catch | Baseball Decline | Hits/Strikeouts | Culture Disconnect | Hate Speech | Family Values | Free Phones | Inconvenience Store | Ukraine | House Call | Israeli Trepidation | Ronald MacGunner | Biden Visit | Forlorn Rags | 9.0 | Local Newspapers | Microwave

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