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Posts published in January 2024

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024

Cloudy | Attendance = Success | Panther Wins | BOLO Jones | Park Upgrades | Ed Notes | Squirrel Proof | Integrity? | Box Van | Vet Parking | Taco Truck | More Questions | Air Quality | Trestle Beach | Not Prepared | Fiji & Soup | Catamount | MUSD Violations | Complex Reality | Book Recommendation | MCHCD Board | Watering | Ask Jared | Route 254 | Candidate Forums | Yesterday's Catch | Oakdale's Finest | 2am Club | Dog Attack | Smoky QB | Starvation Warfare | Fund War | Senate Vote | Carpet Bombing | Destroy Gaza | Catcher Cover | Candidate Cornel | Saying Grace | Prude's Alphabet | April 1968

County Vets Fighting Forced Move

By far the most interesting topic discussed at the Board of Supervisors meeting this past Tuesday, Jan. 9 was not even on the agenda.  It arose during public comment, when numerous military veterans addressed the…

County Notes: Misplaced Complaint

Jacqueline Williams of Ukiah’s Ford Street Project commented on our recent article entitled ‘The Betrayal of Measure B’ on Facebook after someone re-posted it on Mendocino News Plus. Facebook is a poor vehicle for discussing…

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024

There have been a lot of emotions regarding the move of the Veterans Service Office from a small house to within the Public Health Building. We, Supervisors Haschak and McGourty, recognize that the move was conducted without appropriate communication...

Letters (January 16, 2024)

Well, 2024 is just a few minutes old and I’ve already had my 1st fight of the year! I often get my morning cuppa from the nearby Starbucks; not b /c I like corporate coffee; but this is very close to where I live…

23 Years To The Finish Line

Some 23 years ago I had some free time and I wanted to serve on a Sonoma County Fair Board. This honor is an appointment made by the Governor. Ironically of all the appointments made…

Mendocino County Today: Monday, Jan. 15, 2024

Cloudy | 128 Open | BOLO Jones | Veterinarian Wanted | Raindrops | Veteran Affairs | Arena School | Mulheren Retrospective | Same Problems | Willits Creek | Whale Run | Palm Painting | Tiburcio Vasquez | Ed Notes | Arena Spa | Being 90 | Blind-Pigging | Great Day | Yesterday's Catch | Niners/Packers | Young Gronk | Pickle Ball | Brain/Drugs | Social Contact | Stupid People | Socialism Good | Inuit Sunglasses | Trump Shtick | Post 1961

The Last Fire Team

I was still about half drunk when my plane touched down in San Diego. It had been three weeks since I signed my enlistment papers, and I used that time wisely. I had partied. Large.…

Comes An Arkie [2000]

When you leave California and return to Arkansas in the spring time, you immediately notice how red the earth is and how green the grass and trees are, and you breathe the scent of pine.…

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