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Posts published in July 2024

Announcements 7/31/2024

‘MARCHIE’ SUMMIT Death is never easy, no matter how prepared you are, or how long someone’s life has been. You always long for more time. Marchie “Grandma” lived a long full life of 99+ years.…

Practicing The Past

Often when I practice the organ I’m immersed in the immediacy of each successive moment of music-making. Act and sound conjoin in the uninterrupted present. The best concert performances remain in that heightened state, but…

The Rise And Fall Of The Marijuana Industry

How did we go from hippies sucking on the Green Nipple in the Roaring Eighties to the scene today with large legal pot plantations, surviving mainly by breaking the rules and selling weed on the…

Letters 7/30/2024

The reimbursement for an Apple watch in the amount of $872.91 to a staff member in the Executive Office to “sync with my work cell phone, ensuring that I stay updated on important information…

Mental Health & County Finances

In the past couple of weeks I’ve written columns dealing with the county’s (and the state’s) 50 years of failed mental health practices, programs, and policies. I’ve also shared with you my opinions and analysis…

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