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Go Ahead, Waste Our Time

The Board of Supervisors spent over four hours last Tuesday discussing medical marijuana regulation and taxation. Again. The discussion assumed both were coming right up. Many members of the public spoke — this subject is…

Whistling Past Bankruptcy 

My brother was diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer in December of 2013, the same month he had planned to retire from County employment, having achieved the grand age of 65. Hugh had a law degree…

Off the Record (Aug 10, 2016)

AS THE SS TRUMP runs up on the rocks, is anybody surprised that lots of big shot Republicans are going over to Hillary? And/or plotting to somehow dump Trump? Both parties are more alike than they are different, the Republicans being more retro on social issues, but the first allegiance of both parties is to the oligarchy. But Trump is a true wild card. He even scares his fellow oligarchs who much prefer the dependably pliable Hillary.

Warren Hinckle, October 12, 1938 – August 25, 2016

Last call came for Warren Hinckle on August 25, 2016. He died from complications of pneumonia and was surrounded by his family. A renowned editor, writer, publisher and iconoclast, Hinckle first made his mark as…

Zombie Log — From The AVA Ukiah Bureau

The occupant in the trailer next door has been selling meth since the AVA opened this bureau over a year ago. The following is a typical 24-hour period during mid-week. After a three-day tweaker party,…

Transparency & KZYX

On the mild early summer evening of June 27th, the KZYX Board of Directors met at Anderson Valley High School. Approximately 15 people attended including four members of the Community Advisory Board (CAB). Excepting newly…

Off the Record (Aug 3, 2016)

RICHARD SHOEMAKER, former supervisor from the Ukiah area and career holder of upper echelon public jobs, is Point Arena's "part-time" manager at $50,000 a year. (His girlfriend is Fort Bragg City Manager Linda Ruffing, who…

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