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I Almost Bought It

I must admit, I was a fair bit convinced. The preacher had miracles and apostles. His miracles were not indisputable, but they were photographed: images of crop circles and weird-looking things in the sky, videos…

Drought Compounds Water Disputes

Everyone in Mendocino County has heard the old adage, “Whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting over,” and with the ongoing drought the old adage has rung truer than ever. Recently much attention…

Letters (Aug 27, 2014)

A Petition to Remove the Current Board of Directors for the AV Health Center and Seek a New Board, August 25, 2014:

Whereas the current BoD for the AV Health Center has failed to respond to questions from the public regarding the status and future of the Health Center and moreover they have undermined the efforts of Dr. Apfel to provide quality service and generally exhibited incompetence in administration of the Health Center, the following residents of Anderson Valley demand that this Board of Directors resign in its entirety and the medical practitioners ask for new volunteers to come forward to constitute a new Board of Directors.

Valley Trails: What Is Feasible?

When is it reasonable to spend precious moneys to confirm the obvious? Phillip Dow, the head of the Mendocino Council of Governments (MCOG), insists that any initiative, such as the Valley Trails Initiative, must put…

Bird’s Eye View (Aug 27, 2014)

This coming weekend will see the annual Labor Day festivities, which have taken place at this time as a Federal holiday since 1894 and viewed by most Americans as the symbolic end of the summer. This event celebrates the American labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of workers, so in these days of decline in the power of the unions perhaps I should remind you why you will be enjoying your beers and BBQ this weekend by referring to the influence and importance of labor unions with some appropriate Quotes of the Week.

Doug Losak: Master Of Evasion

What follows may seem tedious and perhaps difficult for readers to follow. Essentially, though, we think it confirms the smelly fact that the County of Mendocino, via a well-connected former employee acting on behalf of…

Off the Record (Aug 27, 2014)

LAST WEEK in the aftermath of Fort Bragg Police Chief Scott Mayberry’s resignation it was widely known in Fort Bragg that the City Council had already planned to conduct a performance review of City Manager…

Valley People (Aug 27, 2014)

RATHER TENSE AV Ambulance fundraiser at the Boonville Fairgrounds yesterday (Sunday), what with a petition circulating to recall the Health Center's board of directors as the young new doctor, Logan McGhan, was introduced as the…

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Apfel Treatment;
Berry Kids;
Sequeira Damage;
Digital Mermaid;
Coast Trail;
Public Access;
Horse Fence;
Police Shootings;
Fisher Dirt;
Malathion;
Catch of the Day;
Naked Ramage;
Board Vacancies;
Medicare Warrior;
Hip-hop Africa;
Indestructible Malloy

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