It's impossible not to recognize the seemingly institutional dysfunction in the governing process of this county. Too many elected officials and “public servants” who are classified as department heads, middle management, and “staff,” go out…
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After more than eight years of dithering, and without much fanfare, ground was officially broken for the County’s new Psychiatric Health Facility on Whitmore Lane in Ukiah on Tuesday, August 20. There was no advance…
Why did Kamala Harris refuse Bobby Kennedy Jr.’s request for a meeting? He was hoping for a role in her administration. Why didn't she grant him the courtesy of a meeting? Her disrespect was felt…
Recent reporting on 1st District Supervisor Glenn McGourty's residence prompts a multiple pronged response. The “concerned citizen” letter filed regarding McGourty's residence, while giving some precise details, demonstrates a lack of understanding about the Mendocino…
The Anderson Valley History Museum has issues of the Anderson Valley Advertiser going back to the 1950s and forward into the early 1980s. When I want to get a picture of how things have changed,…
[as told to Bruce Anderson, 2003] The following is a first-hand account of the car crash on Sherwood Road, Fort Bragg, Tuesday afternoon the 27th of August, 2003. Four persons were killed, three badly injured.…
The paths that helped me heal after a horrible loss… The morning after my cat Sasquatch died, a friend suggested we walk at the Abhayagiri Monastery in Redwood Valley. That was cool Because I can’t…