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Posts published by “Mark Scaramella”

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Gifts For Mendo

Back on December 10th, the Mendocino Supervisors invited Mendocino Redwoods executives to discuss their Habitat Conservation Plan. The plan covers 80 years and would bind…

Aesop’s Fables Quiz

There are well over 600 Aesop's Fables. Some are well known. Some are obscure. Here are a few of them. We'll give you the fable,…

Coasties Beat Back Judges

In the beginning there was the lie, the lie that judges have got to be lawyers. That lie got Mendocino County's outlying justice courts shut…

Does Pot Stink? (Or Is It Just You?)

Toward the end of the day of their November 13th meeting, the Board endured two hours of mind-numbing opinion from actuaries and consultants and staff…

A Thanksgiving Quiz

1. What was Squanto's real name? a. Tisquantum. b. Hiawathasquan. c. Squanto. d. Mabotesquantimentocontik.   2. Who was considered the leader of the Pilgrim settlers…

Save Our Fair

The Mendocino County Fair, aka The Boonville Fair, is on the ropes, running on fumes, life support, dying. Choose your favorite mortality metaphor. It applies.…

Mendo Veterans At War

Stacey Cryer was wearing her psychic flak jacket as the Supervisors met to discuss the use of the County’s veterans facilities on November 6. Ms.…

‘The Willits Bypass Is Good For The Fish’

  Commenting on last week’s ruling by a San Francisco federal judge that work on the Willits Bypass can proceed despite legal objections from environmentalists…

The Case Of The Purloined Pick-Up

Last week Linda Pitman got a notice from Small Claims Court Judge Jeanine Nadel informing Pitman that her request to have her $3,000 truck returned…

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