“In February of 2021, members of the South Ukiah Rotary joined with the Russian Riverkeeper Clean Team to clear 2 tons of trash from Mill Creek. This dump included more than 5 gallons of paint, battery acid and other dangerous chemicals.”
“I would like to give a heartfelt thank you to the people who stopped and called 911 and then sat with my daughters offering comfort and support even giving them their water. Also, my daughters said they felt nothing but love from the first responders!”
“Recalls cost too much? Chump change when it’s time to toss a charlatan out. There are significant issues at play to be laid at Newsom’s toes: California’s increasing rate of crime with murders out of sight. Our tsunami of hapless, homeless bums.”
“Our wells are going dry, but their plants and crime are flourishing. Our legitimate businesses are struggling, but illegal growers, most of them residing outside the county, are sailing around, destroying our roads with their speed and heavy trucks.”
“Let’s wait until the 2022 Gubernatorial election to decide if we still want Newsom or who the majority of California voters want as their leader.”
“For those of us who hold a vision of environmental stewardship and sustainable economic development for Mendocino County, the referendum is unfortunately not the path that it promises to be. While claiming to protect the environment, it would actually remove all environmental protections and limits to activities like water hauling and illegal diversions.”
“Renaming Fort Bragg, CA. has nothing to do with being “woke” or being a “snow flake” or, God help us, being a “socialist.” It has to do with cutting ties to a racist past that enslaved Black people and building a future that includes all Americans. And it’s about time.”
“We have not defined the essence of our cannabis industry in Mendocino County.”
“We have no Confederate statues to remove. We have no Confederate flags to lower from our flag poles. We have a town named Fort Bragg. That is all.”
“What is at stake today is the livelihood of residents who pay taxes and have the same right to participate in legal cultivation, processing and manufacturing, and distribution of cannabis in the Proposition 64 cannabis industry who qualify under Phase 3.”
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