“Those of us who have been publicly working for a name change that would no longer honor the Confederate General and slaver, Braxton Bragg, and remove the title Fort, with its references to the historical genocide of local indigenous people…”
Though the nest remained intact throughout yesterday, there is concern that PG&E will return today to fell the tree that houses the Bald Eagles.
“One of the best (and worst) decisions I made as Supervisor (along with my colleagues) was hiring Carmel Angelo as CEO.”
“This is not the same old gripe about the inefficiencies of County government, which is quite common here in Mendocino. The sad fact is that concurrent factors combine with these local problems to create what amounts to an existential crisis for most of these small local tax-paying cannabis businesses. The recent cannabis market crash, exorbitant local and state cultivation taxes, the looming deadline for state Provisional licenses, the shifted CEQA burden, drought, fire and Covid all are contributing to make this an extinction-level event.”
“What can the public do if they are concerned? Call the Department of Fish & Wildlife and/or Pacific Gas & Electric and ask about the tree slated to be cut which holds an active bald eagle nest, just days before early nesting season officially begins in California.”
“The City of Ft. Bragg has an obligation to protect Rare or Endangered or Critically Imperiled trees and to plant more trees and not keep cutting them down to accommodate development.”
“Vaccine-injured individuals are afraid to speak out in fear of being shunned by friends and family.”
“Homes should be lived in, not seen mainly as investment and laundering assets to be used by the entire world’s ultra wealthy.”
“We have an unprecedented opportunity to use Mendocino’s County’s $16 million American Recovery Plan Act (ARPA) as intended – specifically for alleviating disparities and inequalities of those most impacted by the pandemic.”
“Hundreds of jobs have been lost due to excessively high taxes and even more will disappear in the coming year as companies are forced to further cut costs, reduce operations or go out of business altogether.”
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