Tag: Nov 01 2018 issue
Issue 2G: Democracy in the 21st century, finally!
We urge City voters to vote yes on Ballot Question 2G, which reads, “Shall Sections 38, 45, and 56 of the City Charter be...
Ballot Battle to Protect Communities from Fracking
Unless you’ve been hiding in a cave, you’ve probably been exposed to a bombardment of oil and gas industry propaganda about Proposition 112. You...
It’s me or Ukiah
I took a wrong turn — a relative statement given that what I was following was hardly a navigable road. At the foot of my...
Organic cannabis
If eating organic is important to you, smoking it should be, too. The difference between organic cannabis and conventionally grown cannabis is similar to...
New in brew: Three dry-hopped ales to seek
The haze craze is all the rage, and not even the changing of the seasons looks to slow these turbid brews down. And though...
The stench of fascism
It’s no longer possible to ignore the stench of fascism. After a Trump worshipper attempted to assassinate numerous prominent targets of the president’s ire,...
Letters: 11/1/18
Yes on Prop 112
As more and more peer-reviewed studies are being reported (since 2013, more than 700), fracking is clearly and conclusively documented as...
SAM shows its true totalitarian colors
The marijuana prohibitionist organization Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) piously claims it favors “alternatives” to jailing people for possession and use of marijuana, but...
Astrology 11/1
ARIES
March 21-April 19:
You have officially arrived at the heart of the most therapeutic phase of your cycle. Congratulations! It’s an excellent time to...
The chain of lies that makes ‘yes’ on Prop 112 a...
As I have written in this space many times since 2014, there are numerous important reasons why the citizens of Colorado badly need increased...
Front porch politics
If you despair that a mysterious plague of incurable political knuckleheadism has swept our country, turning previously progressive white working-class people into mindless Trump...