PERITOPIA!

$80,000 in FedEx package seized

>>A home occupied by the Sandersons was being bought with a $2.7 million cash down payment, police stated. “It is an absolutely beautiful home they live in,” Nishiyama said.  According to police, the home in the village of Mendocino has views of bluffs and the ocean. Police also served another search warrant at an apartment that looks like the site where marijuana was trimmed and packaged.  Police believe that marijuana had been shipped back east for about four to five months.  ”Mr. Sanderson and his wife are on public assistance; they have been collecting welfare,” Nishiyama.<<

Looks like Mr. & Mrs. Sanderson are going to kiss their kick a*s house — and probably their kids — goodbye.

>>About 2 a.m. Wednesday, a big rig driven by a 51-year-old Clear Lake man collided with four black cows that crossed Highway 101 in front of him north of Laytonville.  According to the California Highway Patrol, the road was dry but it was foggy and dark and Brian Chatfield’s 2003 Peterbilt hauling sugar water could not avoid hitting the cows.  With the cows in the road, Chatfield pulled partially to the edge of the highway on the east shoulder. Warren Anderson, 36, of Crescent City, was driving south in a 1998 Volvo big rig with a load of lumber.  Anderson was not able to avoid the cows and stopped in the number two southbound lane, the CHP stated. Jose J.T. Urtiz, 32, of San Jose, was northbound in a 2007 Izuzu box truck and also hit the cows.  The vehicles of Chatfield and Urtiz were towed from the scene. Anderson was able to continue south with his load of lumber. The CHP was able to identify the cows by their ear tags. The owner was notified and removed the dead cows from the road. The CHP says that alcohol was not a factor and that no people were injured, crediting the fact that they were wearing seat belts.<<

So, once again, the Ukiah Daily Digest reporter misses the most interesting part of this story…”hauling sugar water.”  Huh? Since when do you have to “haul” sugar water?  Can’t you just make it at home?  Who knew there was a need for a sugar water distribution system.  And exactly what is all this sugar water going to be used for?  A giant hummingbird colony?  Or, as I immediately suspected, to feed giant alien insects from another planet.  Don’t tell me “Men in Black” was just a movie.

Mendo grown is top of the line

>>Danko would place Mendocino County marijuana in the top three worldwide.<<

BTW, Danko is the “senior cultivation editor of High Times magazine.”  Guess the magazine has its own crop.

The Arcata Eye Police Log

So, I was watching “Pot City, USA” last night.  Apparently, that honor belongs to Aracata, CA.  Thanks to a friend, I was guided to the Arcata Eye Police Log, which actually posts COMMENTARY on the various and stupid local crimes and criminals.  The commentary isn’t particularly clever or amusing, i.e., the stupidity is funnier when it speaks for itself, but I applaud the effort.  And am just glad my town didn’t earn any TV credits.  We don’t have grow houses on every block.  We just have the folks who use their product.

Justice Dept. to Stop Pursuit of Medical Marijuana Use

I’m quite sure I heard yet another collective peep sigh of relief when this news came out.  Not that anybody here ever seems worried about any kind of prosecution, let alone a federal one.  And stuff.  What?

Work in progress…please feel free to add more!

1. “We do not have everything here, but we have not ruined it.” – Mary Anne Landis, City Council Woman

2.  ”You know, it’s bad enough here in Ukiah.” — Tommy Wayne Kramer, Ukiah Daily Journal

Once again, I must credit Elena for pointing me towards this very important “editorial.”

Assignment: Ukiah – Local murals: Ugly on stilts

Here’s the excerpt that summarized the *point* for me: “Why are these shabby, shoddy public art productions any different? Why are we citizens forced to endure ugly messes created by kids who don’t know which end of a paintbrush to hold?  You know, it’s bad enough here in Ukiah. Already we are exposed each and every day to the endless blight of tire shops and mattress outlets and fast food franchises and vacant lots and abandoned buildings and broken down blocks and a courthouse that looks like a monstrous joke.”

I am sure I speak for all of the County, if not the World, when I say: “get this man a drink.”

Rally for the Vally\’ — No on Measure A event drew about 30 peopleto Alex Thomas Plaza

>>Landis was cheered when she was introduced as a speaker to explain how Ukiah could be wrecked.  Landis said that she had traveled to Ky., Dallas, Del., and Pa., describing homogenized towns that could be Anywhere, USA.’ “I have looked for what their place is and what their place offers to people there,” Landis said.  “We do not have everything here, but we have not ruined it,” Landis said.<<

You don’t have to know what Measure A is to appreciate this story about the County seat.  As my friend Elena said, “Wow, inspiring new city motto for Ukiah! Literally tens of peeps filled a space, oh, about the size of your living room to hear songs and speeches about voting No on A. And the rest of them were busy processing and transporting hundreds of thousands of pounds of pot, or forgot to wake up in time, or have no idea what a “Vally” is and why they should Rally for it.”