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  • Scattershots – 24mar18 (updated 28mar18)

    George Rebane Today’s Union has an excellent editorial – ‘Our View: This community is all our backyard’ – in which it takes to task those of us who tend to oppose anything that will bring needed change to our county.  The editorial goes through a number of recent and current development initiatives that have again…

  • Ruminations – 13mar18 (updated 14mar18)

    George Rebane College students can’t write, like in cursive handwriting.  More and more are in dire straits at schools that don’t allow laptops in the lecture halls.  Years ago the loss of that ability was described in sci-fi stories of a future when writing skills had withered and people ‘wrote’ by speaking to computers with…

  • Our New Cannabis Ordinance – A Civil Approach

    George Rebane [This is the transcript of my regular KVMR commentary broadcast on 14 February 2018.] Yesterday afternoon Jo Ann and I were in the packed supervisors’ chamber at the Rood Center.  The supes were there to discuss the new county cannabis ordinance and give guidance to the county staff about what they wanted to…

  • Scattershots – 12feb18 (updated 15feb18)

    George Rebane Today we celebrate the closing of the National Hotel’s escrow.  Owner Tom Coleman is a longtime Rebane family friend and poker buddy (developer of the notorious Coleman Shuffle, the Coleman Deal, and, of course, the ever-reliable Coleman Dollar bet).  Tom called yesterday to tell me to get my butt down to the hotel…

  • Why should the neighborhoods suffer revisited?

    [Don Bessee is a leading opponent of bringing legalized marijuana into Nevada County and specifically into its residential communities.  He is the regional director of Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM), and sits on its board.  Project SAM, founded by congressmen Patrick Kennedy and Kevin Sibet, is a national, non-partisan organization that coordinates opposition to the legalization…

  • Scattershots – 5feb18 (updated 9feb18)

    George Rebane Lots of pot businesses coming to Nevada City.  In the 5feb18 Union our George Boardman documents (here) the lament he shares with many of the town’s locals and most certainly many other county residents.  Now I’m a longtime proponent of legalizing MJ (to avoid Einsteinian insanity), but I’m not yet smart enough to…

  • Ruminations – 23jan18 (updated 27jan18)

    George Rebane Russian concert this Friday at the Amaral Center, NC Fairgrounds.  This is an evening of fantastic music presented by Music in the Mountains that includes Rocky's immortal Piano Concerto #3.  Just had to get this out to you (more here).  And fear not, more ruminations later.  [27jan18 update]  Last night’s Russian concert was outstanding…

  • Nancy Eubanks – Local Devious Demagauge

    George Rebane Ms Nancy Eubanks is one of Nevada County’s prominent progressive voices whose litanies appear regularly in the local press.  In this morning’s (13jan18) Union she assumes her mantel of high dudgeon against the greedy rich, and again champions class warfare and the politics of unrequited envy (here).  Today’s sermon from her mount is…

  • County’s Cannabis Conundrum Continues (updated 9jan18)

    George Rebane The Union this (8jan18) morning has a problem connecting some dots when they claim that 1) RMJ retailers can’t get licensed in the county because they must buy product only from licensed growers, and 2) the county has yet to forge a new MJ ordinance that allows county growers to get licensed.  What…

  • Scattershots – 29dec17 (updated 30dec17)

    George Rebane Rural towns and big cities divide in their populations and prosperity.  While bigger cities have become more prosperous, smaller towns and rural communities have suffered.  The reasons are many and well summarized in an article by Paul Overberg that presents the relevant data in good graphical formats.  The piece begins with – About…

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