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  • George Rebane Tomorrow the Nevada County Board of Supervisors will meet to “Introduce/Waive further reading/Adopt An Urgency Ordinance adding Subsections … (long list of subsections) … of Article 5 of Chapter IV, of the Nevada County General Code, regarding Marijuana Cultivation Regulations. (4/5 affirmative vote required)”  The meeting will be held in the Rood Center…

  • George Rebane It appears that enough dust has settled around Ms Senum’s unfortunate remarks about the nation’s police departments that we can bring closure to the factors involved in the considerable support she has received for her (now clarified) sentiments.  My own support of her position was published in the 13jul16 Union and in these pages…

  • [Last night the various factions of the local MMJ stakeholders held a townhall gathering in the historic Nevada Theater.  It was moderated by Pascale Fusshoeller of Yubanet.com and broadcast live on KVMR.  Jo Ann and I were in attendance in the packed hall.  The on onstage panel of five made lengthy opening statements after which they…

  • [13jul16 – This commentary sans update also appeared in the op-ed pages of today’s Union.]  George Rebane Well good for her, she has the courage of her convictions and the determination to represent her constituency – the people who voted for her.  While I take great exception to Reinette Senum’s grossly uninformed assertion that the…

  • George Rebane Ms Patricia Smith, MMJ champion and president of the local Americans for Safe Access, invited Mr Eddie Garcia (NC SoJ steering committee) and me to have lunch and discuss the progress toward a draft of the new interim MMJ ordinance that the NC BoS will adopt before Labor Day.  The county and stake…

  • George Rebane [This is the transcript of my regular KVMR commentary broadcast on 22 June 2016 and posted early to get the word out.] Dear listeners, today let’s take a break from politics and terror and capitalist greed, and talk about happier things.  This year our very own Music in the Mountains is celebrating its…

  • '… exercising free speech to question government officials who threaten free speech is a threat to free speech.' from the wisdom of Eric Schneiderman, New York AG. George Rebane The Nevada County Board of Supervisors is to be congratulated for changing course and letting the community witness its work with interested parties and stake holders…

  • George Rebane I was heartened to read the Other Voices column in today’s (9jun16) print edition of The Union by Jonathan Collier of the California Grower Association of Nevada County.  Mr Collier’s lengthy piece showed that he understood the wide range of issues related to growing MJ in our rural community.  His call for a…

  • [The following piece was submitted by Mr Eddie Garcia of the SOJ Steering Committee.  He may be contacted at sojegarcia@gmail.com.  Tomorrow in the Rood Center the Board of Supervisors will hear a presentation of the county budget from Mr Haffey.] Eddie Garcia Last Friday, while I was planning my usual attendance to The Board of Supervisors…

  • George Rebane Last Saturday’s (28may16) newspapers offered up dollops of leftwing wisdom from the great and the small, both issuing from what to me and mine has always been a Neverland of cogent thought.  From Hiroshima (pronounced Hiroshma, not Hero-shiima) we heard once more the words of our leader pleading for an Earth that never…