Letters to the Editor 2/10/2010
BLEEPS DEFENDING BLEEPS Dear Editor, The word niggardly, whether it’s an a or an e, or ending with dly, who gives a bleep? We knew what that guy was thinking when he used it to describe a black woman....
View ArticleSaving Aaron Vargas – It May be Too Late
I don’t know Fort Bragg carpenter Todd Rowan, but I admire him. In a few short remarks quoted Sunday in the San Francisco Chronicle, Rowan got to the core of the creepy case involving Aaron Vargas,...
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AN ATHEIST’S REPLY Editor: I always enjoy reading the letters of Lee Simon from Far’N’Away Farm in Virginia. His letter in the February 24 AVA was on the mark. His criticism of religion in general, and...
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THE 5TH DISTRICT supervisor’s race just got a lot more interesting with former supervisor Norman deVall of Elk taking out papers to run for his old seat. deVall’s former colleague on the board, Dan...
View ArticleMe, The Pope & Aaron Vargas
I don’t know if Aaron Vargas, the Fort Bragg man who was scheduled to go on trial this month for killing his longtime sexual abuser, is by baptism a Roman Catholic. But I suspect during his lifetime...
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Plea Deal in Vargas Case
Aaron Vargas's sister, Mindy Galliani, protesting in Fort Bragg. It took one year, one month and 17 days for Mendocino County District Attorney Meredith Lintott to offer a plea deal to Aaron Vargas,...
View ArticleAccountability for Vargas
This is in response to a post on your Facebook page in regards to the Aaron Vargas case. There are quotes like “If Aaron is allowed to go free, get counseling, and do community service by dedicating...
View ArticleFrom Iowa to Vargas
My name is Susan and I live in a small Iowa town. Not much happens here, and for the most part, I live in a safe quiet community. A wonderful place to raise a family. However, like anywhere, we have...
View ArticleAaron Vargas & The Fort Bragg Advocate-News
Hullo Freda, Thank you for your opinion piece in the “AVA” about the lack of responsible reporting by the “Fort Bragg Advocate News” especially in coverage of Aaron Vargas. I’m sure I don’t have to...
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LOOKED AT FROM a horror film perspective — accurately, in other words — Mendocino County is like a mammoth haunted house. Behind every door lurks a crime, a cover-up of a crime, a simmering scandal,...
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ALEXANDER COCKBURN will appear in Fort Bragg at a “Parents for Peace” gathering and fundraiser this Saturday, April 24, at 7pm, 32820 Gibney Lane, Fort Bragg. Suggested donation $20. RSVP requested:...
View ArticleFather Knows Best
You could call them the Courthouse Players. Their repertory changes every day and fresh talent? An annual cast of thousands! The Mendocino County Courthouse stages new dramas every working day, but...
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YOU WON’T want to miss this one. On Friday, June 11th, Department G in the County Courthouse, Mr. Dennis Boaz takes on Paul Tichinin and four other Mendocino County school superintendents who accused...
View ArticleFallout Continues In Vargas Case
Is it “consensual” when an adult male engages in sex with an older man who began molesting him as a boy? That explosive question is ricocheting around the country in the wake of statements by a...
View ArticleVan Patten’s “Attack” on Vargas
I have been an advocate for my brother, Aaron Vargas, since learning that he is a victim of sexual abuse. Sexual abuse victims from all over the world have shared their stories with me. As difficult as...
View ArticleBig Checks, Small Balances
The lawsuit against Bear Trucking is seven years old. In April a jury in Judge John Behnke’s court found the company had been negligent in a Mendocino County accident. The injured party and his lawyer...
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IT’S NO SURPRISE that the County’s retirement system is in trouble. Years of fishy accounting practices, more years of the fundamentally false assumption that capitalism would make more money for...
View ArticleA Sad Outcome No Matter What
So Aaron Vargas is going to state prison for killing the Fort Bragg businessman that he and a dozen other Mendocino Coast men said had molested them over the past two decades. Tuesday’s sentencing left...
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Happy Birthday, Little Man
Four years ago today, my first and only son was born. Seems like just yesterday I huffed and puffed until I thought the whole bottom half of my body would simply break apart. And then there was a...
View ArticleMendo Justice Failed Vargas
Judge Ronald Brown has put his stamp of approval on child rapists in Fort Bragg and beyond. He has sent a message to all victims of child rape to shut up and take it like a big boy/girl. The arrogance...
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