Jim Shields

6 days ago | ukiahdailyjournal.com | Jim Shields

At Tuesday’s (May 6, 2025) Board of Supervisors meeting, the Board unanimously approved the following agenda item:4i)  Discussion and Possible Action Including Approval of Transmission of Letter of Request to State Agencies and Lawmakers for Greater Collaboration from State Agencies to Enforce Cannabis Laws on Unpermitted Grow Sites in Mendocino County 
(Sponsors: Supervisor Haschak and Sheriff-Coroner).

6 days ago | theava.com | Jim Shields

No ContestThis week on his 100th day in office, DJ Trump bloviated about how history-making his first one-hundred days have been. "We're here tonight in the heartland of our nation to celebrate the most successful first 100 days of any administration in the history of our country, and that's according to many, many people," Trump said to kick off his speech at Macomb Community College in Warren, Michigan.

1 week ago | advocate-news.com | Jim Shields

As you all know, the Supes recently voted to illegally expand weed cultivation sites beyond the Ordinance’ s 10,000 square-foot cap. The effect of this new “re-interpretation” is that it would double the existing cultivation area, bumping the area up to 20,000 square feet. Such changes can only be accomplished by the Supes taking formal action at a public meeting.

1 week ago | ukiahdailyjournal.com | Jim Shields

As you all know, the Supes recently voted to illegally expand weed cultivation sites beyond the Ordinance’ s 10,000 square-foot cap. The effect of this new “re-interpretation” is that it would double the existing cultivation area, bumping the area up to 20,000 square feet. Such changes can only be accomplished by the Supes taking formal action at a public meeting.

3 weeks ago | theava.com | Jim Shields

History tells us that one of the few times somebody actually successfully brought corporate monopolies to heel, it was President Teddy Roosevelt. At the turn of the 19th to the 20th century, the ol’ Roughrider rode roughshod over John D. Rockefeller in the Standard Oil antitrust case that defined — for a while anyway — just how big and powerful one company should be.