Jeff Pelline's Sierra Foothills Report

Our county is getting “high” visibility in the Cal Pot News, thanks to the publisher’s commentary in The Union and some high-profile busts. CalPotNews.com aggregates news and opinion articles about marijuana with a focus on California. “Blogmaster Bud” chimes in from time to time. Ads include the Front Sight Firearms Training Institute. “Jeff Ackerman, editor/publisher [...]

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The Union’s ad director, Lynn Virgilio, has left the paper, sources in town told me. I checked the masthead on Tuesday, and sure enough, her name is gone. Though an ad director, Lynn occupied what was once the Editor’s office when she came to the paper. At The Union, the ad director reports to the [...]

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Florio’s Olive Oil Co. plans to reopen in Nevada City within 45 days after a fire closed its store in downtown Grass Valley, owner Neil Sarchett told me on Tuesday. The store will open on 317 Spring Street in Nevada City — between Sushi in the Raw and Nevada City Winery. It’s a “hip” location. [...]

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The upside to passage of Prop. 19, at least to the print media, would be a slew of new pot ads. The timing is right because the ongoing recession has slammed newspapers, TV and magazines. The jury is out on whether the media accept the ads or not because pot is still illegal unless you [...]

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On his blog and in The Union, right-wing commentator George Rebane “pre-announced” this “pearl of wisdom” earlier in the month: “Supervisor John Spencer will soon ask the county Board of Supervisors to endorse Prop. 23. But business development outfits like the Economic Resource Council are keeping mum. Does this mean that we in Nevada County [...]

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Editor’s note: I received this email from Paul Emery, news director at KVMR: “Hi Jeff George (Rebane) and Steve (Frisch) will discuss Prop 23 and AB 32 live on KVMR Wednesday at 6:20, I’ll be the moderator and not take a position. This will be a discussion not a debate. Questions can be emailed to [...]

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Many regular readers are familiar with Guitar Jesus, who is not shy about stating his/her views — sometimes using profane language. But there’s no profanity this time: Here’s Guitar Jesus weighing in on John Stoos, a regular commenter here in a moderated remark. “Stoos is more than he pretends to be. He is a Republican [...]

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Editor’s note: Laura Tyson, a professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, was chairwoman of the Council of Economic Advisers and the National Economic Council in the Clinton administration. She is a member of President Obama’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board. In Sunday’s New York Times, Tyson argues why we [...]

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Even if you’re not a horse racing fan, here’s an international story with local ties: California-based Zenyatta — 18-0 and whose trainer was a regular at Grass Valley’s Loma Rica Ranch in its heyday — now is poised to become one of the greatest race horses ever. Zenyatta’s trainer is John Shirreffs, who worked the [...]

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The Union reported on Tuesday that Mark Meckler was set to appear on CBS’ Face the Nation on Sunday. “Meckler’s appearance marks the first time his group’s first exposure on a Sunday network news show,” The Union said. When I called the network in D.C. the spokeswoman was skeptical, noting that the decision isn’t made [...]

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