I was just minding my own business and working on being tan, ready, and rested when all hell breaks loose in my own community over the whole Marinwood Plaza plan. Long-time readers of this blog know that I have special interest in what happens to that eyesore of a plaza just off the Marinwood exit. […]

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In the fury to clean up America, the 1986 war on drugs has sent record numbers of women to prison and their children into an overburdened foster care system. Several states have denied substance abusing pregnant women their constitutional and human rights by prosecuting them for their addiction as opposed to addressing it as […]

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Parents in Marin are organizing to sign a petition: Stop Careless Budget Cuts in California. This petition urges the Governor to prioritize cuts and save some funding for our schools, and the disabled and poor who would be most affected by the proposal.  It  also points out the absurdity of his proposal to increase funding […]

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As you may have heard, Touchtone Climbing Gym, Class 5 in San Rafael will be closing at the end of March 2008. Their landlord gave them 60 days to move out. The closure means that Marinites that want to have a climbing gym have to trek over to Berkeley. My impression of this place is […]

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The Marin IJ reported this morning that Marin and the world lost rocker, Chuck Day, after a long illness. Day is best known for the guitar riff from Secret Agent Man from 1966 (the year I was born). He played with the Mamas and the Papas and Johnny Rivers. It turns out he was also […]

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Last night I went to the Moving Ahead With Obama meeting at the Sausalito Cruising Club at 300 Napa Street in Sausalito. While I thought the evening among Obama supporters was very enlightening and inspiring, I think I found a really cool place to hang out. The Sausalito Cruising Club is a private club that […]

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This trailer is for the 42 minute film, “Family Court Crisis: Our Children At Risk” was created for the Center for Judicial Excellence by Kathleen Russell Consulting. Kathleen Russell recently ran for the Mar
in Healthcare District Board. The Center for Judicial Excellence (CJE) is a community-based organization “established to improve the judiciary’s public accountability and […]

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It has come to our attention that a Terra Linda High Senior, Alex Moore, ended his own life last Friday. We are heartsick for his family, friends, and fellow students.
Suicide Prevention & Community Counseling operates a 24-hour crisis hotline at 499-1100.
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In Marin, everything seems idyllic. We have beautiful homes, picturesque surroundings, lovely spas, and perfect looking families. What strikes against this perfectness is that the number one violent crime in this county is domestic violence.

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In a October 31st article, Marin IJ reports that there is a proposal floating around to have old fashioned electric trolleys connecting cities and towns of Marin. The architects estimate it would cost $20 million to $50 million to get a demonstration line running between The Depot in Mill Valley and the ferry terminal in […]

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One of my favorite websites, Marin POS, a site that has been documenting the outrageous real estate market through pictures and pretty realtor prose. In other words, as Marinite says, testing the Bigger Fool Theory. The most recent properties has the following write up:
“Former grateful dead retreat! (in the early 1970’s). This is a very […]

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Marinmaven would like to extend a warm welcome to Mike Hartnett, republican candidate for District 6 assembly. In interest of fairness, we have extended invitations to democrat Jared Huffman, Green Party Cat Woods, and libertarian candidate Richard Olmstead. It would be great to see all campaigns exchange views here. Marinmaven is a “Decline to State” […]

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We are all sad to hear local Marin IJ reporter, Ryan Metcalfe, got in an injury accident Friday night at 10:15pm at the Nave/Alemeda Del Prado exit. We are encouraged to hear he is in stable condition in intensive care at Marin General Hospital. We have only the best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Happiness is Marshall Farms Marin Wildflower […]

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It seems that Terra Linda Safeway is not the only Safeway that is run like a Soviet-era Russian grocery store. A Washington DC blogger, “Good at Drinking, Bad at Life,” seems to have a similiar impression (sans the arrests).
“Safeway is the closest grocery store to my house and, as such, I used to think of it […]

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Who knew that there was such an intense rivalry in Marin between the northies and southies of Marin, or the blue bloods of ” Snobalito” and the “garbage conservative Americans” of the North of the Ross-Terra Linda line. Ahem, Sir, please put down yah mint julip so my glove may hit your cheek!
The Terra Linda Safeway […]

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