No. 12 REMINISCE Monterey SUNDAY Elusive Images photo contest downs Eagles ..........Page A-8 Oct. 1, 2006 ................................Page A-3 INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper .......Page A-2 Monday: Partly sunny and cool Tuesday: Mostly cloudy; even cooler $1 tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 50 pages, Volume 148 Number 175 email:
[email protected] Flag debate takes another turn City attorney reportedly The Daily Journal According to City Councilman fly the American flag. The key may he believed Government Code sec- The city attorney is apparently John McCowen, City Attorney be that the city’s ordinance limiting tion 434.5 could be interpreted nar- plans to recommend ready to recommend approving the David Rapport has changed his mind flagpole height in residential neigh- rowly enough to allow the city to say 45-foot flagpole erected in the about whether a Government Code borhoods is based entirely on aes- no to the flagpole. approval of use permit Western Hills by homeowners Ric section overrides the city’s ability to thetics and not on health or safety. to allow flagpole to stay Piffero and Dave Hull. regulate the size of a flagpole used to Earlier in the debate, Rapport said See FLAG, Page A-12 IRISH WAKE IN HOPLAND Fire Safety Day NORMAN L. VROMAN Dec. 14, 1936-Sept. 21, 2006 DA Vroman remembered By BEN BROWN The Daily Journal “He told me, ‘Bill, if I win, HOPLAND -- More than 100 people turned out on a I win, and if I lose, I win.’” cool fall Saturday at Brutocao to remember District Attorney BILL SCHLICK, Vroman friend on Norman Vroman and to say their goodbyes.