Community RELIGION sports digest Saturday Faith community news ...................................Page 3 .............Page 6 Feb. 24, 2007 INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper ..........Page 2 Sunday: Breezy with rain 7 58551 69301 0 Monday: Rain 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 14 pages, Volume 148 Number 321 email:
[email protected] Strike looms for public attorneys Meeting between By BEN BROWN with less than a week left until a attorneys in the surrounding five the Public Defenders Office, the The Daily Journal potential attorneys strike. counties. Alternate Defenders Office and the county, union ends After more than nine months of The MCPAA met with the county The MCPAA is affiliated with the Child Support Attorney’s Office. negotiations, the Mendocino County Thursday to try to reach a contract Teamsters Union, local 856, and rep- MCPAA President and Deputy without agreement; Public Attorneys Association has still that would bring union members resents attorneys in the Mendocino no more talks set not signed a contract with the county, closer to the market rate for public County District Attorney’s Office, See ATTORNEYS, Page 2 UKIAH CITY COUNCIL CALSTAR: SAVING LIVES FROM A HELICOPTER Ordinance on sewer inspection amended By KATIE MINTZ The Daily Journal On Wednesday night, the Ukiah City Council further refined its ordinance meant to cut down on infiltration and exfiltration in the sewer system by requir- ing inspections and repairs to sewer later- als when a property is sold. However, councilmembers agreed it’s still not the perfect solution. “We have a problem that we as a com- munity have neglected for decades and now we’re finally in the position where we’re forced to address it at the point of sale,” Councilman John McCowen said.