Jane Blethen, who authored Measure G, now walks around with a burlap headband and strips of burlap tied around her legs and her face smeared with dark brown chocolate. Chronicle photo by Mike Kepka
Posted on 10/31/2003 6:31:51 PM PST by MikalM
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:44:38 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Counterculture Bolinas, which has defied description for decades, appears ready to define itself.
The folks in this far-out town north of Stinson Beach are buzzing over ballot Measure G, a stream-of-consciousness message about loving nature submitted by a woman who wears burlap and paints her face with chocolate.
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Jane Blethen, who authored Measure G, now walks around with a burlap headband and strips of burlap tied around her legs and her face smeared with dark brown chocolate. Chronicle photo by Mike Kepka
"Most of us signed this because Jane is a town character, and we didn't want to hurt her feelings."
That makes more sense than most of the reasons for passing California's extremely numerous laws.
And Dakar makes more sense than most of the people living in Marin.
As a matter of fact, when I lived at Stinson Beach, I developed considerable affection for the Bolinas crowd. They were generally more reasonable and less insane than most of the people in the "Liberal" enclaves of California--and Dakar is probably one of the more mainstream of the townsfolk.
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